| City: | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| County: | Mecklenburg County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 7:58:10 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 704 / 980 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 35.2267, -80.8434 |
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ZIP code 28234 is a PO Box facility serving Charlotte's Uptown and First Ward neighborhoods. The post office maintains 78 PO Boxes but doesn't serve residential street delivery within this ZIP. Instead, the address N McDowell St receives carrier delivery through the neighboring ZIP code 28204.
This arrangement is common in dense urban cores where a post office building operates as a customer service center while surrounding addresses use a different ZIP for their street mail. The facility serves 260 businesses that prefer PO Box addresses in Charlotte's central business district. Residents living near the post office get their home delivery through 28204 but can still rent boxes at the 28234 location for mail separation or privacy.
The post office sits in Charlotte's downtown core, surrounded by some of the city's most established neighborhoods. First Ward borders the facility directly, while Elizabeth, Second Ward, and Dilworth sit within a quarter-mile radius. This location makes the PO Box service convenient for professionals and businesses throughout the central business district who need a stable mailing address separate from their physical office location.
The single street record for N McDowell St represents unit-based delivery (likely a business building) that's actually serviced through the neighboring ZIP code 28204. This is typical for PO Box facilities in urban cores where the post office building has a street address but doesn't operate carrier routes.
ZIP Code 28234 is designated for PO Box delivery only; business establishment and employment data are not available.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 323Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 0Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 0Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 28234 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 1,758,038 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 28234. 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: | 1,758,038Source: 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 28234 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 March 1, 2026.