Which ZIP code in Mecklenburg County has the fastest population growth?

28202 (Charlotte), at 30.8%, among 29 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.

Fastest-growing ZIP codes in Mecklenburg County, NC

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Mecklenburg County with the fastest population growth, out of 29 with at least 1,000 residents. 28202 (Charlotte, 30.8%), 28204 (Charlotte, 29.4%) and 28206 (Charlotte, 27.7%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Mecklenburg County; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

Fastest-growing ZIP codes in Mecklenburg County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Population change	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	28202	Charlotte	30.8%	17,653	9,980	14,929
2	28204	Charlotte	29.4%	9,314	5,582	6,533
3	28206	Charlotte	27.7%	15,375	7,126	11,308
4	28278	Charlotte	27.5%	37,420	13,640	17,111
5	28036	Davidson	25.7%	22,963	7,847	9,017
6	28273	Charlotte	23.8%	50,966	18,996	21,463
7	28134	Pineville	20.0%	13,245	5,055	6,282
8	28078	Huntersville	17.4%	71,657	27,774	32,545
9	28262	Charlotte	15.7%	50,003	22,529	30,375
10	28216	Charlotte	15.4%	57,507	23,858	27,138
11	28031	Cornelius	13.0%	31,733	13,425	14,499
12	28203	Charlotte	13.0%	18,823	11,038	16,647
13	28211	Charlotte	9.0%	33,925	13,602	15,558
14	28215	Charlotte	6.6%	66,674	24,260	28,988
15	28217	Charlotte	6.6%	32,064	12,952	19,094
16	28213	Charlotte	6.5%	45,904	18,636	22,489
17	28205	Charlotte	6.2%	51,806	23,357	26,964
18	28227	Charlotte	5.5%	60,482	21,910	23,756
19	28214	Charlotte	3.4%	43,837	15,121	19,096
20	28209	Charlotte	3.4%	24,331	12,793	15,282
21	28269	Charlotte	3.0%	79,586	31,766	37,665
22	28277	Charlotte	2.4%	73,882	28,944	32,984
23	28105	Matthews	1.4%	46,817	17,285	20,503
24	28208	Charlotte	-0.2%	40,197	16,548	21,067
25	28226	Charlotte	-1.0%	39,381	15,651	17,824

How we ranked them

Ranked by the change in ACS population estimates between the 2015–2019 and 2020–2024 releases. Both are 5-year averages, and ZIP code areas were redrawn for 2020, so a large change can partly reflect a boundary change. Both periods must have at least 1,000 residents. ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 29 of 34 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Growing ZIP codes add households every year, which means new homes, new routes and customers without a go-to provider yet. Check the route map: new subdivisions can appear as new carrier routes.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 44,175 households, on 71 carrier routes with 58,898 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 Mecklenburg County has the fastest population growth?: 28202 (Charlotte), at 30.8%, among 29 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by the change in ACS population estimates between the 2015–2019 and 2020–2024 releases. Both are 5-year averages, and ZIP code areas were redrawn for 2020, so a large change can partly reflect a boundary change. Both periods must have 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.

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