Huntersville's combined 2025-26 tax rate was 72.02 cents per $100, against 66.58 in Cornelius, 75.87 in Davidson and 100.4 in Mount Holly.

Last checked Oct. 11, 2026. Sources: the N.C. Department of Revenue’s 2025-2026 county and municipal tax rates, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction’s 2025-26 accountability data, the federal NCES school directory, Zillow Research, the Census Bureau’s QuickFacts and each town’s service pages, linked below.

Huntersville’s three nearest neighbors that are incorporated towns or cities are Cornelius, about 5 miles north, Davidson, about 6 miles north, and Mount Holly, about 10 miles southwest across the Catawba River. (Lake Norman of Iredell, about 10 miles away, is a Census-designated place, not a town.) Huntersville, Cornelius and Davidson are all in Mecklenburg County and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, so they share a county tax rate, a school system and a property record office. Mount Holly is in Gaston County, with its own county tax, school district and records.

What this means for you

  • Compare the combined rate, county plus town. The town rate is the only one that differs among Huntersville, Cornelius and Davidson.
  • School zones go by address, not town. A quarter of Huntersville’s parcels are zoned for the same high school as most of Cornelius, William Amos Hough.
  • Every figure below comes from one year or one month for all four towns.

Property taxes

North Carolina rates are in cents per $100 of assessed value. These are the state’s 2025-2026 rates, the latest year the N.C. Department of Revenue has published for all four. The “effective” rate is the state’s adjustment for counties that last revalued property in different years. Mecklenburg and Gaston counties both last revalued in 2023, the table shows.

Town, county County rate Town rate Combined Effective combined
Huntersville, Mecklenburg 49.27 22.75 72.02 63.94
Cornelius, Mecklenburg 49.27 17.31 66.58 59.11
Davidson, Mecklenburg 49.27 26.6 75.87 67.36
Mount Holly, Gaston 59.9 40.5 100.4 89.02

The state’s table leaves out special district rates and fees. Huntersville’s county and town rates did not change for 2026-27, Mecklenburg County’s rate chart shows, and a Huntersville bill also carries the town’s residential solid waste fee; see our property tax guide. A small piece of Huntersville is in Cabarrus County and pays Cabarrus’s rate instead.

Homestead breaks are set by the state and work the same way in all four towns; none of the four has its own. Owners apply to the county assessor for the elderly or disabled exclusion, the circuit breaker deferment or the disabled veteran exclusion on the state’s AV-9 application for property tax relief, due by June 1.

Town tax rates

Bar chart of the 2025-26 town property tax rate in cents per $100: Huntersville 22.75, Cornelius 17.31, Davidson 26.6 and Mount Holly 40.5

Schools

Public high schools are the traditional district high schools with an address in each town in the federal NCES directory. Scores are the share of state tests at grade level or above in 2025-26, the state’s growth rating and the four-year graduation rate, from the state’s accountability data.

Town District (all schools, at grade level) High school in town At grade level Growth Four-year graduation
Huntersville Charlotte-Mecklenburg (60.9%) Hopewell High 60.8% Exceeded 89.6%
Huntersville Charlotte-Mecklenburg (60.9%) North Mecklenburg High 54.6% Exceeded 90.1%
Cornelius Charlotte-Mecklenburg (60.9%) William Amos Hough High 82.9% Exceeded Above 95%
Mount Holly Gaston County Schools (53.5%) East Gaston High 55.6% Met 94.3%

Davidson has no traditional high school with a Davidson address in the federal directory; Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools assigns Davidson students to a high school by address. The statewide figure was 59.2% at grade level. Inside Huntersville, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ 2026-27 feeder data zones about half the town’s parcels for Hopewell, a quarter for North Mecklenburg and a quarter for Hough; our neighborhoods guide shows which areas go where. More in our schools guide.

Home values

The Zillow Home Value Index by city is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, not a sale price.

