The Youngest Zip Codes in Florida

Florida's typical zip code has a median age of 42.5. The youngest zip codes in the state have a median age under 21, half that, and almost every one of them has the same thing in common: a university campus.

This ranking uses median age among zip codes with at least 1,000 residents. Further down, we also look at the youngest zip codes where families, rather than students, make up the population.

Youngest zip code

19.0

Tallahassee (32306)

Typical Florida zip

42.5

median age

College zips in the top 10

university campuses

Oldest zip code

74.2

The Villages (32162)

Median Age, 15 Youngest Zip Codes

What the List Shows

The campus effect. Seven of the ten youngest zip codes cover the campuses of Florida State, Florida A&M, UCF, the University of Florida, USF, Florida Gulf Coast University and Saint Leo University. In these zip codes, almost nobody is over 65 and very few residents are children. The population is overwhelmingly 18 to 24.

Why Student Zip Codes Show Such Low Incomes

College zip codes often look poor on paper. 32603 in Gainesville, next to the University of Florida, has a median household income of just $14,580, and 33965 at Florida Gulf Coast University shows $25,395. Students living on their own count as low-income households even when their families support them, so these numbers say more about student life than about local poverty. Several campus zip codes, such as 32306 and 32816, report no income figure at all.

The Youngest Zip Codes for Families

Take students out of the picture and a different place rises to the top. 33973 in Lehigh Acres (Lee County) has a median age of 26.8 with 36.5% of residents under 18, one of the highest shares of children in the state. Its median household income is $57,216. Lehigh Acres is part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro, which has a median age of 49.3, so this zip code is a young island in an older region.

Military bases also skew young. 33621 in Tampa, home to MacDill Air Force Base, has a median age of 21.9, and 32508 in Pensacola, home to Naval Air Station Pensacola, comes in at 21.0.

Full Top 25

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Rank	Zip	Town	Metro area	Median age	Under 18	Age 65+	Population
1	32306	Tallahassee	Tallahassee	19.0	1.7%	0.0%	1,648
2	32612	Gainesville	Gainesville	19.2	2.3%	0.0%	8,901
3	32816	Orlando	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford	19.2	1.2%	0.0%	13,134
4	33620	Tampa	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater	19.3	2.0%	0.0%	6,819
5	33965	Fort Myers	Cape Coral-Fort Myers	19.5	0.9%	0.0%	4,416
6	32307	Tallahassee	Tallahassee	19.6	0.6%	0.0%	1,379
7	33574	Saint Leo	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater	19.8	0.6%	0.0%	1,760
8	32511	Pensacola	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent	20.5	0.0%	0.0%	1,170
9	32603	Gainesville	Gainesville	20.6	3.8%	2.2%	6,713
10	32508	Pensacola	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent	21.0	9.5%	0.1%	4,993
11	32212	Jacksonville	Jacksonville	21.9	14.0%	0.0%	1,709
12	33621	Tampa	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater	21.9	37.2%	0.0%	2,308
13	32227	Jacksonville	Jacksonville	22.2	25.2%	0.9%	3,365
14	32304	Tallahassee	Tallahassee	22.2	7.6%	3.4%	50,080
15	33146	Miami	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach	22.4	14.9%	13.1%	18,861
16	32542	Eglin Afb	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin	22.8	29.1%	1.7%	3,917
17	32601	Gainesville	Gainesville	23.0	9.7%	6.7%	23,296
18	32544	Hurlburt Field	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin	23.1	33.4%	0.0%	2,344
19	32925	Patrick Air Force Base	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville	25.9	27.7%	8.5%	1,606
20	33973	Lehigh Acres	Cape Coral-Fort Myers	26.8	36.5%	7.6%	15,020
21	32607	Gainesville	Gainesville	26.9	16.2%	9.6%	31,938
22	32826	Orlando	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford	27.0	10.4%	11.3%	28,436
23	33606	Tampa	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater	27.8	12.3%	10.0%	23,511
24	32301	Tallahassee	Tallahassee	29.8	18.5%	10.7%	32,596
25	32817	Orlando	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford	30.1	15.4%	14.4%	37,894

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the youngest zip code in Florida?

32306 in Tallahassee, the Florida State University campus, with a median age of 19.0.

What is the median age of a Florida zip code?

The median age across Florida zip codes with at least 1,000 residents is 42.5.

Which Florida zip code has the youngest families?

33973 in Lehigh Acres stands out, with a median age of 26.8 and 36.5% of residents under 18.

How We Ranked These

We ranked every Florida zip code with at least 1,000 residents by median age, from youngest to oldest, using the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Explore any Florida zip code on the Florida zip code page.