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East & southeast Mecklenburg · US-74 and I-485

Living in Matthews and Mint Hill, NC: what a home costs in each town, what each charges in tax, and what is about to happen to US-74.

The lowest entry price on the hub and the shortest suburban drive to Uptown, with one road about to be rebuilt. The numbers by town, the tax worked out, what is physically there, and the trade-off, for people deciding between the east side, Ballantyne and the north.

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By Eridania M. Bonilla · updated 12 October 2026
Mecklenburg County, NC · illustrative, not a listing
The short answer

Matthews and Mint Hill are two towns on the east and south-east side of Mecklenburg County, outside Charlotte's limits but inside the I-485 ring. Typical sales were $506k in Matthews and $553k in Mint Hill, on about 820 homes a year between them, the lowest prices of the six areas we compare. Combined county and town tax is 77.22¢ per $100 in Matthews, a shade above Charlotte's 76.68¢, and 71.77¢ in Mint Hill: $5,792 and $5,383 a year on a $750,000 assessment.

Downtown Matthews is 19 minutes from Uptown and 35 from the airport on a free-flow map estimate; Mint Hill Town Hall is 22 and 37. The trade-off is the road: NCDOT's US-74 Express Lanes project will rebuild Independence Boulevard from Idlewild Road to I-485, years of construction on the main corridor to Uptown.

Typical sale: Redfin, Jun 2025–May 2026. Tax: FY2025-26, per $100 of assessed value, county + town only. Drive: OSRM free-flow routing, 12 Oct 2026. Sources at the foot of the page.

The numbers

What does a home cost in Matthews and Mint Hill?

Two town rows on Redfin, and the one that surprises people is the tax: Matthews charges more per $100 than Charlotte does. For the six-area view, go up to where to live in Charlotte.

Typical sale · by town
$506k

Matthews, about 370 residential sales a year, Jun 2025–May 2026. Mint Hill, $553k on about 440. Together, about 820.

Mint Hill, town rows$553k · ~440 sales
Providence & east Matthews, 28270$694k · ~510 sales
Huntersville, for scale$576k · ~1,230 sales
Ballantyne, 28277, for scale$644k · ~950 sales
Property tax · FY2025-26 · county + town, per $100
TownRateOn $750kOn $1M
Mint Hill (49.27 + 22.50)71.77¢$5,383$7,177
Matthews (49.27 + 27.95)77.22¢$5,792$7,722
Charlotte, for scale (49.27 + 27.41)76.68¢$5,751$7,668
Weddington, for scale (43.42 + 3.5)46.92¢$3,519$4,692

On each town's own typical sale: $3,907 in Matthews, $3,969 in Mint Hill, a difference of $62 a year because the dearer house sits in the cheaper town. Fire-district, solid-waste and vehicle fees are extra.

Drive, free-flow, centre to centre (OSRM, 12 Oct 2026): downtown Matthews 19 min / 11.9 mi to Trade & Tryon and 35 min / 19.9 mi to the CLT terminal · Mint Hill Town Hall 22 / 12.8 and 37 / 20.8. These are the off-peak floor; no published morning-peak matrix exists.

Town by town

How do Matthews and Mint Hill differ on the numbers?

Matthews is the one with a downtown: the historic centre, with a farmers market, and the point every drive on this page is measured from. It traded at a typical $506k on about 370 sales, the lowest price on the hub, 19 minutes from Uptown free-flow. Novant Health Matthews Medical Center, 177 beds on Matthews Township Parkway, has been there since 1994, and Four Mile Creek Greenway runs 3.3 miles through the town. Its combined rate, 77.22¢, is the highest of the six Mecklenburg municipalities on these pages, $3,907 a year on its own typical sale. We found no large new for-sale community in Matthews on a readable builder page; what was listed via search was 55-plus townhomes.

Mint Hill is the town to the north-east: $553k on about 440 sales, 22 minutes from Uptown and 37 from the airport from Town Hall. Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center, 36 beds on Healthcare Loop, opened in 2018; Mint Hill Veterans Memorial Park on Fairview Road covers more than 50 acres with turf fields, tennis and disc golf, per the town. The rate is 71.77¢, $3,969 on its typical sale. David Weekley lists Whitley Preserve, an Enclave Collection, as about to begin building, per a builder page read via search. We wrote a longer piece on living in Mint Hill in the journal.

