Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 9,566, incorporated in 1998.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Wesley Chapel grades B+ overall, 47th among North Carolina's 286 graded towns. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 90% of the country. The median household earns $132K and its schools outperform 84% of the state's. What holds it back is price: homes are expensive, about $649K for a typical one and 7.8 times the Charlotte metro’s $83K median household income. Wesley Chapel’s median household income is $132,000, against $69,000 in North Carolina’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. Only 1 of North Carolina’s 451 towns score lower on history. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 80% of U.S. towns.
Where Wesley Chapel beats most towns.
7,463 counted in 2010 and 8,681 in 2020; an estimated 9,566 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 10.3% since 2020, after 16.3% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Carolina), ordered by how far Wesley Chapel is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,549 in 2000, 8,681 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2022 and 2 maps from 1971 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wesley Chapel. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaBank of America Stadium
16 mi Theme parkCarowinds20 mi MuseumSullenberger Aviation Museum70K visitors a year
36 mi LakeLake Norman
15 mi Stadium & arenaBojangles Coliseum15 mi TheatreOvens AuditoriumBank of America Stadium: HangingCurve, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Carowinds: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Norman: Prince Grobhelm, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bojangles Coliseum: James Willamor, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wesley Chapel, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Wesley Chapel.
Wesley Chapel has schools in the top 5% of North Carolina, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of North Carolina (mostly inland flooding) and has homes that cost more against local pay than most of North Carolina.
At 7.8 years of the Charlotte metro’s $83K median household income, the typical home (about $649K) costs more against local pay than in 94% of North Carolina towns; that ratio is one input to its C− for cost of living.
98% of households own their home in Wesley Chapel. The typical Wesley Chapel home is worth about $649,000, about the same as a year ago, 95% above the North Carolina typical home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its A− ranks #3 of the 290 North Carolina towns we grade for schools. Its A− for schools comes with a C− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $649K.
Its public schools are run by the Union County Public Schools. Its three schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Chapel ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 729 | A+ |
| Arborbrook Christian Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 289 | – |
| New Town ElementaryTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 691 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NC on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with North Carolina is food insecurity: 8.4% of its 6,332 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.2% statewide. Against the 4,322 U.S. towns with household incomes like Wesley Chapel’s, it is healthier than 72%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
29% of Wesley Chapel adults feel lonely. Wesley Chapel beats the North Carolina average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 30% of Wesley Chapel adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Wesley Chapel | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 33% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 34% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Wesley Chapel | NC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.4% | 15.2% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.7% | 13.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 80% of North Carolina towns; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on.
Wesley Chapel’s FEMA risk score is 81 of 100. Since 2015, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Wesley Chapel.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Jobs based here grew from 788 in 2013 to 2,271. 25.8% of workers work from home, against 16.3% across North Carolina.
Most working residents leave Wesley Chapel for work: only 3% work in town. The average trip to work in Wesley Chapel is 32 minutes. Since 2013, Wesley Chapel has added 1,483 jobs, to 2,271 in 2023.
| Wesley Chapel | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 26% | 12% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.5% | 13% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.6% | 6.8% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Wesley Chapel has mild winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 90°, January nights drop to 31° and about 2 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
2.1 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The biggest park or preserve is Dogwood Park, at 22 acres.
| Wesley Chapel | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.3% | 3.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dogwood Park | 0.7 mi | 22 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
3 within 15 miles of the center of Wesley Chapel
About 4 of every 100 Wesley Chapel residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across North Carolina.
Where Wesley Chapel’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Village in North Carolina, United States
Wesley Chapel is a village in Union County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 8,681 at the 2020 census and was estimated to be 8,883 in 2021.
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4 towns share a border with Wesley Chapel.
| Town | NC rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Chapel | #47 | B+ | C− | — | A− | A |
| Waxhaw | #9 | A | C− | A | A− | A |
| Indian Trail | #31 | B+ | C | — | A− | A− |
| Weddington | #21 | A− | D | — | A− | A+ |
| Monroe | #188 | C− | C+ | D | A− | C |
Wesley Chapel, Indian Trail and Weddington report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Wesley Chapel with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Wesley Chapel grades B+ overall, better than 66% of U.S. towns and #47 of 286 in North Carolina. It grades A for health and A− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
