Taxes & Insurance in Fuquay-Varina
Fuquay-Varina's property tax picture combines Wake County's rate with the town's own 35.8-cent municipal rate for a combined nominal levy just under 0.88% of assessed value. North Carolina's statewide income-tax and insurance facts (covered in north-carolina.js) apply here without local modification.
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Learn moreA combined nominal rate around 0.88%
Wake County's FY2026 county-wide rate is 51.71 cents per $100 of assessed value (rising to 53.71 cents in FY2027). Fuquay-Varina's own FY2026 municipal rate is 35.8 cents per $100. Combined: 87.51 cents per $100 (0.8751%) of assessed value (base record) -- slightly above Holly Springs' combined rate (0.8606%) but below Garner's (1.0371%) in this same batch. This is a nominal combined-levy figure, not necessarily identical to an aggregator-computed 'effective rate' -- confirm against a specific parcel's actual bill.
North Carolina's statewide income tax applies here, unmodified locally
North Carolina levies a flat state income tax, currently 3.99% for 2026 on a legislated phase-down toward 2.99% by 2028 (contingent on revenue triggers), per north-carolina.js -- a statewide fact restated here for context, not re-derived locally.
Insurance follows the Piedmont profile, not a coastal one
North Carolina's statewide homeowners insurance figures ($2,874-$3,749/yr average, per north-carolina.js) do not carry the coastal wind-pool/Beach Plan cost stack described for the Outer Banks and Wilmington in that same state record. Fuquay-Varina sits in the Piedmont, with real severe-thunderstorm, hail, and tornado risk instead of hurricane exposure; see the climate topic.
Key takeaways
- Combined Wake County-plus-Fuquay-Varina nominal property tax rate: about 0.875% of assessed value for FY2026 -- between Holly Springs' (0.8606%) and Garner's (1.0371%) in this same batch.
- North Carolina's statewide flat income tax (3.99% for 2026, phasing down toward 2.99% by 2028) applies here unmodified -- see north-carolina.js.
- Homeowners insurance follows the Piedmont profile (no hurricane/wind-pool exposure) rather than the coastal one -- real severe-thunderstorm and tornado risk instead.
- Confirm the exact combined property-tax bill for a specific parcel directly.
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