NCNorth Carolina rankings

Towns with the lowest property taxes in North Carolina

Ranked by the median yearly real-estate tax bill homeowners actually pay (the tax rate column is that bill divided by the median home value). 297 towns with 2,500+ residents.

U.S. Census ACS 2020–2024 5-year

1 Emma $518/yr Home value $92,300 2 Brogden $672/yr Home value $96,400

3 Windsor $785/yr Home value $102,700

#TownMedian tax billHome valueTax rate

1 Emma2,657 people $518/yr $92,300 0.56%

2 Brogden2,733 people $672/yr $96,400 0.70%

Windsor3,269 people $785/yr $102,700 0.76%

4 Gamewell3,689 people $797/yr $170,100 0.47%

5 Red Springs3,125 people $798/yr $100,800 0.79%

6 Mar-Mac2,877 people $824/yr $149,200 0.55%

La Grange2,756 people $836/yr $83,800 1.00%

Sylva2,646 people $877/yr $201,200 0.44%

9 St. Pauls2,688 people $898/yr $111,000 0.81%

10 Elroy3,251 people $911/yr $133,100 0.68%

11 Tyro3,833 people $918/yr $191,800 0.48%

Marion7,579 people $922/yr $163,500 0.56%

13 Welcome3,521 people $960/yr $200,800 0.48%

Half Moon7,378 people $964/yr $182,500 0.53%

15 Polkton2,555 people $968/yr $130,100 0.74%

St. Stephens9,457 people $985/yr $213,300 0.46%

17 Warsaw2,746 people $987/yr $112,500 0.88%

18 James City4,789 people $1,042/yr $204,400 0.51%

19 Cullowhee7,973 people $1,051/yr $382,300 0.27%

20 Mountain View3,982 people $1,059/yr $222,500 0.48%

21 East Flat Rock6,323 people $1,063/yr $245,900 0.43%

22 Dana4,147 people $1,072/yr $249,700 0.43%

23 Wrightsboro6,287 people $1,080/yr $255,700 0.42%

Yadkinville3,004 people $1,111/yr $183,800 0.60%

25 Hamlet5,961 people $1,112/yr $112,600 0.99%

Forest City7,363 people $1,143/yr $160,800 0.71%

27 Rockingham8,967 people $1,151/yr $150,800 0.76%

28 Jonesville2,860 people $1,157/yr $102,900 1.12%

29 Wadesboro4,972 people $1,162/yr $153,200 0.76%

30 Cajah's Mountain2,704 people $1,163/yr $201,800 0.58%

Marshville2,615 people $1,175/yr $172,300 0.68%

Glen Raven3,506 people $1,180/yr $224,000 0.53%

33 Enochville3,321 people $1,186/yr $265,700 0.45%

Tabor City3,777 people $1,192/yr $115,900 1.03%

35 Wentworth2,692 people $1,193/yr $170,300 0.70%

36 Eden15,356 people $1,195/yr $120,700 0.99%

37 Elizabethtown3,277 people $1,214/yr $159,200 0.76%

Franklin4,268 people $1,227/yr $195,000 0.63%

Troy2,926 people $1,237/yr $160,100 0.77%

40 Kinston19,505 people $1,258/yr $119,300 1.05%

Long View5,011 people $1,259/yr $157,300 0.80%

Piney Green14,078 people $1,268/yr $227,600 0.56%

Sawmills5,042 people $1,275/yr $219,600 0.58%

44 Haw River2,824 people $1,277/yr $162,400 0.79%

Kings Mountain12,039 people $1,279/yr $204,100 0.63%

46 Grifton2,515 people $1,284/yr $152,700 0.84%

Kings Grant9,003 people $1,289/yr $300,700 0.43%

48 Pembroke2,822 people $1,294/yr $129,400 1.00%

49 Siler City7,995 people $1,296/yr $154,600 0.84%

50 Newport4,441 people $1,297/yr $233,600 0.56%

51 Lenoir18,299 people $1,311/yr $179,400 0.73%

52 Mount Olive4,453 people $1,313/yr $153,500 0.86%

Green Level3,230 people $1,317/yr $168,400 0.78%

54 Maiden3,788 people $1,318/yr $233,800 0.56%

Raeford4,552 people $1,333/yr $201,800 0.66%

56 Henderson14,885 people $1,340/yr $123,800 1.08%

Selma6,817 people $1,356/yr $171,600 0.79%

58 Rural Hall3,466 people $1,361/yr $189,600 0.72%

59 Carolina Shores5,017 people $1,364/yr $288,600 0.47%

