ZIP 28262
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
January. Asking rents in ZIP 28262 usually run 1.2% below trend in January and 1.6% above it in August, about $42 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 28262 is 3.2% below its high of $1,562 in March 2023, at $1,512 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 28262 changed -1.9% 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 28262 rose 35% while median household income rose 28.5% ($53,859 to $69,231). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in ZIP 28262 is 29% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has fallen 3 months in a row, and rose in 3 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($69,231) is $1,731 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a studio ($1,730); a 1-bedroom is $1,820.
3rd cheapest of 23 ZIP codes in Charlotte.
ZIP 28212, 9 miles away, rents for 11% less ($1,340/mo), about $2,100 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 28262. 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 28262 (Charlotte, NC) is majority renter-occupied, skews toward younger working-age adults, 46.2% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 28262 in Charlotte, NC has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in ZIP 28262 in Charlotte, NC has shifted from $1,268 to $1,512, up 19.2% since 2021. Census figures show median household income at $69,231 today, compared with $59,021 five years earlier. Census counts show ZIP 28262 in Charlotte, NC adding about 6,339 residents over the five-year window, up 14.5% on net. The renter share has risen from 66.6% to 71.7%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 48.3% to 46.2% across the same window. The combined trend lines point to a market that has changed measurably from where it stood in early 2021.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
ZIP code 28262 covers Charlotte, NC. The median rent here is $1,512/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $1,276/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $1,395/mo.
At 26% of local median household income ($69,231/yr), ZIP 28262 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have decreased 1.9% over the past year.
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