Town August 2026 August 2025 Change
Huntersville $546,644 $544,057 +0.5%
Cornelius $522,002 $516,849 +1.0%
Davidson $652,186 $648,761 +0.5%
Mount Holly $358,147 $355,918 +0.6%

Typical home values

Bar chart of the August 2026 Zillow typical home value: Huntersville $546,644, Cornelius $522,002, Davidson $652,186 and Mount Holly $358,147

Trends for Huntersville since 2016 are on our home prices guide.

Census figures and commute

From the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates, the same release for all four, also shown on QuickFacts. Median home value is what owners reported, pooled over five years, so it runs below Zillow’s 2026 figure.

Town Population Median household income Median home value Mean travel time to work
Huntersville 63,969 $120,516 $472,900 27.1 minutes
Cornelius 32,783 $113,767 $559,400 25.4 minutes
Davidson 15,660 $166,556 $687,700 24.2 minutes
Mount Holly 18,208 $79,385 $337,800 27.5 minutes

By road, from each town’s downtown as OpenStreetMap marks it, measured with the OSRM routing engine (distances, not drive times):

Town To uptown Charlotte To Charlotte Douglas International Airport
Huntersville 15.1 miles 20.6 miles
Cornelius 20.5 miles 26 miles
Davidson 22.3 miles 27.9 miles
Mount Holly 12.6 miles 10.7 miles

More Huntersville figures are in our population guide and getting around guide.

Who provides town services

Town Police Fire Trash and recycling
Huntersville Huntersville Police Department Huntersville Fire Department, a nonprofit that serves the town, with a town-paid chief and full-time firefighters added Jan. 1, 2024, WBTV reported Waste Connections, under a town contract, paid for with the town’s solid waste fee (town page)
Cornelius Cornelius Police Department (town site) Cornelius Fire Department, a town department since 2021 Waste Pro, under a town contract
Davidson Davidson Police Department Davidson Fire Department Waste Pro, under a town contract
Mount Holly Mount Holly Police Department Mount Holly Fire Department, three full-time stations City Streets and Solid Waste Division (city page)

Cornelius and Davidson trash details are from Mecklenburg County’s municipal curbside collection page. More in our trash and recycling guide.

How to check an address

  • Huntersville, Cornelius and Davidson: Mecklenburg County’s property record search shows which town a parcel is in and its assessed value; the county’s tax bill search shows the bill. School zones: the county’s GeoPortal school lookup or CMS Student Placement, 980-343-5335.
  • Mount Holly: Gaston County’s Tax Office and Maps and GIS pages. School zones: Gaston County Schools’ Which School Do I Attend? lookup.
  • Estimate a bill: divide the assessed value by 100, multiply by the combined rate in dollars (72.02 cents is 0.7202), then add any special district rate and fee. Our property tax guide has a worked Huntersville example.

Frequently asked questions

Are property taxes higher in Huntersville or Cornelius?

Huntersville. The state’s 2025-26 table puts the combined county and town rate at 72.02 cents per $100 of assessed value in Huntersville and 66.58 cents in Cornelius. Both use Mecklenburg County’s 49.27-cent rate; the town rates were 22.75 and 17.31 cents.

What school district is Mount Holly in?

Gaston County Schools. Huntersville, Cornelius and Davidson are in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. East Gaston High has a Mount Holly address; 55.6% of its state tests were at grade level in 2025-26.

Which is more expensive, Huntersville or Davidson?

Zillow’s typical home value in August 2026 was $652,186 in Davidson and $546,644 in Huntersville. Cornelius was $522,002 and Mount Holly $358,147.

How long is the commute from Huntersville?

The Census Bureau’s 2020-2024 estimate of mean travel time to work was 27.1 minutes in Huntersville, 25.4 in Cornelius, 24.2 in Davidson and 27.5 in Mount Holly. Downtown Huntersville is about 15 miles by road from uptown Charlotte.