Which ZIP code in Charlotte has the highest median household income?

28207 (Charlotte), at $217,204 (±$56,277), among 26 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.

Richest ZIP codes in Charlotte, NC

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Charlotte, NC with the highest median household income, out of 26 with at least 1,000 residents. 28207 (Charlotte, $217,204), 28211 (Charlotte, $132,917) and 28270 (Charlotte, $131,667) 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.

Richest ZIP codes in Charlotte

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median household income	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	28207	Charlotte	$217,204 ±$56,277	9,527	4,129	4,323
2	28211	Charlotte	$132,917 ±$12,445	33,925	13,602	15,558
3	28270	Charlotte	$131,667 ±$9,313	32,448	12,148	13,491
4	28277	Charlotte	$128,627 ±$6,092	73,882	28,944	32,984
5	28278	Charlotte	$125,470 ±$8,352	37,420	13,640	17,111
6	28226	Charlotte	$118,606 ±$7,154	39,381	15,651	17,824
7	28105	Matthews	$108,190 ±$6,291	46,817	17,285	20,503
8	28202	Charlotte	$105,889 ±$8,428	17,653	9,980	14,929
9	28203	Charlotte	$104,696 ±$5,494	18,823	11,038	16,647
10	28209	Charlotte	$101,873 ±$10,445	24,331	12,793	15,282
11	28210	Charlotte	$100,824 ±$9,887	47,359	20,684	22,519
12	28204	Charlotte	$92,054 ±$14,065	9,314	5,582	6,533
13	28273	Charlotte	$87,350 ±$7,873	50,966	18,996	21,463
14	28214	Charlotte	$86,447 ±$4,256	43,837	15,121	19,096
15	28134	Pineville	$85,681 ±$8,927	13,245	5,055	6,282
16	28269	Charlotte	$81,517 ±$4,432	79,586	31,766	37,613
17	28227	Charlotte	$77,115 ±$7,040	60,482	21,910	23,756
18	28205	Charlotte	$75,622 ±$3,986	51,806	23,357	26,964
19	28215	Charlotte	$71,162 ±$3,911	66,674	24,260	28,969
20	28262	Charlotte	$69,231 ±$3,426	50,003	22,529	30,007
21	28216	Charlotte	$65,795 ±$5,371	57,507	23,858	27,138
22	28217	Charlotte	$64,028 ±$4,524	32,064	12,952	19,094
23	28206	Charlotte	$61,818 ±$6,396	15,375	7,126	11,308
24	28213	Charlotte	$58,146 ±$5,793	45,904	18,636	22,597
25	28208	Charlotte	$55,431 ±$3,886	40,197	16,548	21,067

How we ranked them

Ranked by median household income (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). The Census Bureau caps published medians at $250,000; ZIP codes at the cap are shown as $250,000+ and ordered by population. ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 26 of 31 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Higher-income ZIP codes suit offers with a bigger ticket: remodeling, pools, roofing, financial planning, private schools, premium dining. A median describes the middle household, not every door, so the routes inside each ZIP still vary.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 72,463 households, on 138 carrier routes with 83,467 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 household income?: 28207 (Charlotte), at $217,204 (±$56,277), among 26 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by median household income (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). The Census Bureau caps published medians at $250,000; ZIP codes at the cap are shown as $250,000+ and ordered by population.
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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