The Charlotte–Concord–Gastonia, NC–SC metro is home to about 2.77M people, with a median household income of $83K, a median home value of $356K, a median age of 38, and a 40% bachelor's-degree share among adults 25 and older. The analysis below clusters neighborhoods within the metro's urbanized areas, covering 1.73M of those 2.77M residents. A wedge of high values runs from uptown Charlotte south and southeast toward Marvin and Waxhaw, while lower values sit on the old textile-mill edges around Gastonia and on the Rock Hill side of the state line.
Median home value
Median home values top out in the East Charlotte cluster at $1.4M, with a second East Charlotte cluster at $950K — both sit on the south side of uptown along the corridor that includes Myers Park and SouthPark ), the metro's traditional concentration of higher-end housing. The bottom is in South of Rock Hill at $185K, in a part of York County, South Carolina where housing prices have historically run below the North Carolina side of the line, followed by West of Gastonia at $204K in the former textile-manufacturing belt around Gastonia . Most other clusters fall in the $200K–$400K band that brackets the $356K metro figure, with a ring of $400K–$600K clusters around the wealthier south-and-southeast wedge.
Median household income
East Charlotte leads at $210K and South Charlotte follows at $177K, mirroring the home-value pattern through the southern wedge. The bottom is split across distinct geographies: North of Statesville at $51K, anchored to Statesville at the metro's northern edge, and West of Gastonia at $51K on the metro's western edge. Most clusters across the urbanized footprint fall in the $60K–$100K range that straddles the $83K metro median, with the $100K–$140K band concentrated south of uptown and in parts of southern Mecklenburg and northern Union County.
Median age
The oldest cluster is South of Marvin at 45, in and around the affluent Marvin village in Union County, with South of Mint Hill close behind at 44 on the southeastern edge of Mecklenburg. The youngest is North Charlotte at 27, just north of uptown, followed by North of Charlotte at 29 — both inside the urban core where rental households and recent in-migrants concentrate. The metro median sits at 38, and most clusters fall in the 34–40 range, with the older 40+ clusters forming a southern ring through Mooresville, Mint Hill, Marvin, and Waxhaw.
Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree
East Charlotte leads at 85% and South Charlotte follows at 78%, the same wedge that tops the home-value and income maps. The bottom is North of Gastonia at 16% and South of Rock Hill at 17%, both on the metro's outer edges in areas with a long industrial and rural base. The metro share is 40%, and most clusters sit in the 30%–50% band, with a clear 50%+ corridor running from uptown Charlotte south through Matthews, Mint Hill, and into northern Union County and Fort Mill.
Where the metrics overlap
The southern wedge from uptown Charlotte through SouthPark and into northern Union County is where high home value, high income, and high bachelor's share line up most clearly — the East Charlotte and South Charlotte clusters appear at the top of three of the four maps. The low-value edges are split: Gastonia and Rock Hill anchor the bottom of home value, income, and education, while the youngest clusters (North Charlotte and North of Charlotte) sit in the urban core where incomes are middling rather than low. Median age diverges most from the wealth pattern — the oldest clusters are in outer-suburban Union County and southeastern Mecklenburg rather than in the highest-value neighborhoods themselves.
Key Takeaways
- The East Charlotte cluster tops the metro on median home value at $1.4M, median household income at $210K, and bachelor's share at 85%.
- South of Rock Hill ($185K) and West of Gastonia ($204K) anchor the bottom of home values, both on the metro's older industrial and cross-state edges.
- The oldest clusters (South of Marvin at 45, South of Mint Hill at 44) sit in outer-suburban Union and Mecklenburg, while the youngest (North Charlotte at 27) is just north of uptown.
- North of Gastonia (16%) and South of Rock Hill (17%) hold the lowest bachelor's shares, against a 40% metro figure and 50%+ corridor running south of uptown.