60 Midway4,897 people $1,364/yr $274,100 0.50%

North Wilkesboro4,421 people $1,365/yr $212,700 0.64%

Carthage2,896 people $1,366/yr $208,200 0.66%

Mount Airy10,633 people $1,379/yr $181,900 0.76%

64 Edneyville2,716 people $1,379/yr $286,400 0.48%

Mocksville6,068 people $1,395/yr $240,700 0.58%

66 Albemarle16,762 people $1,396/yr $204,800 0.68%

67 Laurinburg15,087 people $1,396/yr $134,200 1.04%

68 Barbecue5,910 people $1,399/yr $219,800 0.64%

69 Lexington19,690 people $1,400/yr $179,900 0.78%

70 Skippers Corner3,792 people $1,404/yr $247,500 0.57%

71 Neuse Forest2,671 people $1,404/yr $228,000 0.62%

Reidsville14,585 people $1,407/yr $138,800 1.01%

Granite Falls4,929 people $1,408/yr $202,400 0.70%

Oxford8,914 people $1,410/yr $196,200 0.72%

Fairfield Harbour2,948 people $1,418/yr $300,600 0.47%

Wingate4,425 people $1,438/yr $229,800 0.63%

Thomasville27,321 people $1,446/yr $179,300 0.81%

78 River Road3,366 people $1,446/yr $232,800 0.62%

Williamston5,112 people $1,448/yr $107,100 1.35%

80 Spindale4,131 people $1,455/yr $167,400 0.87%

Rocky Mount54,297 people $1,461/yr $165,700 0.88%

82 Walkertown5,873 people $1,462/yr $236,900 0.62%

83 Murraysville16,339 people $1,470/yr $320,700 0.46%

Lumberton18,859 people $1,471/yr $152,600 0.96%

Newton13,333 people $1,473/yr $186,300 0.79%

Lowell3,768 people $1,474/yr $200,600 0.73%

Liberty2,682 people $1,480/yr $194,500 0.76%

88 Northchase5,896 people $1,487/yr $318,400 0.47%

Burlington59,610 people $1,489/yr $199,200 0.75%

90 Silver Lake6,563 people $1,520/yr $325,500 0.47%

91 Roxboro8,182 people $1,524/yr $157,700 0.97%

92 Brices Creek3,415 people $1,524/yr $338,700 0.45%

Bessemer City5,580 people $1,539/yr $206,100 0.75%

94 Canton4,419 people $1,545/yr $246,700 0.63%

Swepsonville2,517 people $1,545/yr $311,200 0.50%

96 Elkin4,043 people $1,552/yr $226,900 0.68%

97 Nashville5,729 people $1,557/yr $205,300 0.76%

Valdese4,704 people $1,561/yr $209,800 0.74%

99 Trinity7,111 people $1,563/yr $216,600 0.72%

100 Plymouth3,250 people $1,569/yr $87,000 1.80%

101 Graham18,048 people $1,570/yr $233,800 0.67%

102

Pleasant Garden5,060 people $1,573/yr $223,500 0.70%

103

Tobaccoville2,664 people $1,575/yr $234,200 0.67%

104

Wilkesboro3,646 people $1,576/yr $223,700 0.70%

105 Sneads Ferry2,728 people $1,580/yr $269,300 0.59%

106

King7,408 people $1,585/yr $238,200 0.67%

107 Erwin4,687 people $1,589/yr $161,100 0.99%

108 Clinton8,304 people $1,590/yr $212,000 0.75%

109 Rockfish3,574 people $1,590/yr $199,900 0.80%

110

Elizabeth City18,871 people $1,600/yr $187,700 0.85%

111

Ahoskie4,764 people $1,602/yr $143,200 1.12%

112

Rockwell2,782 people $1,602/yr $237,200 0.68%

113 Lake Royale3,168 people $1,604/yr $280,400 0.57%

114

Tarboro10,770 people $1,617/yr $185,500 0.87%

115 Wallace3,457 people $1,617/yr $178,000 0.91%

116

Randleman4,644 people $1,621/yr $184,700 0.88%

117 Spring Lake11,573 people $1,637/yr $124,000 1.32%

118

Shelby22,100 people $1,638/yr $197,200 0.83%

119 East Rockingham2,779 people $1,641/yr $111,800 1.47%

120 Swannanoa6,901 people $1,649/yr $287,500 0.57%

121

Mars Hill3,025 people $1,649/yr $294,700 0.56%

122

China Grove4,530 people $1,661/yr $225,800 0.74%

123 River Bend2,874 people $1,662/yr $266,100 0.62%