Redfin, Matthews and Mint Hill town trackers, Jun 2025–May 2026 · Mecklenburg County FY2025-26 Jurisdiction Tax Rate Chart · Novant Health · Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation · Town of Mint Hill, parks · OSRM, 12 Oct 2026.

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What's there

What is actually in Matthews and Mint Hill?

  • Downtown MatthewsThe town's historic centre and the home of its farmers market (via search; the town's site was not readable at publication). Squirrel Lake Park, about 36 acres, is nearby (via search).
  • Two hospitalsNovant Health Matthews Medical Center, 177 beds at 1500 Matthews Township Parkway, 1994; Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center, 36 beds at 8201 Healthcare Loop, 2018, per Novant. Atrium Health Union West in Waxhaw, 40 beds, names both towns in its service area.
  • Four Mile Creek Greenway3.3 miles through Matthews, per Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation; the same creek system runs on into Ballantyne.
  • Mint Hill Veterans Memorial ParkMore than 50 acres at 8850 Fairview Road, with turf fields, tennis and disc golf, per the town.
  • The roadsUS-74, Independence Boulevard, is the corridor to Uptown; I-485 is the ring. NCDOT's US-74 Express Lanes project will widen the road from west of Idlewild Road to I-485 in Matthews with one general-purpose, one express and one auxiliary lane added in each direction.

Check the assigned schools for any address at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools' "Find My School". Assignments are by address and change; this page states no opinion on any school.

The honest trade-off

What do you give up for the lowest price on the hub?

Three things, and the first one is a construction schedule.

  • The US-74 rebuildNCDOT's US-74 Express Lanes project will reconstruct Independence Boulevard from west of Idlewild Road to I-485 in Matthews, adding an express lane, a general-purpose lane and an auxiliary lane in each direction. Reports read via search put the start at 2027 and the cost at $905 to $958 million; NCDOT's own page states the scope and not the date. Either way, the main corridor to Uptown is a work zone for years, and the 19-minute free-flow figure is the before.
  • Matthews's rateAt 77.22¢ combined, Matthews charges more per $100 than Charlotte's 76.68¢ and more than any other municipality on these pages. On a $1,000,000 assessment that is $7,722 against Mint Hill's $7,177 and Weddington's $4,692, across the county line.
  • The 2027 revaluationMecklenburg reappraises every parcel in 2027, with notices early that year; the FY2027 town rates were not published on a readable page at publication. Read the current bill as the floor of a range.

NCDOT, US-74 Express Lanes project page · Mecklenburg County FY2025-26 Jurisdiction Tax Rate Chart · Mecklenburg County Assessor, revaluation.

The tax, worked out

What is the property tax in Matthews and Mint Hill, on a real number?

Every parcel in the two towns pays Mecklenburg County's 49.27¢ per $100 of assessed value for FY2025-26, plus the town's rate: Mint Hill 22.50¢, Matthews 27.95¢. Rate × assessed value ÷ 100:

Assessed valueMint Hill 71.77¢Matthews 77.22¢Charlotte 76.68¢, for scale
$506,000, Matthews's typical sale$3,632$3,907$3,880
$553,000, Mint Hill's typical sale$3,969$4,270$4,240
$750,000$5,383$5,792$5,751
$1,000,000$7,177$7,722$7,668

Fire-district, solid-waste and vehicle fees are set town by town and are not in the table; last year's bill on the parcel is the one to read. The calendar: the county's FY2027 rate was adopted unchanged at 49.27¢ on 2 June 2026, and the two towns' FY2027 rates were not found on readable pages, so the town halves above are FY2025-26. Mecklenburg reappraises in 2027 and mails notices early that year, after which the county and each town set new rates against the new values; the bill you see now is the floor of a range, not a fixed cost.

Mecklenburg County FY2025-26 Jurisdiction Tax Rate Chart · Mecklenburg County, FY2027 budget adoption, 2 Jun 2026 · Mecklenburg County Assessor, revaluation.

The drive

How far are Matthews and Mint Hill from Uptown and the airport?

From downtown Matthews it is 11.9 miles and about 19 minutes to Trade and Tryon, and 19.9 miles and about 35 minutes to the Charlotte Douglas terminal; from Mint Hill Town Hall, 12.8 miles and 22 minutes, and 20.8 miles and 37, all on a free-flow routing run on 12 October 2026. Uptown is up US-74; the airport is around I-485 to the south and west, which is why the airport number is nearly double the Uptown one.

