North Carolina Real Estate & Relocation Guide

Maggie Valley, North Carolina

Population: 607

Located in Haywood County

Haywood County is the home of the Great Smoky Mountains, Folkmoot International Festival, has one of the top school systems in the state, and a lower than average cost of living and an even lower crime rate. Asheville, with its regional airport, is only 40 minutes away. I-40 provides excellent access from Knoxville, Tennessee, through Clyde, and on to the Raleigh-Durham area. Haywood County encompasses 546 square miles and has a population of about 52,000. About 40% of our county is occupied by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Pisgah National Forest and the Harmon Den Wildlife Refuge, where the Blue Ridge Parkway meets the Great Smoky Mountains. There are four incorporated towns: Waynesville, Maggie Valley, Canton, and Clyde. The average sales price is $166,000, and the taxes are .60 per $100.

Maggie Valley is a delight to all who pass through or live here. This resort area is host to numerous visitors every year. In fact, tourism is the number one industry, with the building or retirement and vacation homes not far behind. The beauty of the surrounding mountains and the temperate climate of the area is ideal for both vacations and year round living.

Our motto sums it up "Where Spring Spends the Summer and lingers through the Fall". We are blessed with the beautiful weather of four full seasons. The mean annual temperatures is 54.5 degrees F. The mean maximum temperature is 71.3 in July and the mean minimum temperature is 38.9 in January. The average rainfall is 45.13 inches and the average snowfall is 12.5 inches. The average growing season is 175 days. The mean date of the first fall freeze is October and the mean date of the last frost in spring is April.