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Charlottesville, VA ZIP Codes

11 ZIP codes use the postal name Charlottesville, Virginia (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 6 residential and 5 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $69,340 in 22903 to $128,235 in 22911, 1.8 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Charlottesville's most populous ZIP code is 22903, with 40,372 people (ACS 2020-2024); 7% of its land is in the city of Charlottesville.

  • ACS2020-24
  • Census2020
  • GeoNames2026

Where are Charlottesville's ZIP codes?

22901: $92k median household income22902: $94k median household income22903: $69k median household income22904: $250k+ median household income22908: – median household income22911: $128k median household income2290322902229012291122901: $92k median household income22902: $94k median household income22903: $69k median household income22904: $250k+ median household income22908: – median household income22911: $128k median household income2290322902229012291122901: $92k median household income22902: $94k median household income22903: $69k median household income22904: $250k+ median household income22911: $128k median household income22903229022290122911
The 6 residential ZIP codes named Charlottesville, shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). Select a ZIP to open it. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

How different are Charlottesville's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 22911 ($128,235), the lowest in 22903 ($69,340). Home values run from $436,200 in 22902 to $526,200 in 22903.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).

All 6 residential ZIP codes of Charlottesville

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Charlottesville, VA, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
22903 Albemarle County 40,372 585 $69k $526k
22901 Albemarle County 37,237 714 $92k $502k
22902 Albemarle County 23,486 365 $94k $436k
22911 Albemarle County 19,107 372 $128k $454k
22904 Albemarle County 5,729 21,950 $250k+ –
22908 Charlottesville city no residents 0 – –

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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 Charlottesville

5 ZIP codes named Charlottesville 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.

Charlottesville, VA: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
22905Charlottesville city
22906Charlottesville city
22907Charlottesville city
22909Albemarle County
22910Charlottesville city

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.

Which counties do Charlottesville's ZIP codes reach?

Charlottesville city (FIPS 51540) is the independent city of Charlottesville, a county-equivalent. All 5 residential ZIP codes of Charlottesville city are among Charlottesville's 6, listed here (the County column of the table marks them).

Charlottesville's residential ZIP codes lie in 3 counties: Albemarle County (5 ZIP codes mainly there), Charlottesville city (1 ZIP code mainly there), Fluvanna County (part of a ZIP code).

Which places do Charlottesville's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Charlottesville's residential ZIP codes cover Charlottesville itself and 6 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

  • University of Virginia census-designated 22903, 22904
  • Hollymead census-designated 22911
  • Ivy census-designated 22903
  • Pantops census-designated 22911
  • Piney Mountain census-designated 22911
  • Rio census-designated 22901

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file (shares of land).

Which first three digits do Charlottesville'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 Charlottesville starts with 229.

Three-digit prefixes of Charlottesville's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are Charlottesville's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
229 Richmond, VA (SCF 230) 11 49

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.