During the fourth quarter of 2025, Cornelius residents paid property taxes at a rate of 0.6% of their home values, which is under 0.6 times the national average, according to BlockShopper.com.
Data from 96 home sales in Cornelius during the same quarter show a median sales price of $569,500. For 2025, the median property tax bill in the city was $3,178, calculated as 0.6% of the median assessed home value.
The U.S. average effective property tax rate stood at 0.888% in 2024.
Mecklenburg County contained five cities where the highest effective property tax rate reached 0.7%.
These figures are based on estimated inflation rates for 2025 and county-provided tax data from 2024. Actual effective rates may differ slightly in specific cases.
U.S. home prices kept rising in 2025, with the median national price reaching roughly $447,000 by June, or 1.13% higher compared to a year prior, Redfin data shows. The figures also revealed a notable supply-demand imbalance: sellers outnumbered buyers by 36%, equal to a differential of 508,715 homes. A balanced market, as defined by Redfin, is achieved when the number of buyers and sellers is within 10% of one another.
The following table provides a comparison of Huntersville and other cities in Mecklenburg County based on their median effective property tax rates, as calculated from 2025 fourth quarter sales and property tax data.
| City | Q4 2025 Sales | Q4 2025 Median Price | Median tax 2025 | Effective tax rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntersville | 210 | $476,500 | $3,343 | 0.7% |
| Charlotte | 2,240 | $405,000 | $2,840 | 0.7% |
| Mint Hill | 102 | $427,250 | $2,967 | 0.7% |
| Matthews | 89 | $470,000 | $3,248 | 0.7% |
| Wildwoods | 2 | $270,000 | $1,983 | 0.7% |
| Pineville | 35 | $400,000 | $2,593 | 0.6% |
| Cornelius | 96 | $569,500 | $3,178 | 0.6% |
| Davidson | 42 | $846,500 | $4,515 | 0.5% |