Which ZIP code in Tacoma has the fastest population growth?

98402 (Tacoma), at 30.2%, among 17 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.

Fastest-growing ZIP codes in Tacoma, WA

These are the 17 ZIP codes in Tacoma, WA with the fastest population growth, out of 17 with at least 1,000 residents. 98402 (Tacoma, 30.2%), 98446 (Tacoma, 28.4%) and 98433 (Tacoma, 14.2%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Tacoma; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

Fastest-growing ZIP codes in Tacoma

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Population change	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	98402	Tacoma	30.2%	8,080	4,625	6,076
2	98446	Tacoma	28.4%	14,634	5,257	5,319
3	98433	Tacoma	14.2%	22,493	4,397	4,068
4	98403	Tacoma	11.9%	9,097	4,818	4,470
5	98418	Tacoma	10.0%	10,264	4,284	4,163
6	98405	Tacoma	9.8%	25,939	11,421	12,030
7	98409	Tacoma	7.5%	27,843	12,218	11,239
8	98445	Tacoma	5.0%	33,684	11,981	11,952
9	98466	Tacoma	4.0%	30,327	12,118	13,282
10	98444	Tacoma	3.8%	35,754	13,094	14,101
11	98406	Tacoma	3.6%	24,202	10,557	10,329
12	98465	Tacoma	2.9%	7,178	3,620	4,112
13	98407	Tacoma	1.3%	21,718	10,159	10,637
14	98422	Tacoma	0.7%	21,644	8,038	7,998
15	98443	Tacoma	-0.2%	5,558	2,221	2,168
16	98408	Tacoma	-0.4%	21,009	8,134	8,086
17	98404	Tacoma	-0.8%	35,961	12,435	12,166

How we ranked them

Ranked by the change in ACS population estimates between the 2015–2019 and 2020–2024 releases. Both are 5-year averages, and ZIP code areas were redrawn for 2020, so a large change can partly reflect a boundary change. Both periods must have at least 1,000 residents. ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 17 of 20 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Growing ZIP codes add households every year, which means new homes, new routes and customers without a go-to provider yet. Check the route map: new subdivisions can appear as new carrier routes.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 23,381 households, on 37 carrier routes with 24,096 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 Tacoma has the fastest population growth?: 98402 (Tacoma), at 30.2%, among 17 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by the change in ACS population estimates between the 2015–2019 and 2020–2024 releases. Both are 5-year averages, and ZIP code areas were redrawn for 2020, so a large change can partly reflect a boundary change. Both periods must have 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.

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