Long Creek and Hopewell, Huntersville: homes, schools and commute

Last checked Oct. 11, 2026. Sources: the Town of Huntersville’s Beatties Ford Road / Mt. Holly-Huntersville Road Small Area Plan page and plan document (PDF), Beatties Ford Road Corridor Small Area Plan (PDF) and 2040 Community Plan (PDF), OpenStreetMap store listings, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ 2026-27 feeder boundaries as published by Mecklenburg County, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction’s 2025-26 accountability data, Mecklenburg County’s park and bus stop data and Zillow Research.

This guide covers southwest Huntersville, from Hambright Road south to Mt. Holly-Huntersville Road, along Beatties Ford Road and McCoy Road. The town’s Beatties Ford Road Corridor Small Area Plan calls this stretch its South district. Its anchors are Hopewell High at Hambright and Beatties Ford roads and Long Creek Elementary farther south, and the town’s 2040 Community Plan marks two small activity centers here, Long Creek Village and Hopewell Village. Homes here are in ZIP code 28078.

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: Hopewell High for every parcel inside town limits, 60.8% of state tests at grade level in 2025-26. Check yours on the county’s GeoPortal school lookup.
• Home value: $537,945 in ZIP code 28078 in August 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest freeway exit: I-77 Exit 23, Gilead Road, about 3.5 miles by road; I-485 Exit 18, Oakdale Road, and Exit 21, Harris Boulevard, each about 4.5 miles.

Part of our Huntersville neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

The town’s Beatties Ford Road / Mt. Holly-Huntersville Road Small Area Plan, adopted Oct. 17, 2005, calls for shops at the intersection of the two roads, low- and medium-density homes along Beatties Ford Road, a new street network and a low-intensity “urban village” next to Long Creek Elementary. It also pictures Beatties Ford Road as a four-lane boulevard gateway into Huntersville. The 2040 plan says three rezonings since then allow up to 45,000 square feet of commercial space and 119 single-family homes at Long Creek Village, and that Hopewell Village, at Beatties Ford Road and Mt. Holly-Huntersville Road, first rezoned by Mecklenburg County in 1991, allows about 62,000 square feet of buildings.

Hicks Crossroads is to the north and Rosedale to the northeast. Town limits are irregular here, and some nearby homes with Huntersville addresses are in unincorporated Mecklenburg County. We counted 1,668 tax parcels inside town limits in this area.

Schools

The area is in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. We placed every parcel on the district’s 2026-27 feeder boundaries, which Mecklenburg County publishes. All are zoned for Bradley Middle and Hopewell High; the elementary zone splits three ways:

Scores are the share of state tests at grade level or above in 2025-26 and the state’s growth rating, from the accountability data. Hopewell graduated 89.6% of its students in four years. The CMS figure for all its schools was 60.9%. Zones change; check your own address on the GeoPortal or call CMS Student Placement at 980-343-5335. More in our schools guide.

Home values

Zillow publishes no figure for this area. The Zillow Home Value Index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, not a sale price.

ZIP code 28078 covers almost all of Huntersville, so the figure is not this area’s alone. Trends are on our home prices page.

Parks and trails

From Mecklenburg County’s park data:

• Gar Creek Nature Preserve, 10020 McCoy Road, inside town limits.
• Latta Nature Preserve, 5226 Sample Road, on Mountain Island Lake just west of the area: trails, horseback riding, fishing, boating access and shelters. Latta Place, the historic house site, is listed as closed. See our Latta Nature Preserve guide.
• Carolina Raptor Center, 6000 Sample Road, and the Quest nature center at Latta, 6345 Sample Road.
• County park sites listed as undeveloped: Gar Creek Park, 9230 Kerns Road, and Northlake Park, 10801 Alexandriana Road.

More in our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

• I-77: Exit 23 at Gilead Road is about 3.5 miles by road from a point on McCoy Road near the middle of the area’s homes.
• I-485: Exit 18 at Oakdale Road and Exit 21 at Harris Boulevard are each about 4.5 miles by road.
• Downtown Huntersville: about 3.8 miles by road.
• Charlotte Douglas International Airport: about 19.5 miles by road.
• Buses: county stop data lists no CATS stops inside town limits here; Charlotte routes stop farther south. See ridetransit.org.

Distances were measured with the OSRM routing engine on OpenStreetMap roads. They are distances, not drive times. More in our getting around guide.

Groceries and everyday stores

OpenStreetMap lists a Food Lion at 9548 Mount Holly-Huntersville Road, south of the town line. Farther southwest in Charlotte are a Harris Teeter at 3950 Mount Holly-Huntersville Road and a Walmart Supercenter at 9820 Callabridge Court.

Frequently asked questions

Where is the Long Creek area of Huntersville?

In southwest Huntersville, along Beatties Ford Road and McCoy Road between Hambright Road and Mt. Holly-Huntersville Road. The town’s 2005 small area plan for Beatties Ford Road and Mt. Holly-Huntersville Road plans a low-intensity village next to Long Creek Elementary.

What schools serve Long Creek and Hopewell?

Every parcel inside town limits in this area is zoned for Francis Bradley Middle and Hopewell High in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ 2026-27 feeder data. Elementary zones split: 56% Barnette, 23% Long Creek and 21% Torrence Creek.

How close is Latta Nature Preserve to Long Creek?

Latta Nature Preserve, at 5226 Sample Road on Mountain Island Lake, borders the area to the west. The Carolina Raptor Center is at 6000 Sample Road and the Quest nature center at 6345 Sample Road.

What is the typical home value in southwest Huntersville?

The area is in ZIP code 28078, where the Zillow Home Value Index was $537,945 in August 2026, up 0.4% from August 2025.