Postal Codes

28280 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 28280 covers Charlotte, North Carolina, with a population of about 0.

Population
0
Time zone
Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses
57

Where 28280 is

Charlotte, North Carolina — the point the Postal Service gives for this ZIP code. A ZIP code is a set of delivery routes rather than an area, so this marks its centre, not its boundary.

People and households

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Population0
Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments57
People employed1,447
Annual payroll$231,358,000
Natural hazard risk

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Overall riskHigher than 6.5% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingVery Low
Expected annual loss9.8 out of 100
Community resilience47.6 out of 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Earthquake66.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail63.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm62.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane55.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado48.9Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide34.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather26.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave20.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind17.6Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning17.2Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding14.1Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave6.7Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Compared with North Carolina and the United States

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

This ZIPNorth CarolinaUnited States
Median household income$69,904$78,538
Income per person$39,616$43,289
Poverty rate13.2%12.4%
Median home value$259,400$303,400
Median gross rent$1,162$1,348
Homeownership66.4%65%
Bachelor's degree or higher34.7%35%
Unemployment rate4.8%5.2%
Works from home14.5%13.5%
Born outside the US8.7%13.9%
Median age39.138.7
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Climate

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Weather stationCHARLOTTE DOUGLAS AP, NC US10.2 km away
Rain in a year44 in
Snow in a year4 in

Average high and low by month

January52.3°F / 31.8°F3.49 in rain, 1.6 in snow
February56.6°F / 34.9°F3.13 in rain, 1.1 in snow
March64.2°F / 41.2°F3.95 in rain, 0.3 in snow
April73.2°F / 49.1°F3.84 in rain
May80.1°F / 58°F3.36 in rain
June86.9°F / 66.2°F3.99 in rain
July90.3°F / 69.9°F3.74 in rain
August88.6°F / 68.7°F4.35 in rain
September82.8°F / 62.6°F3.71 in rain
October73.3°F / 50.4°F3.16 in rain
November62.9°F / 39.8°F3.31 in rain, 0.1 in snow
December54.9°F / 34.5°F3.57 in rain, 0.4 in snow
Access to food

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Low income and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
Far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
No vehicle and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
School districts

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools100% of this ZIP code's land area
Community and walkability

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Overall social vulnerability13more vulnerable than 13% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status20more vulnerable than 20% of US census tracts
Household characteristics1more vulnerable than 1% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status57more vulnerable than 57% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport52more vulnerable than 52% of US census tracts
Walkability16.5 out of 20Most walkable
Nearby ZIP codes

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

28233 Charlotte, NC0 km away
28236 Charlotte, NC0 km away
28241 Charlotte, NC0 km away
28243 Charlotte, NC0 km away
28244 Charlotte, NC0 km away
28250 Charlotte, NC0 km away
28260 Charlotte, NC0 km away
28265 Charlotte, NC0 km away
Location, counties and time zone

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Mecklenburg County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneEastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area0.01 sq mi
Latitude, longitude35.2271, -80.8431

Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.

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