Housing in South Middle at a glance
- Population
- about 169,203
- Housing units
- about 73,022
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $609,000Charlotte: $385,700 (+58%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,640 a monthCharlotte: $1,612 (+2%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 60%Charlotte: 51%
- Homes built before 1980
- 31.3%
- Median year built
- 1988
South Middle Charlotte, south of the centre, holds the second-highest home values of the ten sectors, with owners estimating $609,000, 58% above Charlotte overall. Only South Inner reports more, with $683,000. Yet rents stay close to the city level: tenants pay $1,640, 2% above. Ownership is firm at 60%, which is 9 points over the city's 51%, and it rests on 40,729 owners facing 27,184 renters. The midpoint dwelling here is from 1988, and 31.3% of units are pre-1980. South Outer shows $526,000 for values. East Middle & Outer, in contrast, sits far below with $314,000. With 169,203 residents across 73,022 housing units, this is a large sector, and its rent is the fifth-highest among the ten. On rent, it trails South Outer, where renters pay $2,000, and South Inner, where they pay $1,820, but it sits above East Middle & Outer, with $1,400. South Outer is newer, its pre-1980 share only 2.9%, and its median dwelling is from 2003.
Questions about South Middle
What is the median home value in South Middle, Charlotte?
$609,000 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 Middle?
$1,640 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 Middle own or rent?
Most own: 60% 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 44 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 Middle is one of the 10 most populous of 15 community area planning geographies of Charlotte: estimated population about 169,203 (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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- AppraiserOpen spot
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