Which ZIP code in Thurston County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?

98503 (Lacey), at 17.6%, among 12 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.

Why are some ZIP codes missing?

ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

ZIP codes with the most new movers in Thurston County, WA

These are the 12 ZIP codes in Thurston County with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 12 with at least 1,000 residents. 98503 (Lacey, 17.6%), 98516 (Olympia, 16.6%) and 98501 (Olympia, 16.0%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Thurston County; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

ZIP codes with the most new movers in Thurston County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	98503	Lacey	17.6%	41,656	17,664	17,562
2	98516	Olympia	16.6%	29,177	11,474	13,916
3	98501	Olympia	16.0%	48,067	19,783	21,033
4	98502	Olympia	14.9%	35,398	14,791	16,010
5	98597	Yelm	14.2%	26,669	9,715	9,174
6	98576	Rainier	13.4%	4,985	1,676	1,678
7	98513	Olympia	12.7%	38,017	13,657	14,256
8	98512	Olympia	12.4%	31,864	12,719	13,393
9	98531	Centralia	12.4%	27,337	11,123	10,851
10	98506	Olympia	11.5%	18,497	8,610	9,055
11	98589	Tenino	10.9%	7,010	2,956	2,894
12	98579	Rochester	8.4%	14,048	5,023	4,857

How we ranked them

Ranked by the share of residents (age 1 and over) who lived in a different home a year earlier (ACS Data Profile, 2020–2024). No margin of error is published for this share in our files. ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 12 of 15 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

New residents are still choosing a dentist, a gym, a pizza place and a lawn service. ZIP codes with high turnover give a welcome offer more people to work on each year.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 73,427 households, on 100 carrier routes with 77,695 residential mailboxes. Open any of them on the route map to see each carrier route's own figures before you choose.

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Frequently asked questions

Which ZIP code in Thurston County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?: 98503 (Lacey), at 17.6%, among 12 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by the share of residents (age 1 and over) who lived in a different home a year earlier (ACS Data Profile, 2020–2024). No margin of error is published for this share in our files.
Why are some ZIP codes missing?: ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

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