124 Burgaw3,850 people $1,668/yr $242,200 0.69%

125 Morehead City9,806 people $1,678/yr $357,400 0.47%

126

Archdale12,087 people $1,682/yr $198,000 0.85%

127 Red Oak3,405 people $1,683/yr $271,800 0.62%

128 Morganton17,646 people $1,689/yr $221,700 0.76%

129

Murfreesboro3,170 people $1,691/yr $158,600 1.07%

130 Wallburg3,150 people $1,696/yr $343,700 0.49%

131 Whiteville4,696 people $1,700/yr $187,500 0.91%

132 Waynesville10,502 people $1,706/yr $281,700 0.61%

133

Oakboro2,683 people $1,714/yr $282,600 0.61%

134 Belville2,573 people $1,717/yr $282,600 0.61%

135

Conover8,580 people $1,723/yr $271,300 0.64%

136 Butner8,065 people $1,726/yr $231,100 0.75%

137

Washington9,726 people $1,729/yr $206,800 0.84%

138 Etowah7,968 people $1,730/yr $338,100 0.51%

139 Valley Hill2,675 people $1,732/yr $353,100 0.49%

140 New Bern32,734 people $1,734/yr $240,100 0.72%

141 Ayden5,150 people $1,734/yr $182,400 0.95%

142 Cherryville6,226 people $1,736/yr $232,100 0.75%

143

Hudson3,772 people $1,747/yr $223,000 0.78%

144 Boiling Spring Lakes6,347 people $1,757/yr $292,300 0.60%

145

Havelock17,691 people $1,758/yr $207,700 0.85%

146 Granite Quarry3,043 people $1,795/yr $257,300 0.70%

147

Trent Woods4,032 people $1,804/yr $343,100 0.53%

148 Wilson's Mills2,753 people $1,815/yr $241,800 0.75%

149

Unionville6,954 people $1,820/yr $336,200 0.54%

150 Lake Junaluska3,175 people $1,822/yr $389,200 0.47%

151 Spencer3,349 people $1,827/yr $201,700 0.91%

152

Asheboro27,580 people $1,829/yr $188,100 0.97%

153 Dunn8,559 people $1,835/yr $193,900 0.95%

154 Avery Creek2,887 people $1,846/yr $412,900 0.45%

155

Cape Carteret2,703 people $1,854/yr $375,700 0.49%

156 Wilson48,370 people $1,860/yr $210,700 0.88%

157 Ranlo4,617 people $1,865/yr $200,200 0.93%

158

Jacksonville71,279 people $1,870/yr $210,100 0.89%

159 Statesville29,894 people $1,879/yr $248,000 0.76%

160 Anderson Creek13,927 people $1,881/yr $282,200 0.67%

161

Goldsboro34,383 people $1,886/yr $200,400 0.94%

162 Moyock5,684 people $1,892/yr $405,100 0.47%

163 Winterville10,725 people $1,893/yr $245,100 0.77%

164 Fayetteville210,815 people $1,915/yr $188,000 1.02%

165

Dallas6,104 people $1,951/yr $254,000 0.77%

166

Roanoke Rapids14,856 people $1,960/yr $142,700 1.37%

167

Fletcher8,098 people $1,964/yr $331,100 0.59%

168 Franklinton2,645 people $1,966/yr $249,100 0.79%

169

Lincolnton11,783 people $1,970/yr $248,700 0.79%

170

Louisburg3,263 people $1,970/yr $262,500 0.75%

171 Mountain Home3,437 people $1,991/yr $400,000 0.50%

172

Monroe36,759 people $1,994/yr $309,100 0.65%

173 Eastover3,666 people $2,000/yr $241,600 0.83%

174 Bayshore2,949 people $2,000/yr $525,800 0.38%

175 Myrtle Grove12,637 people $2,012/yr $439,100 0.46%

176

Lake Park3,431 people $2,014/yr $334,500 0.60%

177

Winston-Salem252,037 people $2,025/yr $233,800 0.87%

178 Seven Lakes4,535 people $2,041/yr $394,500 0.52%

179

Mineral Springs3,314 people $2,051/yr $389,900 0.53%

180 Hickory44,258 people $2,066/yr $278,400 0.74%

181 Royal Pines4,325 people $2,066/yr $400,200 0.52%

182 Aberdeen9,228 people $2,068/yr $314,900 0.66%

183

Smithfield12,116 people $2,069/yr $242,500 0.85%

184

Forest Oaks4,293 people $2,078/yr $349,300 0.59%

185 Salisbury35,825 people $2,082/yr $242,500 0.86%

186

