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ZIP Codes With the Youngest Population in North Carolina

What this measures. Median age of residents, lowest first. Source: Census American Community Survey, data release 2026-10-12.

# ZIP City County Median age
1 27556 Middleburg Vance 18.6
2 28330 Cordova Richmond 18.8
3 27819 Conetoe Edgecombe 19.0
4 28342 Falcon Cumberland 19.0
5 27695 Raleigh Wake 19.1
6 27268 High Point Guilford 19.2
7 27411 Greensboro Guilford 19.2
8 28616 Crossnore Avery 19.3
9 28223 Charlotte Mecklenburg 19.4
10 27412 Greensboro Guilford 19.5
11 27506 Buies Creek Harnett 19.5
12 28089 Lattimore Cleveland 19.7
13 27109 Winston-Salem Forsyth 19.8
14 27708 Durham Durham 19.9
15 28757 Montreat Buncombe 19.9
16 27110 Winston-Salem Forsyth 20.0
17 28017 Boiling Springs Cleveland 20.0
18 28274 Charlotte Mecklenburg 20.2
19 27531 Goldsboro Wayne 20.8
20 28542 Camp Lejeune Onslow 20.8
21 28109 Misenheimer Stanly 21.1
22 28533 Cherry Point Craven 21.3
23 28547 Camp Lejeune Onslow 21.3
24 28543 Tarawa Terrace Onslow 21.4
25 28723 Cullowhee Jackson 22.2
26 28310 Fort Bragg Cumberland 22.5
27 28308 Pope Army Airfield Cumberland 22.7
28 27202 Altamahaw Alamance 23.0
29 27244 Elon Alamance 23.0
30 28607 Boone Watauga 23.2
31 28307 Fort Bragg Cumberland 23.7
32 27514 Chapel Hill Orange 23.9
33 28368 Olivia Harnett 24.8
34 27985 Winfall Perquimans 25.5
35 27607 Raleigh Wake 25.7
36 27917 Barco Currituck 25.8
37 27858 Greenville Pitt 26.1
38 28544 Midway Park Onslow 26.6
39 27403 Greensboro Guilford 26.8
40 27825 Everetts Martin 27.0
41 28666 Icard Burke 27.3
42 27340 Saxapahaw Alamance 28.0
43 27884 Stokes Pitt 28.2
44 28574 Richlands Onslow 28.3
45 28403 Wilmington New Hanover 28.5
46 28203 Charlotte Mecklenburg 28.7
47 28372 Pembroke Robeson 28.8
48 27401 Greensboro Guilford 29.0
49 28453 Magnolia Duplin 29.0
50 28546 Jacksonville Onslow 29.4

Showing the top 50 of 825 ZIP codes in North Carolina that have this figure . 27556 ranks 1st at 18.6, against 29.4 in 50th place.

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