The rebuild changes the first of those. NCDOT's US-74 Express Lanes project will add one express, one general-purpose and one auxiliary lane each way between Idlewild Road and I-485, which is a better road when it is finished and a work zone until then. If the week has Uptown days in it, drive Independence at 8 a.m. now, and plan for it to be worse before it is better. No published point-to-point peak matrix exists; CRTPO maps tract-average commutes, most in the 21-to-30-minute band.

For the same price band with an interstate instead of a boulevard, Huntersville is 21 minutes to Uptown at $576k. For the same ring-road geography at a higher price, Ballantyne is 26 to both at $644k.

OSRM free-flow routing, 12 Oct 2026 · NCDOT, US-74 Express Lanes project page · CRTPO 2040 MTP, travel patterns (search only).

The same budget, three places

What does $553k buy in Mint Hill versus Ballantyne or Huntersville?

In Mint Hill, $553k is the middle of the market, and in Matthews it sits above the $506k typical; together the two towns moved about 820 homes a year, roughly 16 a week. In Ballantyne the same number sits well under the $644k typical, and in Huntersville just under $576k. The tax line on that one house:

East & southeast Mecklenburg

Matthews & Mint Hill

$553kMint Hill's typical sale · $506k Matthews
County + town tax on $553k: $3,969 Mint Hill · $4,270 Matthews
19–22 min to Uptown, 35–37 to CLT
28277 · Mecklenburg

Ballantyne

$644ktypical sale · $553k is under the middle
County + city tax on $553k: $4,240
26 min to Uptown and to CLT
Living in Ballantyne
Huntersville · Mecklenburg

Huntersville

$576ktypical sale · $553k is just under the middle
County + town tax on $553k: $3,983
21 min to Uptown, 33 to CLT
Living in the lake towns

For the same exercise across four areas at one budget, read what $700k buys in Charlotte; for the full line-item picture, the cost of living in Charlotte.

Eridania M. Bonilla
Your guide
Eridania M. Bonilla

REALTOR® with Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Paracle. I work with people moving to Charlotte and within it, in English and in Spanish, and I would rather you see the tax bill and the road plan before the kitchen. More about Eri.

Before you offer

What should you check before you offer on a house in Matthews or Mint Hill?

Most of this list costs nothing to ask.

  • Which town bills the parcelParcels near the town edges can be billed by Matthews, Mint Hill or Charlotte. Read the jurisdiction lines on last year's tax bill; the difference between Matthews and Mint Hill on a $750,000 house is $409 a year.
  • The route, during the rebuildIf the daily drive uses US-74, map the detours now and ask how the project's construction phasing touches the stretch you would use. NCDOT's project page carries the scope; the schedule reports via search put the start at 2027.
  • Water, sewer and septicOn a larger lot, confirm whether the parcel is on municipal water and sewer or on a well and septic; if the latter, the well test and septic inspection go in before the offer.
  • The creek and the floodplainFour Mile Creek runs through Matthews. Look the address up on the FEMA Flood Map Service Center and ask the lender whether flood insurance is required.
  • New build or resaleWhitley Preserve in Mint Hill is listed as about to begin, via search; on a new lot, confirm the HOA and the utilities before the deposit. On a resale, which is most of this market, run the full inspection list. The mistakes list has the order.

Mecklenburg County FY2025-26 Jurisdiction Tax Rate Chart · NCDOT, US-74 Express Lanes · Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation, greenways · FEMA Flood Map Service Center.

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Which part of Charlotte fits you?

Budget, drive, land, new or old, the lake. Five questions, one of six areas, the numbers attached.

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Frequently asked

The questions people type.

Is Matthews, NC a good place to live?

That depends on what you need from a house, so here is what is there rather than an adjective. Matthews traded at a typical $506k on about 370 homes a year, the lowest price of the six areas we compare, 19 minutes from Uptown and 35 from the airport with no traffic. There is a historic downtown with a farmers market, a 177-bed hospital and a 3.3-mile greenway. Property tax is 77.22¢ per $100, a shade above Charlotte's. US-74, the road to Uptown, is slated for a multi-year rebuild. If those numbers fit your week, it fits.

What is the property tax in Matthews and Mint Hill?

For FY2025-26, Mecklenburg County's 49.27¢ plus each town's rate: Matthews 77.22¢ combined, $5,792 a year on a $750,000 assessment and $7,722 on $1,000,000; Mint Hill 71.77¢, $5,383 and $7,177, per $100 of assessed value. Charlotte, for scale, is 76.68¢. Fees are extra. The county held 49.27¢ for FY2027; Mecklenburg reappraises in 2027.

