Avery Park is a newer built neighborhood of single-family homes in Cornelius, close to Davidson and Lake Norman.
Avery Park sits in Cornelius, close enough to Davidson Town Hall and Davidson College that both show up as quick reference points on any map of the area. The neighborhood is a stretch of single-family homes, with easy reach to Cornelius Town Hall and the Lake Norman shoreline at Jetton Park and Ramsey Creek Park. Coming in, you're within the corridor that connects Cornelius and Davidson, an area shaped by I-77 to the east and the lake to the west. It's a newer-built section of town, not one that grew up over multiple building eras.
The neighborhood holds about 90 homes, all built within a tight two-year window. That matters if you own here: your home isn't competing against a mix of decades-old construction and new builds, it's being measured against houses that were finished around the same time, with similar systems, similar layouts and similar wear. When a buyer cross-shops Avery Park, they're comparing apples to apples on age — which puts more weight on condition, updates and lot position to explain any price gap between two homes on the same street.
| Fact | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Parcels in the subdivision (county records) | 92 | |
| Housing mix | 91 detached · 1 other | |
| Year built (oldest · median · newest) | 2016 · 2016 · 2018 | |
| Lot size (median · range) | 0.19 ac · 0.15 ac – 3.55 ac | |
| Heated area (median · range) | 3,457 sq ft · 2,043 sq ft – 4,267 sq ft | |
| Recorded sales, trailing 12 months | 8 | recorded deeds, arm's-length |
| Recorded sale prices (median · low – high) | $848,000 · $680,000 – $891,000 | |
| Latest recorded sale | 2026-06-01 | |
| Nearest I-77 exit (straight-line) | I-77 Exit 28 (Catawba Ave, Cornelius) · 2.9 mi |
Source: Mecklenburg County GIS (meckgis.mecklenburgcountync.gov): Subdivisions, TaxParcelBoundaries, CamaDataTables, TaxParcelSales. Mecklenburg TaxParcelSales deed transfers inside the subdivision polygon: warranty-type deed, blank sales-validity code, price ≥ $10,000 · window 2025-08-21 to 2026-08-21
Avery Park has about 90 homes on the ground, all carrying a building on the lot — there are no empty lots left to build on. For a seller, that means the neighborhood is fully accounted for: what you see today is close to what it will look like going forward, and any future turnover here is resale, not new construction competing for the same buyers.
Every home was built between 2016 and 2018, a tight two-year window that puts the whole neighborhood in the same construction era. A buyer comparing your house won't be weighing it against something built in an earlier decade with a dated kitchen or an older roof — they're weighing it against other 2016-to-2018 builds, which means the comparison comes down to floor plan, finishes and how the home has been kept up rather than age itself.
Lot sizes run from 0.15 acres up to 3.55 acres, with the typical lot at about 0.19 acres. That's a wide spread for one neighborhood, and it explains why two houses a few doors apart can appraise differently — a home on a standard 0.19-acre lot is priced against the space it sits on, while the rare larger lot carries extra land value that shows up in a valuation even if the house itself is similar in size and age.
Homes here run from 2,043 to 4,267 heated square feet, with the middle of the pack at about 3,457 square feet. That's a meaningful range for houses built in the same short window, and it means a price-per-square-foot conversation has to account for size along with everything else — a smaller home at 2,043 square feet and a larger one near 4,267 aren't priced on the same curve just because they share a build year.
Of the roughly 90 homes here, 91 are single-family detached and one falls outside that category — there's no meaningful count of townhomes or empty lots in the mix. If you list here, you're competing against other detached houses from the same building era, not against a townhome product or new-construction lots, which keeps the comparison set narrow and consistent.
Eight homes changed hands in Avery Park over the past year. For a neighborhood of about 90 homes, that's a modest but steady pace — a handful of sales spread across the year, not a rush and not a stall. If your own home takes a while to find a buyer, that pace is the baseline to measure against, not a national headline.
The middle sale price over that year was $848,000. That figure tells you where the neighborhood has been trading, but it doesn't tell you what your specific house is worth — your lot size, square footage and condition all move you up or down from that midpoint, sometimes by a wide margin.
Sales ranged from $680,000 to $891,000, a real spread for homes built within the same two-year window. That gap comes down to the things that vary house to house even in a newer neighborhood: heated square footage from 2,043 up to 4,267, lot size from 0.15 acres to 3.55 acres, and the condition and updates each owner has put in. A house near the small end of the square footage range, on a standard lot, is a different product from one near the top end with extra land attached — even though both were built in the same two-year stretch and sit on the same street.
