| City: | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| County: | Mecklenburg County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:46:15 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 704 / 980 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 35.2267, -80.8434 |
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ZIP 28236 is a PO Box-only facility in Charlotte's Uptown district, serving 65 boxes primarily for business mail. The post office sits in First Ward, one of Charlotte's original four wards, near the intersection of modern downtown development and historic neighborhoods.
Despite the P classification, this isn't a remote facility serving rural areas. It's embedded in Mecklenburg County's urban core, with residential street delivery handled by neighboring ZIP 28204. The 450 businesses using 28236 addresses typically maintain these boxes for consistent mailing addresses separate from physical office locations. Some companies use PO Boxes to keep customer-facing addresses stable even when they relocate within the city. Others use them because their building lacks traditional mail delivery infrastructure or shares a single mail room with dozens of other tenants.
N McDowell St is the sole street address for this facility, handling both the 29 PO Box ZIP+4 codes and 43 general delivery records. The single-street pattern is typical for urban PO Box-only facilities where the address refers to the post office location itself rather than a delivery area.
ZIP Code 28236 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 5 business establishments, employing about 21 people with an annual payroll of $1,484,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 510Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 5Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $327,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $1,484,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 21Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 28236 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 28236. 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 28236 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 January 1, 2026.