Mooresville, NC

Community Overview

Named one of America's Best Places to Live by Livability.com

Residential, retail and industrial development continues at full throttle in Race City USA, known as such for the more than 60 motorsports racing teams located here. This town of approximately 27,000 people is located in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, 30 miles north of Charlotte. The city is home to Lowe’s Home Improvement Co. headquarters, as well as several international manufacturing businesses. The nation’s largest man-made lake by surface area, Lake Norman, offers both recreation and highly desirable real estate. Both the city and county school systems have earned national recognition for technology programs and academic excellence.

Population
County Population: 146,206 Iredell County
City Population: 20,944 Mooresville

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Climate
July High Temperature: 90 degrees F
January Low Temperature: 37 degrees F

Mooresville is in the Piedmont section of North Carolina, so it has four distinct seasons while being close to both the mountains and the coast.

Schools
Mooresville and South Iredell County families are served by Iredell-Statesville Schools and the Mooresville Graded School District. Iredell-Statesville Schools ranks among the 20 largest school districts in North Carolina. Both systems are known for heavily integrating technology into the classroom and plan to continue enhancing those efforts. The Mooresville Graded School District's Digital Conversion Initiative has been gaining national recognition. That effort provides every student with a laptop or PDA, depending on grade level.

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Health Care
Iredell Memorial Hospital and Lake Norman Regional Medical Center offer emergency services, cardiac care and many other services, including obstetrics and home health. In 2007, Lake Norman Regional earned Magnet recognition status for excellence in nursing and patient care by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Neighborhoods
Mooresville was formed 1788 and sits on Lake Norman, the nation's largest man-made lake by surface area. This gives the area, which is also the birthplace of NASCAR, 520 miles of shoreline.

Average Home Prices and Rent Payments

Business Climate
The county has seen the addition of more than 8,000 new jobs in last five years, with growth coming across several sectors.

Workforce and Labor Statistcs

Culture
Mooresville was named one of Money magazine's Top 10 Cities to Live In for 2007, showcasing the area's affordability and quality of life.

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