The most recent sale closed June 1, 2026, which keeps the comparable set current for anyone pricing a home here now. A sale that recent carries real weight in a valuation, since it reflects buyer behavior close to today rather than pricing from a year or more back.
The nearest interstate access is I-77 Exit 28 at Catawba Avenue in Cornelius, about three miles away as the crow flies. That distance puts the interstate within easy reach without putting the neighborhood right against it, which matters for anyone weighing a regular commute onto I-77 north or south.
Cornelius Town Hall sits about two miles away as the crow flies, and Davidson Town Hall is a close second at about two miles as well. Davidson College is about two miles out in the same direction. For lake access, Jetton Park is about four miles away and Ramsey Creek Park is about four miles as the crow flies — both on the Lake Norman shoreline in Cornelius.
Birkdale Village in Huntersville is about four miles away as the crow flies, giving a second commercial and dining anchor beyond Cornelius and Davidson. Farther out, Uptown Charlotte is about 17 miles as the crow flies, and Charlotte Douglas International Airport is about 19 miles — both reachable without leaving the I-77 corridor that runs past Cornelius.
| To | Straight-line |
|---|---|
| I-77 Exit 28 (Catawba Ave, Cornelius) | 2.9 mi |
| Cornelius Town Hall | 2.0 mi |
| Ramsey Creek Park (Lake Norman, Cornelius) | 4.1 mi |
| Jetton Park (Lake Norman, Cornelius) | 4.2 mi |
| Birkdale Village, Huntersville | 3.5 mi |
| Davidson College | 2.3 mi |
| Uptown Charlotte | 16.6 mi |
| Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) | 19.0 mi |
Straight-line miles from the subdivision's parcel centroid to OpenStreetMap-located points; not drive times. Anchor coordinates fetched 2026-08-21.
If you're looking for a newer-built house rather than something from an earlier decade, Avery Park's 2016-to-2018 construction window is the draw — every home here shares roughly the same age, systems and general layout expectations, which simplifies comparing one house to another.
The lot sizes here run from 0.15 acres up to 3.55 acres, so this fits a move where yard space matters and you want options — a smaller, easier-to-maintain lot on one end, or a larger lot with more land if that's part of what you're after. Square footage spans from 2,043 to 4,267, covering a range of house sizes within the same detached, single-family product.
This is also a fit if you're relocating into Cornelius and want a short, straight-line reach to Davidson, the Lake Norman shoreline at Jetton Park and Ramsey Creek Park, and I-77 Exit 28 for a commute south toward Charlotte or north up the lake corridor — without having to weigh a townhome or condo alternative, since the neighborhood is almost entirely detached houses.
Live from Canopy MLS — what is on the market in Avery Park right now. This is the Avery Park subdivision itself, not a Cornelius-wide search.
Over the past year, eight homes in Avery Park sold between $680,000 and $891,000, with a median of $848,000. Where your own house lands in that range depends on its square footage, lot size and condition relative to the rest of the neighborhood. If you're weighing a move, Winston Dane can prepare a broker valuation scoped to your specific home.
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Homes in Avery Park were built between 2016 and 2018, based on Mecklenburg County parcel and CAMA records as of August 21, 2026, covering 85 parcels with year-built data on file.
Eight homes sold in Avery Park between August 21, 2025 and August 21, 2026, according to Mecklenburg County deed transfer records, with prices from $680,000 to $891,000 and a median of $848,000. This count reflects arm's-length warranty deed transfers only, filtered to remove related-party or nominal transfers.
Lot sizes range from 0.15 to 3.55 acres, with a median of 0.19 acres, based on Mecklenburg County tax parcel boundary data as of August 21, 2026 covering all 92 parcels matched to the neighborhood.
Yes. Of the 92 parcels matched to Avery Park in Mecklenburg County records, 91 are classified as single-family and one falls into another category, with no vacant or unimproved lots remaining as of August 21, 2026.
Figures come from Mecklenburg County GIS: Subdivisions, TaxParcelBoundaries, CamaDataTables and TaxParcelSales layers, as of August 21, 2026. Sales counts use an arm's-length filter — warranty-type deeds, blank sales-validity code, and price at or above $10,000 — within the August 21, 2025 to August 21, 2026 window.
