Markets / Charlotte

Private-party car market: Charlotte, NC

268/day private-seller listings within 50 miles, Aug 29, 2026 – Sept 27, 2026 · updated Sept 28, 2026

8,040
Private listings (30 days)
268
Per day
16.6%
Listed under Manheim wholesale
$13,500
Median asking price
$2,290
Median spread on under-wholesale cars
2015
Median model year

Where the listings come from

Share of Charlotte's 8,040 private-seller listings by source.

Facebook Marketplace6,970 · 86.7%
OfferUp433 · 5.4%
Craigslist345 · 4.3%
Cars.com128 · 1.6%
Autotrader124 · 1.5%
eBay40 · 0.5%

Most listed makes

Top makes by private-seller listing count, with the median asking price and the share asking under Manheim wholesale.

MakeListingsMedian askUnder wholesale
Ford1,213$14,50010.0%
Chevrolet1,052$14,50015.7%
Toyota742$13,50021.0%
Honda550$10,89933.8%
RAM362$14,50013.9%
Jeep300$12,3457.8%
GMC286$15,5009.6%
Nissan269$10,50020.5%
BMW253$12,7009.5%
Dodge185$12,20015.1%
Mercedes-Benz151$13,99915.7%
Hyundai112$10,00023.3%

Asking-price bands

How Charlotte's private-seller listings split by asking price.

$500–5k407 · 5.1%
$5k–10k1,846 · 23.0%
$10k–20k3,378 · 42.0%
$20k–35k1,382 · 17.2%
$35k–60k633 · 7.9%
$60k+394 · 4.9%

Deal grades

Facebook Marketplace listings only, because those are the grades computed against Manheim MMR wholesale for the same year, trim and mileage: a steal is priced well under wholesale, a pass is priced above it.

steal 53
great 129
good 184
fair 378
pass 2,805

Method and caveats

  • These are asking prices, not sold prices.
  • Dealer-classified and duplicate cross-posted listings were removed before counting.
  • Wholesale means Manheim MMR for the listing's year, trim and mileage.
  • A make can show a high under-wholesale share where MMR runs rich on high-mileage cars; read the makes table against the metro average.
  • Radius is 50 miles from the city center; window is Aug 29, 2026 – Sept 27, 2026 (30 days).
  • Facebook Marketplace mileage is typed by the seller and is not verified.

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