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

98402 (Tacoma), at 38.7%, 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.

ZIP codes with the most new movers in Tacoma, WA

These are the 17 ZIP codes in Tacoma, WA with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 17 with at least 1,000 residents. 98402 (Tacoma, 38.7%), 98433 (Tacoma, 33.6%) and 98409 (Tacoma, 19.9%) 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.

ZIP codes with the most new movers in Tacoma

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	98402	Tacoma	38.7%	8,080	4,625	6,076
2	98433	Tacoma	33.6%	22,493	4,397	4,068
3	98409	Tacoma	19.9%	27,843	12,218	11,239
4	98403	Tacoma	18.8%	9,097	4,818	4,470
5	98444	Tacoma	18.6%	35,754	13,094	14,101
6	98418	Tacoma	18.1%	10,264	4,284	4,163
7	98466	Tacoma	17.1%	30,327	12,118	13,282
8	98408	Tacoma	16.9%	21,009	8,134	8,086
9	98406	Tacoma	16.1%	24,202	10,557	10,329
10	98405	Tacoma	15.4%	25,939	11,421	12,030
11	98404	Tacoma	14.0%	35,961	12,435	12,166
12	98422	Tacoma	13.7%	21,644	8,038	7,998
13	98445	Tacoma	13.2%	33,684	11,981	11,952
14	98407	Tacoma	13.1%	21,718	10,159	10,637
15	98465	Tacoma	12.5%	7,178	3,620	4,112
16	98446	Tacoma	9.3%	14,634	5,257	5,319
17	98443	Tacoma	9.0%	5,558	2,221	2,168

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; 17 of 20 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 39,152 households, on 57 carrier routes with 39,954 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 highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?: 98402 (Tacoma), at 38.7%, among 17 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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