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The 28202 zip code is the main zip for uptown Charlotte. It does not cover all of what is usually considered to be "uptown", but it does cover most of it.
^According to the link above, uptown has lost about 1,000 people since the census. However, this website's methods for making estimates (mail volume) are a little bit suspect. Today, fewer people are using physical mail; to the point that many post office locations are being forced to shut down.
Trying to figure out uptown's true size and density is a bit difficult. For starters, one must first know what the official borders for uptown are. Secondly, you would need to know the population for each and every census block within those borders.
I will say this though. As a person who spends alot of time uptown, I'd say that only 30% or so of uptown's land area is actually residential (most of it is class A office buildings, hotels, sporting arenas/stadiums, or surface parking).
With that said, the 11,000 or so uptown residents actually live in an area of roughly 0.54 sq/miles. In other words, the average uptown neighborhood density is about 20,000 people per sq/mile; though the average density of the entire zip code is much lower. Personally, I tend to think of "uptown" as being a 2 sq/mile area inside of I-277 with a population of 12,500. Hope this answers your question.
The 28202 zip code is the main zip for uptown Charlotte. It does not cover all of what is usually considered to be "uptown", but it does cover most of it.
^According to the link above, uptown has lost about 1,000 people since the census. However, this website's methods for making estimates (mail volume) are a little bit suspect. Today, fewer people are using physical mail; to the point that many post office locations are being forced to shut down.
Trying to figure out uptown's true size and density is a bit difficult. For starters, one must first know what the official borders for uptown are. Secondly, you would need to know the population for each and every census block within those borders.
I will say this though. As a person who spends alot of time uptown, I'd say that only 30% or so of uptown's land area is actually residential (most of it is class A office buildings, hotels, sporting arenas/stadiums, or surface parking).
With that said, the 11,000 or so uptown residents actually live in an area of roughly 0.54 sq/miles. In other words, the average uptown neighborhood density is about 20,000 people per sq/mile; though the average density of the entire zip code is much lower. Personally, I tend to think of "uptown" as being a 2 sq/mile area inside of I-277 with a population of 12,500. Hope this answers your question.
I'd agree with your definition of uptown. I just roughly measured the rectangle of 1-277/77 in Google Earth and got very roughly 1.25 x 1.5 mies which gives 1 7/8th square miles - roughly.
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