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Northside's historic roots steps from Franklin Street
Just northwest of downtown, Chapel Hill's Northside neighborhood blends quiet residential streets with easy access to the town's energetic core. The area grew as one of Chapel Hill's earliest communities and maintains a strong sense of local identity today. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus and the shops and restaurants along Franklin Street are within walking distance. Organizations like the Marian Cheek Jackson Center have worked to preserve the neighborhood’s character, promote homeownership and create programs like the Northside Neighborhood Initiative to educate student residents about the neighborhood’s history. “People have really worked to take care of things and improve them,” says Gary Saleeby, Realtor at Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston and Chapel Hill resident for 50 years.
The Hargraves Community Center is a pillar within the Northside neighborhood.
The Marion Cheek Jackson Center for Saving and Making History is a non-profit organization helping the community within the Northside neighborhood.
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Modest bungalows serve as a contrast to high-rises along Rosemary Street
Northside still largely maintains its peaceful, residential character steps from downtown Chapel Hill and downtown Carrboro. Many of the houses here are modest bungalows and cottages valued between $300,000 and $700,000, depending on their square footage and condition. Some larger homes are valued upwards of $1 million. However, homes don’t come up for sale very often. Long-term residents often pass down their homes from one generation to the next, and many properties are student rentals. Condo buildings are throughout the neighborhood, though Rosemary Street has the highest density of condos and apartments. "The neighborhood is a reasonable balance between more intensive apartment complexes along Rosemary Street and homes,” Saleeby says. “It’s creeped into Northside a little bit, but not spotted throughout.”
The Northside Neighborhood Conservation District regulates development in the neighborhood. New houses cannot be more than 2,000 square feet, and the home’s footprint can’t cover over 25% of the lot size. “There was a concern about creating these student enclaves,” Saleeby says. “There have still been some very nice new dwellings that are a reasonable size, that effectively became relatively affordable housing.”
Many of the Bungalows within the Northside neighborhood provide students with housing during school.
Small bungalows sit close to newer high-rise condominiums of the Northside neighborhood.
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Northside is walkable to downtown Carrboro and downtown Chapel Hill
Several restaurants border the neighborhood along Rosemary Street. The Northside District serves pub grub in an intimate, dimly lit setting. Mama Dip’s Kitchen, a culinary mainstay along Rosemary Street for nearly 50 years, closed its doors in 2024. However, the business still has weekly pop-ups serving Southern classics like chicken and gravy, Brunswick stew and fried catfish during limited hours.
Residents can continue walking west down Rosemary Street to downtown Carrboro, which has dozens of quirky, locally owned businesses, coffee shops and eateries. One street over from Rosemary and extending east, Franklin Street has Chapel Hill’s main drag of restaurants and shops. Target is less than a quarter mile from the neighborhood along Franklin. Harris Teeter in downtown Carrboro is just west.
The Tanyard Branch Trail is a great place to exercise and enjoy nature in the process.
Many Northside residents enjoy bicycling through the neighborhood.
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The Marian Jackson Cheek Center hosts events
In addition to advocating for housing justice and promoting homeownership in Northside, the Jackson Center hosts community events. Its largest annual event is the Northside Festival in April. The community celebrates its past and present with field games, local performers singing gospel and choir music, and enjoying food like Carolina-style barbecue and sweet tea.
Recreation at Hargraves Community Center and Baldwin Park
The Hargraves Community Center opened in 1945 and is still used as a gathering space for the neighborhood. The center has meeting rooms, basketball courts, a playground and volleyball court. The A.D. Clark Pool at the Hargraves Center originally opened in 1961. Since then, the center has also added tennis courts, a gymnasium and an auditorium. Henry W. Baldwin Park, on the neighborhood's west side, is a small park with a basketball court, community garden and a playground. The Tanyard Branch Trail connects Northside to the Bolin Creek Trail, a several-mile path that winds through the town’s wooded areas and along the bubbling creek.
Baldwin Park in Caroboro has a playground for small children.
Baldwin Community Garden has has 21 4ft x 8ft gardening beds in Carboro, NC.
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Young students attend well-rated Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools
Young students living in Northside typically begin at Northside Elementary School, which has a B-plus grade from Niche. The Northside Elementary School building was completed in 2013. The new elementary school is LEED Green Certified and has sustainability features, including tubular skylights, a green roof and rainwater collection systems. Neighborhood middle schoolers are zoned for Smith Middle School, which has an A grade. Students on the west side of the neighborhood are zoned for Chapel Hill High School, and students on the east side of the neighborhood are zoned for East Chapel Hill High School. Both high schools earn A-pluses.
Chapel Hill High School is a public high school in Chapel Hill, NC.
Smith Middle is a public school located in Chapel Hill, NC, and has around 750 students.
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Walking, biking or taking the bus to campus
Although bordering downtown Carrboro and downtown Chapel Hill, Northside maintains much of its quiet, residential charm. “Traffic travels slowly through the winding streets. It’s not a grid pattern. It’s a soft, easygoing environment,” Saleeby says. In addition to being walkable and bikeable to UNC Chapel Hill’s main campus, Northside has several bus stops that take riders throughout the campus and around town. The neighborhood is just over a mile from UNC Hospitals 17 miles west of Raleigh-Durham International Airport.
Northside residents enjoy running on the Tanyard Branch Trail.
Kids love riding their bikes on the Bolin Creek Trail in the Northside neighborhood.
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Northside Demographics and Home Trends
On average, homes in Northside, Chapel Hill sell after 54 days on the market compared to the national average of 55 days. The median sale price for homes in Northside, Chapel Hill over the last 12 months is $443,500, down 12% from the median home sale price over the previous 12 months.
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