What county is ZIP code 28110 in?

Union County, North Carolina. Monroe is the county seat, and 28110 covers the northern and western portions of the city plus surrounding unincorporated land.

Is Monroe NC affordable?

Relative to the western Union County corridor, substantially so. The median sale price near $340K is roughly a third of Waxhaw's, and the ZIP holds the corridor's deepest inventory under $400K.

What hospital serves Union County?

Atrium Health Union in Monroe is the county's main hospital campus, offering emergency, surgical, and specialty care for residents across the corridor.

How do I get from Monroe to Charlotte quickly?

The Monroe Expressway toll road bypasses the signalized stretch of US-74 and is the fastest peak-hour option, putting uptown Charlotte roughly 35 to 45 minutes away off-peak.

Union County, North Carolina

28110 — Monroe

The county seat: historic districts, the region's hospital and airport, and the corridor's deepest inventory under $400K.

Population

≈ 56,000 in the delivery area

Median Price

≈ $340K median sale price

County

Union County, North Carolina

Monroe is the seat of Union County and the practical infrastructure center for the whole corridor — the courthouse, the county's main hospital campus, the regional airport, and the largest concentration of manufacturing employment all sit inside or adjacent to 28110.

Its housing story is unlike the western corridor's. Monroe has genuine historic districts of turn-of-the-century homes, a downtown square with civic architecture, and a resale market where four hundred thousand dollars buys substantial square footage. It is the counterweight to Waxhaw and Marvin pricing.

For buyers in the luxury corridor, 28110 matters less as a place to live and more as the place things happen: specialists at Atrium Health Union, general aviation at Charlotte-Monroe Executive Airport, county records and permitting, and the Monroe Expressway that made the eastern half of the county commutable at all.

What the 28110 delivery area covers

✦Northern and western City of Monroe
✦Unincorporated Union County toward Indian Trail
✦The US-74 / Monroe Expressway commercial corridor

Housing Stock

What 28110 buys.

Historic districts: Turn-of-the-century and early-1900s homes near downtown, often on mature lots, generally $250K to $600K depending on restoration state.
Post-war and mid-century: Established neighborhoods of ranch and split-level stock forming the bulk of the resale market under $350K.
New subdivisions: Growth is concentrated along the western and northern edges toward Indian Trail, typically $330K to $500K.
Acreage: Working farmland and multi-acre residential parcels remain available east and south of the city.

Schools

School assignment in 28110.

Union County Public Schools serves 28110 through the Monroe, Piedmont, and Parkwood attendance areas.
Union County also operates magnet and early-college programs based in and around Monroe, including partnerships with South Piedmont Community College.
Catchment boundaries here are more stable than in the fast-growing western ZIPs.

Commute distances.

Destination	Distance & typical drive
Uptown Charlotte	≈ 26 miles. 35–45 minutes via the Monroe Expressway and US-74; peak adds 15–25 minutes.
Waxhaw	≈ 13 miles. 20–26 minutes on NC-75 / Waxhaw-Monroe Road.
Ballantyne	≈ 22 miles. 32–42 minutes.
Charlotte Douglas (CLT)	≈ 36 miles. 45–55 minutes.

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Everyday practicalities.

✦Atrium Health Union is the county's primary hospital, with emergency, surgical, and specialty services.
✦Charlotte-Monroe Executive Airport handles general and corporate aviation for the region.
✦Downtown Monroe's historic square carries independent retail, dining, and the county government complex.
✦The Monroe Expressway (toll) bypasses the worst of US-74's signalized congestion and is the fastest route west at peak.

Questions

28110 questions, answered.

What county is ZIP code 28110 in?: Union County, North Carolina. Monroe is the county seat, and 28110 covers the northern and western portions of the city plus surrounding unincorporated land.
Is Monroe NC affordable?: Relative to the western Union County corridor, substantially so. The median sale price near $340K is roughly a third of Waxhaw's, and the ZIP holds the corridor's deepest inventory under $400K.
What hospital serves Union County?: Atrium Health Union in Monroe is the county's main hospital campus, offering emergency, surgical, and specialty care for residents across the corridor.
How do I get from Monroe to Charlotte quickly?: The Monroe Expressway toll road bypasses the signalized stretch of US-74 and is the fastest peak-hour option, putting uptown Charlotte roughly 35 to 45 minutes away off-peak.

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Population and price figures are approximations compiled from U.S. Census Bureau delivery-area estimates and Canopy MLS sale data; distances and drive times from Google Maps. Figures move with the market and are published for orientation, not as a substitute for current professional data. School catchments must be verified by parcel address with the assigning district.