City ZIP codes · North Carolina
Charlotte, NC ZIP Codes
74 ZIP codes use the postal name Charlotte, North Carolina (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 29 residential and 45 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $52,723 in 28212 to $132,917 in 28211, 2.5 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Charlotte's most populous ZIP code is 28269, with 79,586 people (ACS 2020-2024); 92% of its land is in the city of Charlotte.
- ACS2020-24
- Census2020
- GeoNames2026
Where are Charlotte's ZIP codes?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).
How different are Charlotte's ZIP codes?
The highest median household income is in 28211 ($132,917), the lowest in 28212 ($52,723). Home values run from $236,300 in 28208 to $1,409,300 in 28207.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).
All 29 residential ZIP codes of Charlotte
| County | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28269 | Mecklenburg County | 79,586 | 2,603 | $82k | $342k |
| 28277 | Mecklenburg County | 73,882 | 3,059 | $129k | $561k |
| 28215 | Mecklenburg County | 66,674 | 2,311 | $71k | $315k |
| 28227 | Mecklenburg County | 60,482 | 1,506 | $77k | $350k |
| 28216 | Mecklenburg County | 57,507 | 1,916 | $66k | $287k |
| 28205 | Mecklenburg County | 51,806 | 4,380 | $76k | $457k |
| 28273 | Mecklenburg County | 50,966 | 2,263 | $87k | $341k |
| 28262 | Mecklenburg County | 50,003 | 2,380 | $69k | $347k |
| 28210 | Mecklenburg County | 47,359 | 3,818 | $101k | $532k |
| 28213 | Mecklenburg County | 45,904 | 3,227 | $58k | $283k |
| 28214 | Mecklenburg County | 43,837 | 1,293 | $86k | $296k |
| 28212 | Mecklenburg County | 42,440 | 4,621 | $53k | $267k |
| 28208 | Mecklenburg County | 40,197 | 1,986 | $55k | $236k |
| 28226 | Mecklenburg County | 39,381 | 2,674 | $119k | $618k |
| 28278 | Mecklenburg County | 37,420 | 1,299 | $126k | $461k |
| 28211 | Mecklenburg County | 33,925 | 3,098 | $133k | $775k |
| 28270 | Mecklenburg County | 32,448 | 2,612 | $132k | $590k |
| 28217 | Mecklenburg County | 32,064 | 2,147 | $64k | $263k |
| 28209 | Mecklenburg County | 24,331 | 4,431 | $102k | $623k |
| 28203 | Mecklenburg County | 18,823 | 6,010 | $105k | $708k |
| 28202 | Mecklenburg County | 17,653 | 9,785 | $106k | $444k |
| 28206 | Mecklenburg County | 15,375 | 2,203 | $62k | $299k |
| 28207 | Mecklenburg County | 9,527 | 3,921 | $217k | $1.41M |
| 28204 | Mecklenburg County | 9,314 | 5,283 | $92k | $585k |
| 28223 | Mecklenburg County | 4,953 | 7,273 | – | – |
| 28274 | Mecklenburg County | 747 | 12,661 | – | – |
| 28244 | Mecklenburg County | no residents | 0 | – | – |
| 28280 | Mecklenburg County | no residents | 0 | – | – |
| 28282 | Mecklenburg County | no residents | 0 | – | – |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).
PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in Charlotte
45 ZIP codes named Charlotte have no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.
| ZIP | County |
|---|---|
| 28201 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28218 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28219 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28220 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28221 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28222 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28224 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28228 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28229 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28230 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28231 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28232 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28233 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28234 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28235 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28236 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28237 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28241 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28242 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28243 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28246 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28247 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28250 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28253 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28254 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28255 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28256 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28258 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28260 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28263 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28265 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28266 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28271 | Robeson County |
| 28272 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28275 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28281 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28284 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28285 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28287 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28288 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28289 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28290 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28296 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28297 | Mecklenburg County |
| 28299 | Mecklenburg County |
Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.
Which counties do Charlotte's ZIP codes reach?
Mecklenburg County and Charlotte cover nearly the same ground. 29 of the 36 residential ZIP codes of Mecklenburg County are among Charlotte's 29, listed here (the County column of the table marks them); the other 7 are 28078 (Huntersville), 28105 (Matthews), 28104 (Matthews), 28031 (Cornelius), 28036 (Davidson), 28134 (Pineville), 28107 (Midland).
Charlotte's residential ZIP codes lie in 2 counties: Mecklenburg County (29 ZIP codes mainly there), Cabarrus County (part of a ZIP code).
Which places do Charlotte's ZIP codes cover?
A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Charlotte's residential ZIP codes cover Charlotte itself and 1 other place, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:
- Mint Hill 28227
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file (shares of land).
Which first three digits do Charlotte's ZIP codes use?
The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Every ZIP code of Charlotte starts with 282.
| Prefix | Sectional center | Here | All codes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 282 | Charlotte, NC (SCF 282) | 74 | 74 |
All 74 ZIP codes that start with 282 are Charlotte's: 29 residential codes and 45 PO Box or unique codes, sorted at Charlotte, NC (SCF 282).
Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.