Damascus Baptist Church Arbor · Photo: Gelcourt2018 · CC BY-SA 4.0How is Love Valley run?
Love Valley’s town government spent $100,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, about $870 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Love Valley didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Love Valley is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
Iredell-Statesville Schools
Love Valley’s K–12 school district, shared with Harmony, Statesville, Troutman, Mooresville. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $12,070 per pupil, $7,317 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
North Carolina districts overall: 26% local, 57% state, 17% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
About $870 per resident a year, or $2.38 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 67%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Love Valley didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Love Valley yet
Every year of Love Valley’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the town reported none of its dollars for 2022. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →The typical homeowner pays $608 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.61% of the home’s value, vs 0.66% across North Carolina.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Love Valley’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate. In a town this small the estimate has a wide margin.
Tax bills are one input to Love Valley’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Love Valley →
Who’s in charge in Love Valley
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Love Valley’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The town posts agendas and minutes on lovevalley.com ↗.
Love Valley’s votes are counted by county
North Carolina reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Love Valley alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Iredell County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican65.7%72,801 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat33.1%36,739 votesOthers: 1.2% (1,335 votes).
Most votes in Iredell County: Donald J Trump
North Carolina: Trump 50.9%, Harris 47.6%
100% of Love Valley lies in Iredell County. Every 2024 race in Iredell County is on the county’s page.
Iredell County’s 2024 results →Official 2024 general election returns, as certified (MIT Election Data + Science Lab). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren’t counted. Candidates are listed by votes, and party colors are neutral on purpose.
Portraits: Kamala D Harris: official vice-presidential portrait, Lawrence Jackson, The White House, 2021; Donald J Trump: official portrait, Shealah Craighead, The White House, 2017. All are U.S. government works in the public domain. A race shows photos only when every candidate has an official portrait; otherwise every candidate in it gets initials.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Love Valley.
- 1Your townTown governmentOfficials: lovevalley.com ↗
- 2North Carolina HouseState representatives
- 3North Carolina SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of North Carolina
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Love Valley’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Love Valley’s government
How much does Love Valley spend per resident?
About $870 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Love Valley didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $101,000.
What is the property tax rate in Love Valley?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $608 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.61% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.66% across North Carolina. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see lovevalley.com.
Who runs Love Valley’s government?
See lovevalley.com for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Love Valley yet.
How did Love Valley vote in 2024?
North Carolina counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Love Valley alone. Iredell County, where 100% of Love Valley lies, voted Trump 65.7%, Harris 33.1% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Love Valley?
0 full-time and 1 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $535 (about $6,420 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Love Valley in the state legislature?
State Senate District 37 (Vickie Sawyer) and State House District 84 (Jeff McNeely). The House district also covers four other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Love Valley’s government
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (for Love Valley, the Bureau’s estimates); day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →