Which ZIP code in Tacoma has the lowest median age?

98433 (Tacoma), at 23.0 (±0.5), 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.

Youngest ZIP codes in Tacoma, WA

These are the 17 ZIP codes in Tacoma, WA with the lowest median age, out of 17 with at least 1,000 residents. 98433 (Tacoma, 23.0), 98409 (Tacoma, 33.2) and 98402 (Tacoma, 33.5) 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.

Youngest ZIP codes in Tacoma

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	98433	Tacoma	23.0 ±0.5	22,493	4,397	4,068
2	98409	Tacoma	33.2 ±1.3	27,843	12,218	11,239
3	98402	Tacoma	33.5 ±1.4	8,080	4,625	6,076
4	98444	Tacoma	33.6 ±1.3	35,754	13,094	14,101
5	98404	Tacoma	35.1 ±1.3	35,961	12,435	12,166
6	98446	Tacoma	36.7 ±2.8	14,634	5,257	5,319
7	98418	Tacoma	37.5 ±2.7	10,264	4,284	4,163
8	98445	Tacoma	38.1 ±1.8	33,684	11,981	11,952
9	98408	Tacoma	38.1 ±1.6	21,009	8,134	8,086
10	98405	Tacoma	38.5 ±1.1	25,939	11,421	12,030
11	98403	Tacoma	39.4 ±2.1	9,097	4,818	4,470
12	98466	Tacoma	39.9 ±1.4	30,327	12,118	13,282
13	98422	Tacoma	40.0 ±1.5	21,644	8,038	7,998
14	98406	Tacoma	41.7 ±1.5	24,202	10,557	10,329
15	98465	Tacoma	42.0 ±2.7	7,178	3,620	4,112
16	98443	Tacoma	43.3 ±3.7	5,558	2,221	2,168
17	98407	Tacoma	46.2 ±2.5	21,718	10,159	10,637

How we ranked them

Ranked by median age of all residents, lowest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 17 of 20 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Younger ZIP codes skew toward renters, students and young families: fitness, quick-service food, apartments, entertainment and first-time-buyer offers.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 46,769 households, on 68 carrier routes with 47,650 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 lowest median age?: 98433 (Tacoma), at 23.0 (±0.5), among 17 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by median age of all residents, lowest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024).
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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