Where We're Growing

The suburbs that analysts eye as high-growth spots for 2025—and beyond

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IT CAN BE AS HARD TO FIND an affordable place to live in Charlotte’s suburbs as in the city, and places, where rents and home prices have stayed somewhat reasonable, are bracing for their own growth surges. We picked four suburban communities that analysts for Metrostudy, a national firm that researches and analyzes home-construction industry data, say are primed for the next development wave. “We have to realize that with every job we add, we have to add housing,” says Jenifer Gooch, Metrostudy’s Charlotte-area regional director, “and we haven’t been doing that.” —Greg Lacour

Indian Land LANCASTER COUNTY, S.C.

MEDIAN NEW HOME PRICE: $373,840

MEDIAN EXISTING HOME PRICE: $305,000

POPULATION IN 2019: 28,840

PROJECTED 2024

POPULATION: 33,849