| City: | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| County: | Mecklenburg County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:46:07 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 704 / 980 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 35.2267, -80.8434 |
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ZIP 28231 serves Charlotte's Uptown and First Ward neighborhoods as a dedicated PO Box facility. This isn't a residential zone with typical carrier delivery. Instead, it operates as an administrative postal designation centered on N McDowell St, providing 112 PO Boxes primarily for business use.
The 296 businesses using this ZIP far outnumber the actual PO Box count, suggesting many share boxes or use this as a mailing address while operating from the surrounding 28204 area. The single street record (N McDowell St with 42 unit-based addresses) supports internal building organization rather than traditional neighborhood delivery. This postal facility serves Charlotte's central business district, where PO Boxes offer stability for companies that don't want mail tied to specific office suites that may change with lease renewals.
The single street record for N McDowell St represents internal building organization at a central postal facility rather than traditional neighborhood delivery. This pattern is typical for downtown PO Box operations where the street address identifies the facility itself, not a delivery route.
ZIP Code 28231 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 8 business establishments, employing about 33 people with an annual payroll of $2,951,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 400Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 8Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $1,288,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $2,951,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 33Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 28231 is located in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, within the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 16740) and North Carolina's 14th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 2,712,818 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 28231. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SCSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 16740Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 2,712,818Source: Census |
| MSA: | Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 14Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 0 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 3712000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Charlotte city; North CarolinaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 28231 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on February 1, 2026.