Housing in South Inner at a glance
- Population
- about 61,569
- Housing units
- about 35,106
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $683,000Charlotte: $385,700 (+77%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,820 a monthCharlotte: $1,612 (+13%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 43.9%Charlotte: 51%
- Homes built before 1980
- 38.5%
- Median year built
- 2000
South Inner Charlotte, close to the population centre, tops the ten sectors for home values: owners estimate $683,000, which is 77% above the figure for Charlotte overall. Rent is high too, with renters paying $1,820, second-highest of ten and 13% higher than the city. Yet ownership is thin: 17,917 households rent while 14,029 own, putting the owner share at 43.9%, ninth of ten and 7.1 points under the city. The stock is mixed in age, with 38.5% of it dating from before 1980 and 2000 as the median year of construction. West Inner, a neighbour, has $265,000 for values. South Middle has $609,000. East Middle & Outer has $314,000. Some 61,569 people occupy 35,106 dwellings. On ownership, South Middle reaches 60% and East Middle & Outer 54.6%, so South Inner trails both. West Inner is much older, its pre-1980 share reaching 61.8%, whereas South Middle stands at 31.3%.
Questions about South Inner
What is the median home value in South Inner, Charlotte?
$683,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $385,700 for Charlotte as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in South Inner?
$1,820 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,612 in Charlotte (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in South Inner own or rent?
Most rent: 43.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 51% in Charlotte (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 22 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city.
South Inner is one of the 10 most populous of 15 community area planning geographies of Charlotte: estimated population about 61,569 (Payotte estimate: Census ACS 2020-2024 populations of the census tracts whose internal point lies inside the boundary; boundaries from City of Charlotte GIS, Community Planning Areas, consulted 2026-11-02).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for Charlotte as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
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Payotte lists one professional per trade in South Inner. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
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