Rosedale and Gilead Road, Huntersville: homes, schools, commute

Last checked Oct. 11, 2026. Sources: the Town of Huntersville’s Gilead Road / US 21 Small Area Plan page and 2040 Community Plan (PDF), OpenStreetMap place names and 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, greenway and bus stop data and Zillow Research.

Rosedale is the name OpenStreetMap gives to the land just west of I-77 Exit 23 on Gilead Road. The town’s 2040 Community Plan lists Rosedale as a large neighborhood shopping center of about 119,000 square feet and names it, with Birkdale Village, as one of the town’s mixed-use developments. The town’s Gilead Road / US 21 Small Area Plan, approved Dec. 5, 2005, calls the Exit 23 area “the primary entrance to downtown Huntersville.” Homes here are in ZIP code 28078.

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: Hopewell High for every parcel, 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 I-77 exit: Exit 23, Gilead Road, about 1.8 miles by road.

Part of our Huntersville neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

This guide covers the town west of I-77 between Hugh Torance Parkway in the north and the McIlwaine Road area in the south, out to about Ervin Cook Road. Besides Gilead Road, the main streets are Ranson Road, Wynfield Creek Parkway, Reese Boulevard and Julian Clark Avenue, where the Huntersville Police Department is at 9630 Julian Clark Ave. The shops cluster on Rose Commons Drive and Gilead Road near the interchange. Birkdale is to the north, Hicks Crossroads and Long Creek to the west and south, and Downtown across I-77. We counted 4,713 tax parcels inside town limits in this area, the most of any area in this guide.

Schools

Rosedale is in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. We placed every parcel on the district’s 2026-27 feeder boundaries, which Mecklenburg County publishes:

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 Rosedale. 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 Rosedale’s alone. Trends are on our home prices page.

Parks and trails

From the county’s park and greenway data:

• Rosedale Nature Park, 9519 Rosewood Meadow Lane: a dog park, a playground, a shelter, a walking trail and greenway access.
• The Torrence Creek Greenway and Torrence Creek Tributary Greenway, which the county counts at about 2.4 and 2.5 miles inside town limits, and parts of the McDowell Creek Greenway and the natural-surface McDowell Creek Dirtway on the west side. The town’s 2040 plan lists a Torrence Creek-Rosedale greenway connector to downtown among its key links.
• Town park sites listed as undeveloped: McDowell Creek Park, 8233 Gilead Road; Cook Park, 15010 Ervin Cook Road; and McIlwaine Park, 8101 McIlwaine Road.

More in our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

• I-77: Exit 23 at Gilead Road is about 1.8 miles by road from a point near the middle of the area’s homes; Exit 25 at N.C. 73 about 4.9 miles.
• Downtown Huntersville: about 2.2 miles by road.
• Charlotte Douglas International Airport: about 20.9 miles by road.
• Buses: county stop data lists CATS Route 63X stops on Gilead Road and on Reese Boulevard at Kincey Avenue. The Huntersville Gateway Park & Ride (routes 177 and 63X) is just east of I-77. Schedules are on 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 Harris Teeter at 9925 Rose Commons Drive, a Publix at 9815 Rose Commons Drive, a Lowes Foods at 14021 Boren St., a CVS Pharmacy at 9931 Gilead Road and a Walgreens at 9848 Gilead Road, all near Exit 23.

Frequently asked questions

Where is Rosedale in Huntersville?

West of I-77 at Exit 23, along Gilead Road. OpenStreetMap places Rosedale at Gilead Road just west of the interchange, and the town’s 2040 plan lists Rosedale as a large neighborhood shopping center of about 119,000 square feet.

What schools serve Rosedale?

Every parcel in the area is zoned for Francis Bradley Middle and Hopewell High in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ 2026-27 feeder data. For elementary school, 90% are zoned for Torrence Creek Elementary, with small shares for Barnette and Grand Oak.

Is there a dog park in Rosedale?

Yes. Rosedale Nature Park, a town park at 9519 Rosewood Meadow Lane, has a dog park, a playground, a shelter, a walking trail and greenway access.

What is the typical home value in Rosedale?

Rosedale is in ZIP code 28078, where the Zillow Home Value Index was $537,945 in August 2026, up 0.4% from August 2025. Zillow publishes no figure for Rosedale alone.