ZIP 28025
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
January. Asking rents in ZIP 28025 usually run 1.4% below trend in January and 1.4% above it in August, about $51 a month apart at today's median. Based on 10 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 28025 is 0.2% below its high of $1,839 in November 2025, at $1,835 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 28025 changed +1.8% over the year to September 2026. Across the 190 North Carolina ZIP codes Zillow tracks, the typical change was +2.6%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in ZIP 28025 rose 45.4% while median household income rose 43.5% ($55,443 to $79,545). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in ZIP 28025 is 49.8% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 8 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($79,545) is $1,989 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 3-bedroom ($1,770); a 4-bedroom is $2,250.
ZIP 28083, 8 miles away, rents for 17% less ($1,532/mo), about $3,600 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 28025. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
Who lives here
ZIP 28025 (Concord, NC) is majority owner-occupied, 31.6% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 28025 in Concord, NC has changed in 5 years
Since 2021, the typical rent in ZIP 28025 in Concord, NC has climbed from $1,367 to $1,835, a 34.2% change over five years. Median household income rose from $62,468 to $79,545 between 2021 and 2024, a 27.3% shift. That spread, with rent up faster than earnings, points to a tougher affordability environment than five years ago. The population has grown by 5.6% since 2021, moving from about 55,265 residents to roughly 58,334. College-educated residents now make up 31.6% of adults here, versus 28.5% in 2021. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 28025 in Concord, NC reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
ZIP code 28025 covers Concord, NC. The median rent here is $1,835/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $1,310/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $1,440/mo.
At 28% of local median household income ($79,545/yr), ZIP 28025 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 1.8% over the past year.
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At $1,835/mo, rent takes ~28% of ZIP 28025's median household income ($79,545/yr). The standard benchmark is 30%.
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