Cheapest rent in the Charlotte area, by ZIP code
Typical rent (monthly), September 2026 · Zillow ZORI (Sep 2026), seasonally adjusted (Zillow) · updated 2026-11-15
ZIP code 28021 (Cherryville, NC) has the lowest typical monthly rent of the 66 ZIP codes ranked in the Charlotte area: $1,075, 38% below the figure for the metro area as a whole ($1,735).
The 10 lowest run from $1,075 to $1,483; the highest of all 66 is $2,637, 2.5 times the lowest.
46 of the 66 ZIP codes are below the U.S. typical rent of $1,932; the median ZIP code in the Charlotte area is at $1,754.
Cheapest rent in the Charlotte area, by ZIP code: the first 30 of 66
| Rank | ZIP code | Typical rent (monthly) | Rents, 1-year change | Typical home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28021Cherryville, NC | $1,075 | – | $248,000 |
| 2 | 28147Salisbury, NC | $1,170 | +2.0% | $296,000 |
| 3 | 28212Charlotte, NC | $1,340 | −0.8% | $316,000 |
| 4 | 28092Lincolnton, NC | $1,376 | +7.1% | $296,000 |
| 5 | 28052Gastonia, NC | $1,385 | +4.0% | $210,000 |
| 6 | 28210Charlotte, NC | $1,406 | +2.0% | $558,000 |
| 7 | 28016Bessemer City, NC | $1,410 | – | $237,000 |
| 8 | 29720Lancaster, SC | $1,431 | – | $286,000 |
| 9 | 28023China Grove, NC | $1,458 | +12.1% | $293,000 |
| 10 | 28054Gastonia, NC | $1,483 | +0.1% | $267,000 |
| 11 | 29732Rock Hill, SC | $1,489 | +4.6% | $347,000 |
| 12 | 28262Charlotte, NC | $1,512 | −1.9% | $338,000 |
| 13 | 28146Salisbury, NC | $1,529 | – | $303,000 |
| 14 | 28270Charlotte, NC | $1,530 | −0.2% | $672,000 |
| 15 | 28083Kannapolis, NC | $1,532 | +1.9% | $264,000 |
| 16 | 29730Rock Hill, SC | $1,536 | −0.1% | $284,000 |
| 17 | 28677Statesville, NC | $1,542 | +6.2% | $279,000 |
| 18 | 28213Charlotte, NC | $1,548 | +0.1% | $320,000 |
| 19 | 28206Charlotte, NC | $1,573 | −0.2% | $322,000 |
| 20 | 28144Salisbury, NC | $1,581 | – | $231,000 |
| 21 | 28117Mooresville, NC | $1,584 | +2.9% | $629,000 |
| 22 | 28081Kannapolis, NC | $1,585 | +3.1% | $293,000 |
| 23 | 28208Charlotte, NC | $1,587 | +0.7% | $293,000 |
| 24 | 28273Charlotte, NC | $1,609 | +2.0% | $363,000 |
| 25 | 28217Charlotte, NC | $1,617 | +2.3% | $319,000 |
| 26 | 28226Charlotte, NC | $1,638 | +1.1% | $665,000 |
| 27 | 28204Charlotte, NC | $1,671 | −0.5% | $574,000 |
| 28 | 28105Matthews, NC | $1,674 | −0.1% | $483,000 |
| 29 | 28209Charlotte, NC | $1,685 | +2.6% | $671,000 |
| 30 | 28227Mint Hill, NC | $1,695 | −0.3% | $383,000 |
- Under $1,550
- $1,550–$1,650
- $1,650–$1,800
- $1,800–$2,000
- $2,000+
- Not ranked
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Source and method
Typical rent (monthly): Zillow ZORI (Sep 2026), seasonally adjusted (Zillow); figures for September 2026. ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents and a published figure are ranked (66 of them in the Charlotte area). The metro area is the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan statistical area. Place names for ZIP codes are the neighborhood or city the ZIP code mostly covers. Compiled by Home Economics.
Zillow's "typical" home value and rent are index values for the middle of the market (the Zillow Home Value Index and Observed Rent Index), not median sale prices or asking rents. One-year changes are over the 12 months to September 2026. Income and population come from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey and carry sampling error, most of all in small places.