How far is Matthews from Uptown Charlotte?

About 11.9 miles and 19 minutes from downtown Matthews to Trade and Tryon, and 19.9 miles and 35 minutes to the Charlotte Douglas terminal, on a free-flow routing run on 12 October 2026, an off-peak floor. Mint Hill Town Hall is 22 and 37. No published morning-peak matrix exists, and US-74 is about to be rebuilt.

What is happening to US-74 in Matthews?

NCDOT's US-74 Express Lanes project will widen Independence Boulevard from west of Idlewild Road to I-485 in Matthews, adding one general-purpose lane, one express lane and one auxiliary lane in each direction, per the project page. Reports read via search put the start at 2027 and the cost at $905 to $958 million; NCDOT's page states the scope, not the date.

Is there new construction in Matthews or Mint Hill?

In Mint Hill, David Weekley lists Whitley Preserve, an Enclave Collection, as about to begin building, per a builder page read via search. In Matthews we found no large new for-sale community on a readable page, only 55-plus townhomes. Most of this market is resale.

What schools are Matthews and Mint Hill homes assigned to?

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools assigns by address. Check any address at CMS "Find My School". Assignments change, so check the exact address of the house. This page states no opinion on any school.

Sources

Every number on this page, and where it came from.

  1. Redfin Data Center, Matthews, Mint Hill and Huntersville city trackers and ZIPs 28270 and 28277, residential sales Jun 2025–May 2026 (release of 2 Jun 2026). "Typical sale" is the sales-weighted median of monthly medians; town rows are monthly, summed. Read 11 Oct 2026.
  2. Mecklenburg County, FY2025-26 Jurisdiction Tax Rate Chart: county 49.27¢; Matthews 27.95¢ (77.22¢ combined); Mint Hill 22.50¢ (71.77¢); Charlotte 27.41¢ (76.68¢). FY2027 town rates were not found on readable pages. Read 12 Oct 2026.
  3. Mecklenburg County, FY2027 operating budget adopted, 2 Jun 2026: county rate unchanged at 49.27¢. Mecklenburg County Assessor, revaluation: next revaluation 2027. Read 12 Oct 2026.
  4. Town of Weddington, proposed budget FY2026, 3.5¢ on Union County's 43.42¢ (The Charlotte Weekly, 16 Jun 2026), used for scale. Read 12 Oct 2026.
  5. NCDOT, US-74 Express Lanes: widen US-74 from west of Idlewild Rd to I-485 in Matthews, adding one general-purpose, one express and one auxiliary lane each way. Start date (2027) and cost ($905–958M) are from reports read via search; the project page does not state them. Read 12 Oct 2026.
  6. Novant Health, facility information: Matthews Medical Center, 177 beds, 1500 Matthews Township Pkwy, 1994; Mint Hill Medical Center, 36 beds, 8201 Healthcare Loop, 2018. Atrium Health: Union West, 40 beds, serving Matthews and Mint Hill among others. Read 12 Oct 2026.
  7. Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation, greenways: Four Mile Creek Greenway, 3.3 miles. Squirrel Lake Park (about 36 acres) and the downtown Matthews farmers market are via search only; matthewsnc.gov was not readable at publication. Read 12 Oct 2026.
  8. Town of Mint Hill, Veterans Memorial Park: 8850 Fairview Rd, "over 50 acres", turf fields, tennis, disc golf. Read 12 Oct 2026.
  9. David Weekley Homes, Whitley Preserve, Enclave Collection, Mint Hill, "will soon begin building" (read via search). Matthews 55-plus townhomes, via search. Read 12 Oct 2026.
  10. Drive times and distances: OSRM free-flow routing from downtown Matthews and Mint Hill Town Hall to Trade & Tryon and the CLT terminal, run 12 Oct 2026. CRTPO 2040 Metropolitan Transportation Plan, travel-patterns chapter: tract-average commutes, most 21–30 minutes (search only). No published point-to-point peak matrix exists.
  11. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, "Find My School" address lookup, linked from cmsk12.org. Read 12 Oct 2026.

Tax bills shown are rate × assessed value ÷ 100 at the county + municipal rate only; fire-district, solid-waste and vehicle fees are additional and vary by town and parcel. Figures were current at publication and change on each budget and revaluation cycle. Facts on this page describe homes, land, roads, taxes and institutions, never the people of any area. Not tax, legal or lending advice. Equal Housing Opportunity.

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