Mill Village, Mooresville: homes, schools, parks and commute

Last checked Oct. 11, 2026. Sources: the National Register nomination for the Mooresville Mill Village Historic District, the Town of Mooresville’s parks list, the Mooresville Graded School District’s Find My School tool, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction’s 2025-26 accountability data, the U.S. Census Bureau’s geocoder, Zillow Research and OpenStreetMap.

The Mooresville Mill Village is the neighborhood the Mooresville Cotton Mill built for its workers. Its National Register nomination, listed April 24, 2012, describes about 160 acres south of downtown and “a dense concentration of more than 400 workers’ houses,” erected between about 1902 and 1930. It is inside the town limits, in ZIP code 28115 and the Mooresville Graded School District.

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: Mooresville High, 60.3% of tests at grade level in 2025-26. Check an address with Find My School.
• Home value: $402,878 in ZIP code 28115 in August 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest I-77 exit: Exit 36 at N.C. 150, about 3.5 miles by road.

Part of our Mooresville neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

The nomination says the district is generally bounded by Wilson and Caldwell avenues on the north, by parts of Smith and Bruce streets and Kennette Avenue on the south, by Lutz and Messick avenues on the west and by parts of Catawba Avenue and Shearers Road on the east. It lies on both sides of the railroad, southwest of downtown, and wraps around the old mill, which is itself left out of the district. Its streets include South Main, Spruce, Summer, College, Water and Brawley Avenue, which the nomination says likely honors Espy Brawley, who organized the Dixie Cotton Mill in 1906.

The houses. The nomination counts 651 resources, 550 of them contributing. Most are one- or one-and-a-half-story frame houses on brick foundations, three bays wide, with front porches; the common style is a plain version of the Craftsman bungalow. Lots are of generally uniform size and setback. The houses stayed in the mill’s ownership into the 1950s, when they were sold to the workers, the nomination says. The rest of the town’s history is in our history and landmarks guide.

Town or county? Every point we checked with the Census Bureau’s geocoder was inside the Town of Mooresville.

Schools

The Mill Village is in the Mooresville Graded School District. In the district’s Find My School tool, points on East Wilson Avenue and Water Street were zoned for South Elementary for grades K-2, while a point on Nesbit Street was zoned for Rocky River Elementary. Grades 3 to 12 were the same at every point. Scores are the share of state tests at grade level or above in 2025-26, from the state’s accountability data.

All three tested schools met their state growth targets. More in our schools guide.

Home values

Zillow publishes no figure for the Mill Village. The Zillow Home Value Index for its ZIP code is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, not a sale price.

The ZIP code covers most of the town east of I-77, so it is a broad guide. Trends are on our home prices page.

Parks and trails

• Nesbit Park, 302 Nesbit St.: a 1-acre town park with a shelter and a playground, inside the district, from the town’s parks list.
• Moor Ballfield, beside the old mill on OpenStreetMap; the nomination counts a historic athletic playing field among the district’s resources.
• Academy Street Park, 601 S. Academy St., just west: basketball, a dog park, a shelter and a playground.
• Liberty Park, 217 E. Iredell Ave., downtown: a splash pad and playground.

More in our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

• I-77: Exit 36 at N.C. 150 is about 3.5 miles by road; Exit 33 at U.S. 21 is about 4.3 miles.
• Downtown Mooresville: about 1 mile by road.
• Charlotte Douglas International Airport: about 33 miles by road.
• Buses: the ICATS Mooresville Main route stops downtown at the library and the Charles Mack Citizen Center; fares are $1. Call ICATS at 704-873-9393.

Distances were measured with the OSRM routing engine on OpenStreetMap roads from the middle of the district. They are distances, not drive times. More in our getting around guide.

Groceries and everyday stores

OpenStreetMap lists no supermarket inside the district. The nearest are downtown and to the east: Save-A-Lot near Main Street, Food Lion, 1339 Shearers Road, and Walmart Neighborhood Market, 966 E. Iredell Ave., with a CVS Pharmacy on Main Street.

Frequently asked questions

Where is the Mooresville Mill Village?

South of downtown, around the old Mooresville Cotton Mill. Its National Register nomination says it is generally bounded by Wilson and Caldwell avenues on the north, Kennette Avenue on the south, Lutz and Messick avenues on the west and Catawba Avenue and Shearers Road on the east.

When was the Mooresville Mill Village built?

Mooresville Cotton Mill built more than 400 workers’ houses there between about 1902 and 1930. The houses stayed with the mill’s owners into the 1950s, when they were sold to the workers.

What schools serve the Mooresville Mill Village?

It is in the Mooresville Graded School District. The points we checked were zoned for Mooresville Intermediate, Mooresville Middle and Mooresville High, with South or Rocky River Elementary for grades K-2.

Is the Mill Village a good place to live?

Here are the facts: it is a National Register historic district about a mile by road from downtown, zoned for Mooresville High, where 60.3% of state tests were at grade level in 2025-26. The typical value in ZIP code 28115 was $402,878 in August 2026, Zillow says.