
Virginia · FIPS 51117
Mecklenburg ZIP codes — Mecklenburg County, Virginia
Quick answer
Mecklenburg County is home to 30,431 residents with a median household income of $51,691 and a median home value of $169,400. 71.9% of households own their home and 17.4% of residents live below the poverty line. Looking for a Mecklenburg ZIP code? 10 ZIP code areas fall inside Mecklenburg County, Virginia, listed in full below.
- Population
- 30,431Mecklenburg County residents
- Median household income
- $51,691Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $169,400Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $804Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 48.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 71.9%Owner-occupied households
Mecklenburg County, VA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Mecklenburg County is a small city in Virginia, with 30,431 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The median age here is 48.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in Mecklenburg County earn a median of $51,691 a year, 34.2% below 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 17.4% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Mecklenburg County is valued at $169,400, 44.2% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $804 a month, 42.8% below the national figure, or roughly $9,648 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 71.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. 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.
ZIP codes in Mecklenburg County
ZIP code tabulation areas whose land area falls mostly in Mecklenburg County.
How to read this page
What these estimates cover.
Figures are five-year rolling averages from the American Community Survey, not single-year counts, so they describe conditions across 2019-2023 ACS 5-year rather than a single date. Median home value covers owner-occupied units as valued by their owners, and median gross rent includes utilities the renter pays. Small counties carry wide margins of error; treat single-dollar differences between neighbouring counties as noise.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Cities and towns in Virginia
Largest Census places in Virginia by population.
- Virginia Beach city 457,066
- Chesapeake city 251,153
- Arlington CDP 235,463
- Norfolk city 235,037
- Richmond city 227,595
- Newport News city 184,774
- Alexandria city 156,788
- Hampton city 137,334
- Roanoke city 98,677
- Portsmouth city 97,299
- Suffolk city 96,638
- Lynchburg city 79,255
Nearby counties
Other counties in Virginia.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Mecklenburg County?
- Mecklenburg County has 30,431 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.
- What is the median household income in Mecklenburg County?
- Median household income in Mecklenburg County is $51,691 a year, 34.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Mecklenburg County?
- Median gross rent is $804 a month and the median home value is $169,400, so rent absorbs about 18.7% of median household income.
- Is Mecklenburg County affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Mecklenburg County is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Mecklenburg County data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.