| City: | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| County: | Mecklenburg County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:46:30 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 704 / 980 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 35.2267, -80.8434 |
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Charlotte's 28247 ZIP code serves the Carmel neighborhood as a PO Box facility supporting both residential and commercial users. While classified as a PO Box ZIP, this doesn't mean residents lack alternatives. Street delivery exists through the neighboring 28226 ZIP code, and the postal data shows 536 street delivery records alongside 272 PO Box entries.
The 305 active PO Boxes support 396 businesses across this southeast Charlotte location. Most delivery points cluster on Pineville Matthews Road, which accounts for 512 of the 536 street records. Carmel Road holds the remaining 24 delivery points. This pattern shows a concentrated commercial corridor where businesses choose PO Boxes for mail consistency even when street delivery is available. The facility's location near the intersection of these two roads makes it convenient for the surrounding Carmel neighborhood and nearby areas like McAlpine and Seven Eagles.
The street pattern reveals a concentrated commercial corridor along Pineville Matthews Road, with Carmel Road as a secondary delivery route. Both streets serve properties with unit-based addressing, typical of multi-tenant business complexes and apartments.
ZIP Code 28247 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 15 business establishments, employing about 42 people with an annual payroll of $3,636,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 677Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 15Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $765,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $3,636,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 42Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 28247 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 28247. 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 28247 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.