Landis3,765 people $2,086/yr $252,100 0.83%

187 Bethlehem4,101 people $2,108/yr $327,000 0.64%

188 Hope Mills17,939 people $2,111/yr $190,600 1.11%

189 Locust5,840 people $2,136/yr $322,100 0.66%

190 Sanford31,478 people $2,145/yr $245,400 0.87%

191

Sunset Beach4,351 people $2,167/yr $410,900 0.53%

192 Boiling Springs4,757 people $2,172/yr $265,400 0.82%

193 Angier6,241 people $2,176/yr $268,200 0.81%

194 Shallotte4,639 people $2,184/yr $349,500 0.62%

195

Lowesville3,874 people $2,188/yr $406,500 0.54%

196

Mills River7,281 people $2,199/yr $436,100 0.50%

197

Greenville92,857 people $2,202/yr $233,500 0.94%

198 Fairview3,619 people $2,212/yr $382,300 0.58%

199

Farmville4,514 people $2,223/yr $183,000 1.21%

200

Rutherfordton3,680 people $2,247/yr $288,400 0.78%

201

High Point116,245 people $2,258/yr $235,800 0.96%

202 Indian Trail42,036 people $2,258/yr $385,000 0.59%

203

Boone20,032 people $2,272/yr $411,100 0.55%

204 Benson4,282 people $2,273/yr $279,800 0.81%

205

Greensboro301,198 people $2,286/yr $244,800 0.93%

206 Beaufort4,689 people $2,291/yr $354,900 0.65%

207 Clemmons21,871 people $2,304/yr $335,800 0.69%

208 Edenton4,494 people $2,327/yr $274,100 0.85%

209 Lillington4,709 people $2,344/yr $247,200 0.95%

210 Wendell13,064 people $2,396/yr $330,500 0.72%

211 Stokesdale6,004 people $2,396/yr $379,100 0.63%

212

Hendersonville15,408 people $2,398/yr $317,000 0.76%

213 Kannapolis57,890 people $2,407/yr $276,400 0.87%

214 Ogden8,249 people $2,416/yr $463,700 0.52%

215 Leland29,607 people $2,419/yr $398,900 0.61%

216 Black Mountain8,513 people $2,421/yr $358,900 0.67%

217

Buies Creek3,746 people $2,431/yr $361,500 0.67%

218 Gastonia82,884 people $2,435/yr $277,600 0.88%

219

Kill Devil Hills7,761 people $2,442/yr $442,200 0.55%

220

Woodfin8,048 people $2,444/yr $366,700 0.67%

221

Lewisville13,828 people $2,451/yr $325,400 0.75%

222 Midland4,860 people $2,462/yr $369,100 0.67%

223 Bermuda Run3,211 people $2,471/yr $347,600 0.71%

224 Gibsonville9,467 people $2,481/yr $298,000 0.83%

225 Lake Norman of Catawba9,906 people $2,491/yr $492,600 0.51%

226 Zebulon8,711 people $2,505/yr $320,700 0.78%

227 Emerald Isle3,934 people $2,506/yr $603,700 0.42%

228 Stanley4,069 people $2,533/yr $270,200 0.94%

229 Spout Springs11,242 people $2,544/yr $358,500 0.71%

230

Archer Lodge5,186 people $2,546/yr $324,500 0.78%

231 Mebane19,538 people $2,547/yr $338,900 0.75%

232

Brevard7,897 people $2,555/yr $450,000 0.57%

233 Wilmington120,805 people $2,558/yr $383,800 0.67%

234

Clayton29,320 people $2,597/yr $329,600 0.79%

235 Creedmoor4,997 people $2,603/yr $281,400 0.93%

236

Troutman3,995 people $2,615/yr $398,800 0.66%

237 Nags Head3,160 people $2,632/yr $490,800 0.54%

238

Pineville11,055 people $2,633/yr $395,100 0.67%

239 Porters Neck7,654 people $2,636/yr $569,700 0.46%

240 Wesley Chapel9,090 people $2,643/yr $535,500 0.49%

241

Elon11,032 people $2,646/yr $366,300 0.72%

242 Garner34,473 people $2,673/yr $355,000 0.75%

243 Jamestown3,708 people $2,683/yr $326,800 0.82%

244

Weaverville4,687 people $2,719/yr $463,700 0.59%

245

Kitty Hawk3,724 people $2,724/yr $535,000 0.51%

246

Kernersville27,830 people $2,732/yr $290,700 0.94%

247 Stallings16,886 people $2,740/yr $428,000 0.64%

248

