National ranking
The places with the youngest residents
Kiryas Joel, NY ranks first by median age (15.7), within the margin of error of Monsey, NY. Ranked: 5,361 places with 10,000 or more residents in 2020 and a reliable estimate. College towns and military bases rank young.
Which U.S. places have the lowest median age?
The places with the youngest residents, first to fifth: Kiryas Joel, NY (15.7), Monsey, NY (16.1), Lakewood, NJ (17.5), Lakewood Township, NJ (18.1) and Stony Brook University, NY (19.8).
| Rank | Place | Median age |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiryas Joel, NYwithin the margin | 15.7±0.5 |
| 2 | Monsey, NY | 16.1±0.8 |
| 3 | Lakewood, NJwithin the margin | 17.5±0.8 |
| 4 | Lakewood Township, NJ | 18.1±1.0 |
| 5 | Stony Brook University, NYwithin the margin | 19.8±0.3 |
| 6 | Durham CDP, NHwithin the margin | 20.1±0.2 |
| 7 | Storrs, CTwithin the margin | 20.2±0.2 |
| 8 | University (Orange County), FLwithin the margin | 20.4±0.4 |
| 9 | Fort Leonard Wood, MOwithin the margin | 20.5±0.4 |
| 10 | George Mason, VAwithin the margin | 20.8±0.3 |
| 10 | Durham, NHwithin the margin | 20.8±0.3 |
| 12 | Rexburg, IDwithin the margin | 21.0±0.3 |
| 13 | Oxford, OHwithin the margin | 21.1±0.3 |
| 14 | Elon, NCwithin the margin | 21.2±0.5 |
| 14 | Mansfield, CTwithin the margin | 21.2±0.2 |
| 14 | State College, PAwithin the margin | 21.2±0.2 |
| 14 | Isla Vista, CAwithin the margin | 21.2±0.2 |
| 18 | East Lansing, MIwithin the margin | 21.3±0.2 |
| 18 | Oxford Township, Butler County, OHwithin the margin | 21.3±0.3 |
| 18 | Boone, NCwithin the margin | 21.3±0.4 |
| 21 | Amherst Town, MAwithin the margin | 21.4±0.2 |
| 21 | West Lafayette, INwithin the margin | 21.4±0.2 |
| 23 | College Park, MDwithin the margin | 21.5±0.3 |
| 23 | Allendale, MIwithin the margin | 21.5±0.3 |
| 25 | Orono CDP, MEwithin the margin | 21.6±0.3 |
| 25 | Athens, OHwithin the margin | 21.6±0.2 |
| 27 | Orono, MEwithin the margin | 21.8±0.3 |
| 27 | Fort Bliss, TXwithin the margin | 21.8±0.5 |
| 29 | Blacksburg, VAwithin the margin | 21.9±0.2 |
| 29 | Town of Geneseo, NYwithin the margin | 21.9±0.7 |
| 29 | Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, INwithin the margin | 21.9±0.2 |
| 32 | Stanford, CAwithin the margin | 22.0±0.8 |
| 32 | Fort Hood, TXwithin the margin | 22.0±0.4 |
| 34 | Newark, DEwithin the margin | 22.1±0.4 |
| 34 | Allendale Charter Township, MIwithin the margin | 22.1±0.5 |
| 34 | Whitewater, WIwithin the margin | 22.1±0.5 |
| 37 | Bloomington Township, INwithin the margin | 22.2±0.4 |
| 37 | Fort Campbell North, KYwithin the margin | 22.2±0.5 |
| 39 | Fort Carson, COwithin the margin | 22.3±0.4 |
| 40 | Statesboro, GAwithin the margin | 22.6±0.6 |
| 41 | Schofield Barracks, HIwithin the margin | 22.7±0.4 |
| 42 | College Station, TXwithin the margin | 22.9±0.2 |
| 42 | Athens Township, Athens County, OHwithin the margin | 22.9±0.4 |
| 42 | Fort Lewis, WAwithin the margin | 22.9±0.5 |
| 45 | Eagle Mountain, UTwithin the margin | 23.0±1.3 |
| 46 | Camp Pendleton South, CAwithin the margin | 23.1±1.6 |
| 46 | Oneonta, NYwithin the margin | 23.1±1.0 |
| 46 | Vermillion, SDwithin the margin | 23.1±0.6 |
| 49 | Pullman, WAwithin the margin | 23.2±0.4 |
| 49 | North Chicago, ILwithin the margin | 23.2±0.5 |
| 51 | Ames, IAwithin the margin | 23.3±0.3 |
| 51 | Ithaca, NYwithin the margin | 23.3±0.8 |
| 51 | Radford, VAwithin the margin | 23.3±0.4 |
| 51 | Fort Drum, NYwithin the margin | 23.3±0.9 |
