Living in Waxhaw, NC: what a home costs, what you pay in tax, and how far it really is.

What is the property tax in Waxhaw, Marvin and Weddington, on a real number?

Every parcel in the ZIP pays Union County's 43.42¢ per $100 of assessed value for FY2025-26, held for FY2027, plus the town's rate: Weddington 3.5¢, Marvin 5.63¢, Waxhaw about 29¢. Rate × assessed value ÷ 100, at the prices this ZIP actually trades at:

Fire districts are extra and differ by town: figures found via search put the Waxhaw fire district at 5.13¢, Wesley Chapel, which covers Weddington, at 4.5¢, and the Providence volunteer department serving Marvin at $75 per improved parcel; the county's own chart was not readable, so treat those as approximate and read them off last year's bill on the parcel. Solid waste is inside Weddington's 3.5¢ and billed separately elsewhere.

The calendar matters here because the county just moved. Union County reappraised effective 1 January 2025 and adopted 43.42¢ on 16 June 2025, 1.82¢ above the revenue-neutral 41.6¢; Marvin cut its rate 2.37¢ after the same reappraisal and Weddington set 3.5¢ as net revenue-neutral. On 16 June 2026 the county held 43.42¢ for FY2027. The next reappraisal date is not published on a readable county page, so plan on the bill moving when it comes, and read the rate and the value together, never one alone. Mecklenburg, across the line in Ballantyne, reappraises in 2027.

The Charlotte Weekly, 16 Jun 2026 · Town of Weddington, FY2026 proposed budget and 2025 reappraisal notice · Village of Marvin, Taxes · Town of Waxhaw, FY2026-27 budget summary · fire-district rates via search · Redfin, Jun 2025–May 2026.

What should you check before you offer on a house in Waxhaw or Marvin?

The acreage list is longer than the city list, and most of it costs nothing to ask.

• Well and septic, or county water and sewerThe Village of Marvin says plainly that many residents have a septic tank and well, with county service only where a connection is available. Ask which the parcel is on; if it is well and septic, the well test, the septic inspection and the permit history go in before the offer, and the repair budget goes next to them.
• Which town, and which fire districtWeddington, Marvin and Waxhaw bill three different town rates, and the fire district is a separate line again. Read the jurisdiction lines on last year's bill; on a $1,000,000 house the difference between Weddington and Waxhaw is $2,550 a year before fire.
• The HOA on a new lotMillbridge and the other master-planned communities sell with covenants, dues and architectural rules. Read them, and the builder's contract, before the deposit; on a Lennar or similar new build, ask what the lot premium and the options add to the base price.
• The floodplain and the lotOn an acreage lot, look the address up on the FEMA Flood Map Service Center, walk the boundary against the survey, and ask what easements cross it.
• The school boundary by addressUnion County Public Schools assigns by address and changes assignments; check the house, not the subdivision, and expect the answer to carry no opinion from us. The mistakes list has the order.

Village of Marvin, Utilities · Union County, Weddington, Marvin and Waxhaw budgets · FEMA Flood Map Service Center · Union County Public Schools.

What does $731k buy here versus Ballantyne or Myers Park?

In 28173, $731k is the typical sale: the middle of the market. In Ballantyne it sits above the $644k typical, and in Myers Park it is well under the $1.25M typical, which is a long way of saying the same money is a different position in each. The tax on that one house moves too.

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.

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 well report before the kitchen. More about Eri.