Which ZIP code in Charlotte has the highest median age?

28207 (Charlotte), at 46.9 (±3.9), among 27 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.

Why are some ZIP codes missing?

ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

Oldest ZIP codes in Charlotte, NC

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Charlotte, NC with the highest median age, out of 27 with at least 1,000 residents. 28207 (Charlotte, 46.9), 28226 (Charlotte, 40.6) and 28270 (Charlotte, 40.0) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Charlotte; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

Oldest ZIP codes in Charlotte

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	28207	Charlotte	46.9 ±3.9	9,527	4,129	4,323
2	28226	Charlotte	40.6 ±1.3	39,381	15,651	17,824
3	28270	Charlotte	40.0 ±1.7	32,448	12,148	13,491
4	28277	Charlotte	39.8 ±1.1	73,882	28,944	32,984
5	28227	Charlotte	39.6 ±1.7	60,482	21,910	23,756
6	28105	Matthews	39.2 ±1.3	46,817	17,285	20,503
7	28211	Charlotte	38.4 ±2.1	33,925	13,602	15,558
8	28210	Charlotte	36.9 ±1.1	47,359	20,684	22,519
9	28278	Charlotte	36.6 ±1.1	37,420	13,640	17,111
10	28269	Charlotte	35.9 ±0.9	79,586	31,766	37,613
11	28214	Charlotte	35.4 ±1.2	43,837	15,121	19,096
12	28215	Charlotte	34.9 ±0.9	66,674	24,260	28,969
13	28216	Charlotte	34.7 ±1.1	57,507	23,858	27,138
14	28134	Pineville	34.6 ±2.6	13,245	5,055	6,282
15	28205	Charlotte	34.2 ±0.8	51,806	23,357	26,964
16	28208	Charlotte	34.0 ±1.0	40,197	16,548	21,067
17	28209	Charlotte	33.7 ±0.8	24,331	12,793	15,282
18	28273	Charlotte	33.3 ±1.5	50,966	18,996	21,463
19	28206	Charlotte	33.1 ±2.0	15,375	7,126	11,308
20	28213	Charlotte	32.5 ±1.6	45,904	18,636	22,597
21	28212	Charlotte	32.3 ±1.4	42,440	15,649	17,589
22	28217	Charlotte	31.2 ±1.2	32,064	12,952	19,094
23	28204	Charlotte	31.0 ±1.0	9,314	5,582	6,533
24	28202	Charlotte	30.5 ±0.8	17,653	9,980	14,929
25	28262	Charlotte	29.5 ±1.0	50,003	22,529	30,007

How we ranked them

Ranked by median age of all residents, highest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 27 of 31 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Older ZIP codes respond to health care, hearing and vision, Medicare plans, home safety, estate planning and services that come to the door.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 82,782 households, on 146 carrier routes with 92,378 residential mailboxes. Open any of them on the route map to see each carrier route's own figures before you choose.

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Frequently asked questions

Which ZIP code in Charlotte has the highest median age?: 28207 (Charlotte), at 46.9 (±3.9), among 27 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by median age of all residents, highest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024).
Why are some ZIP codes missing?: ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

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