| 55 | Jacksonville, NCwithin the margin | 23.4±0.3 |
| 55 | Platteville, WIwithin the margin | 23.4±0.8 |
| 55 | Indiana, PAwithin the margin | 23.4±1.1 |
| 55 | Arkadelphia, ARwithin the margin | 23.4±1.0 |
| 59 | Bowling Green, OHwithin the margin | 23.5±0.6 |
| 60 | Provo, UTwithin the margin | 23.6±0.2 |
| 61 | Williamsburg, VAwithin the margin | 23.7±0.9 |
| 62 | Logan, UTwithin the margin | 23.8±0.3 |
| 62 | Kent, OHwithin the margin | 23.8±0.8 |
| 64 | Morgantown, WVwithin the margin | 23.9±0.9 |
| 64 | Stillwater, OKwithin the margin | 23.9±0.6 |
| 64 | Mount Pleasant, MIwithin the margin | 23.9±0.7 |
| 67 | Saratoga Springs, UTwithin the margin | 24.0±1.8 |
| 68 | Airmont, NYwithin the margin | 24.3±3.9 |
| 68 | Bloomsburg, PAwithin the margin | 24.3±1.0 |
| 68 | Ruston, LAwithin the margin | 24.3±1.1 |
| 71 | Cheney, WAwithin the margin | 24.4±0.7 |
| 72 | Martin, TNwithin the margin | 24.5±1.5 |
| 73 | Union Charter Township, MIwithin the margin | 24.6±0.8 |
| 73 | Carbondale, ILwithin the margin | 24.6±0.3 |
| 75 | Brookings, SDwithin the margin | 24.7±0.5 |
| 75 | Town of Le Ray, NYwithin the margin | 24.7±0.7 |
| 75 | Havelock, NCwithin the margin | 24.7±0.9 |
| 78 | New Brunswick, NJwithin the margin | 24.8±0.9 |
| 78 | Kirksville, MOwithin the margin | 24.8±0.7 |
| 78 | Clemson, SCwithin the margin | 24.8±0.9 |
| 78 | Twentynine Palms, CAwithin the margin | 24.8±0.8 |
| 78 | Warrensburg, MOwithin the margin | 24.8±1.1 |
| 83 | Normal, ILwithin the margin | 25.0±0.7 |
| 83 | Normal Township, ILwithin the margin | 25.0±0.7 |
| 83 | Harrisonburg, VAwithin the margin | 25.0±0.2 |
| 83 | Ellensburg, WAwithin the margin | 25.0±0.8 |
| 83 | Arvin, CAwithin the margin | 25.0±1.9 |
| 88 | Town of Ramapo, NYwithin the margin | 25.1±0.5 |
| 88 | Port Royal, SCwithin the margin | 25.1±1.7 |
| 88 | Bloomington, INwithin the margin | 25.1±0.4 |
| 88 | Stephenville, TXwithin the margin | 25.1±1.5 |
| 92 | Vineyard, UTwithin the margin | 25.2±1.4 |
| 92 | Maryville, MOwithin the margin | 25.2±1.6 |
| 92 | Carbondale Township, ILwithin the margin | 25.2±0.5 |
| 95 | West Chester, PAwithin the margin | 25.3±1.5 |
| 95 | Troy, ALwithin the margin | 25.3±1.5 |
| 97 | Shields Township, ILwithin the margin | 25.5±0.8 |
| 97 | San Marcos, TXwithin the margin | 25.5±0.4 |
| 99 | Nacogdoches, TXwithin the margin | 25.6±1.3 |
| 99 | Jacksonville, AL | 25.6±3.0 |
Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau · Check it at data.census.gov
How is this ranking made?
One figure is read for each of the places with 10,000 or more residents in 2020 and a reliable estimate: the median age. Places whose survey estimate has a coefficient of variation over 40% are left out, because the survey cannot place them reliably. Equal published figures share a rank. A ranking measures one number; it is not a judgment of a place.
Towns and townships are ranked beside cities, villages and census-designated places, and a census-designated place can lie inside a township, so one area can appear twice, once as each.
Across the 100 places shown, the median age runs from 25.6 (Jacksonville, AL) to 15.7 (Kiryas Joel, NY); the middle place on the list stands at 23.3.
Source: PlainCities ranking method applied to the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau · How ranks are computed
How these figures are made: methodology and release checks · reading a margin of error · every state · corrections