Mecklenburg ZIP codes — Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Mecklenburg County is a major city in North Carolina, with 1,130,906 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The median age here is 35.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.

Households in Mecklenburg County earn a median of $83,765 a year, 6.7% above the national figure of $78,538. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 10.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Mecklenburg County is valued at $371,200, 22.3% above the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,521 a month, 8.2% above the national figure, or roughly $18,252 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 55.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.