Charlotte in middle on tax rates

Charlotte's local property tax rate is in the middle of other major N.C. cities.

According to research by the N.C. Department of Revenue, the Queen City has a lower property tax rate than Greensboro, Durham and Winston-Salem, but higher than Raleigh, Asheville and Wilmington.

Property tax rates can be misleading, however, since local property values can differ substantially. A lower tax rate in a posh suburb, for example, could still lead to a higher bill for most taxpayers than a higher tax rate in a lower-valued neighborhood.

Below, the rates per $100 of valuation.

(A $100,000 home, for example, would pay $635 in Greensboro, for example.) 

Greensboro: .6350
Durham: .6130
Winston-Salem: .4900
Charlotte: .4586
Raleigh: .4350
Asheville: .4200
Wilmington: .3000

Another factor complicating the numbers is that Charlotte and Mecklenburg County are more closely integrated than other North Carolina cities and counties.