Markets: Charlotte

MSA population (rank): 2.43 million (22nd)

CHARLOTTE
 
Income profile (annual):
Household median: $54,836
Household, 60th percentile: $69,257
Household, 80th percentile: $111,095
Median, family of four: $80,232
Discretionary, family of four (rank): $14,740 (44th)

Since 2010: +9 percent

CHARLOTTE
 
Income profile (annual):
Household median: $54,836
Household, 60th percentile: $69,257
Household, 80th percentile: $111,095
Median, family of four: $80,232
Discretionary, family of four (rank): $14,740 (44th)

Major pro teams: Panthers, Hornets

CHARLOTTE
 
Income profile (annual):
Household median: $54,836
Household, 60th percentile: $69,257
Household, 80th percentile: $111,095
Median, family of four: $80,232
Discretionary, family of four (rank): $14,740 (44th)

Nearest teams: NHL: Carolina Hurricanes (166 miles); MLB: Atlanta Braves (244 miles); MLS: Atlanta United FC expansion franchise in 2017 (244 miles)

CHARLOTTE
 
Income profile (annual):
Household median: $54,836
Household, 60th percentile: $69,257
Household, 80th percentile: $111,095
Median, family of four: $80,232
Discretionary, family of four (rank): $14,740 (44th)

TV teams: Hurricanes, Braves, Washington Nationals, Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds

CHARLOTTE
 
Income profile (annual):
Household median: $54,836
Household, 60th percentile: $69,257
Household, 80th percentile: $111,095
Median, family of four: $80,232
Discretionary, family of four (rank): $14,740 (44th)

TV households (rank): 1.17 million (22nd)

CHARLOTTE
 
Income profile (annual):
Household median: $54,836
Household, 60th percentile: $69,257
Household, 80th percentile: $111,095
Median, family of four: $80,232
Discretionary, family of four (rank): $14,740 (44th)

Metro GDP (rank): $152.4 billion (22nd)

CHARLOTTE
 
Income profile (annual):
Household median: $54,836
Household, 60th percentile: $69,257
Household, 80th percentile: $111,095
Median, family of four: $80,232
Discretionary, family of four (rank): $14,740 (44th)

Fortune 1000 HQs (rank): 12 (23rd)

CHARLOTTE
 
Income profile (annual):
Household median: $54,836
Household, 60th percentile: $69,257
Household, 80th percentile: $111,095
Median, family of four: $80,232
Discretionary, family of four (rank): $14,740 (44th)

Employment profile: A banking town that’s trying to repackage itself as something more has 1.11 million jobs, over-indexing by almost 30 percent in two sectors: business and financial operations (29 percent higher concentration than elsewhere) and computers and math (27 percent more).

CHARLOTTE
 
Income profile (annual):
Household median: $54,836
Household, 60th percentile: $69,257
Household, 80th percentile: $111,095
Median, family of four: $80,232
Discretionary, family of four (rank): $14,740 (44th)

Places to play: A downtown ballpark that opened in 2014 has topped minor league baseball in average attendance in each of its first three seasons. With a capacity of 10,200 and little space in its footprint to expand, it’s an unlikely option for a big league club. There hasn’t been substantive discussion of other possibilities — yet — but in the last decade the city built an arena to recapture its NBA slot, erected a minor league park near the center of its downtown district and put $75 million of public money into stadium renovations for the Panthers. So don’t rule out movement if the opportunity arises in baseball or MLS. An old football stadium at the edge of downtown could yield the right footprint for an MLS project.

CHARLOTTE
 
Income profile (annual):
Household median: $54,836
Household, 60th percentile: $69,257
Household, 80th percentile: $111,095
Median, family of four: $80,232
Discretionary, family of four (rank): $14,740 (44th)

— Bill King

CHARLOTTE
 
Income profile (annual):
Household median: $54,836
Household, 60th percentile: $69,257
Household, 80th percentile: $111,095
Median, family of four: $80,232
Discretionary, family of four (rank): $14,740 (44th)

Appraisal

CHARLOTTE
 
Income profile (annual):
Household median: $54,836
Household, 60th percentile: $69,257
Household, 80th percentile: $111,095
Median, family of four: $80,232
Discretionary, family of four (rank): $14,740 (44th)


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