| City: | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| County: | Mecklenburg County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:46:10 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 704 / 980 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 35.2267, -80.8434 |
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All 95 mailboxes serve business customers rather than households. The ZIP occupies no measurable land area and exists entirely within the larger ZIP 28204, which handles street delivery for the surrounding downtown area. Businesses choose this address for its prestige location and centralized mail access. The facility operates as part of Charlotte's urban postal infrastructure, where carrier routes deliver to physical addresses while the PO Box ZIP provides an alternative addressing option for commercial users.
N McDowell Street is Charlotte's central post office location. All 40 ZIP+4 records reference this single address, confirming this ZIP exists as a PO Box facility rather than a delivery area.
ZIP Code 28233 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 8 business establishments, employing about 230 people with an annual payroll of $9,197,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 317Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 8Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $2,337,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $9,197,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 230Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 28233 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 28233. 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 28233 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.