Concord108,719 people $2,757/yr $353,700 0.78%

249 Hampstead9,292 people $2,775/yr $402,100 0.69%

250

Southern Pines16,420 people $2,799/yr $451,100 0.62%

251 Swansboro3,997 people $2,806/yr $378,700 0.74%

252 Charlotte903,844 people $2,808/yr $385,700 0.73%

253 Carolina Beach6,745 people $2,822/yr $566,200 0.50%

254 Holly Ridge4,904 people $2,822/yr $360,300 0.78%

255

Knightdale20,214 people $2,828/yr $380,100 0.74%

256

Flat Rock3,530 people $2,853/yr $601,700 0.47%

257

Mint Hill27,556 people $2,866/yr $428,900 0.67%

258 Mount Holly18,208 people $2,866/yr $337,800 0.85%

259 St. James7,072 people $2,873/yr $636,800 0.45%

260 Asheville94,535 people $2,960/yr $440,000 0.67%

261

Pinehurst18,256 people $3,010/yr $476,600 0.63%

262

Matthews30,577 people $3,047/yr $445,100 0.68%

263 Southport4,205 people $3,047/yr $437,700 0.70%

264

Raleigh481,031 people $3,048/yr $415,800 0.73%

265 Fuquay-Varina40,485 people $3,141/yr $451,500 0.70%

266 Whispering Pines5,211 people $3,151/yr $464,800 0.68%

267

Oak Island9,030 people $3,156/yr $456,500 0.69%

268

Huntersville63,969 people $3,242/yr $472,900 0.69%

269 Surf City4,396 people $3,245/yr $512,300 0.63%

270 Cramerton5,450 people $3,259/yr $343,400 0.95%

271

Durham291,467 people $3,263/yr $392,800 0.83%

272 Oak Ridge7,744 people $3,294/yr $529,300 0.62%

273 Summerfield11,116 people $3,337/yr $521,900 0.64%

274

Mooresville52,381 people $3,381/yr $390,900 0.86%

275 Harrisburg19,633 people $3,391/yr $478,000 0.71%

276

Cornelius32,783 people $3,512/yr $559,400 0.63%

277 Briar Chapel6,049 people $3,556/yr $570,300 0.62%

278

Pittsboro4,752 people $3,600/yr $376,300 0.96%

279 Westport5,915 people $3,606/yr $580,000 0.62%

280 Belmont15,546 people $3,702/yr $395,000 0.94%

281

Southern Shores3,139 people $3,770/yr $712,300 0.53%

282

Wake Forest52,844 people $3,853/yr $474,500 0.81%

283 Waxhaw22,275 people $3,906/yr $549,400 0.71%

284

Weddington13,805 people $3,990/yr $824,100 0.48%

285 Apex70,630 people $4,001/yr $576,100 0.69%

286 Morrisville31,422 people $4,078/yr $518,800 0.79%

287

Holly Springs45,248 people $4,087/yr $535,800 0.76%

288

Cary179,306 people $4,142/yr $580,200 0.71%

289 Lake Norman of Iredell12,494 people $4,228/yr $887,400 0.48%

290

Rolesville10,766 people $4,273/yr $535,000 0.80%

291

Youngsville3,011 people $4,319/yr $434,100 0.99%

292

Davidson15,660 people $4,668/yr $687,700 0.68%

293 Hillsborough9,724 people $4,759/yr $460,100 1.03%

294

Wrightsville Beach2,665 people $5,781/yr $1,168,700 0.49%

295

Marvin6,692 people $5,958/yr $906,000 0.66%

296

Carrboro21,204 people $6,888/yr $539,400 1.28%

297 Chapel Hill61,607 people $7,191/yr $613,700 1.17%

How this ranking works

We rank every town by the median yearly real-estate tax bill homeowners actually pay (the tax rate column is that bill divided by the median home value). The town with the lowest figure ranks #1. For comparison, the figure for North Carolina as a whole is $1,896/yr.

Only towns with at least 2,500 residents are ranked; Census estimates for smaller places are too uncertain. Population and income: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Town photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each town’s page.

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