North Main Street, Holly Springs: homes, schools, parks and commute

Last checked Oct. 11, 2026. Sources: the Town of Holly Springs’ Vision Holly Springs Land Use and Character Plan and parks pages, the Wake County Public School System’s base school lookup, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction’s 2025-26 accountability data, GoTriangle, the U.S. Census Bureau’s TIGERweb town limits, OpenStreetMap and Zillow Research.

North Main Street is the corridor between downtown Holly Springs and Sunset Lake Road. The town’s Land Use and Character Plan calls it the N. Main Street District: “the corridor extending north of the Downtown Village District to Sunset Lake Road, including small-scale retail and office buildings and residential neighborhoods.” The area is in ZIP code 27540, and it holds the North Main Athletic Complex, home of the town’s stadium.

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: Felton Grove High, 81.2% of state tests at grade level in 2025-26, according to the state’s accountability data. Check an address with the district’s base school lookup.
• Home value: $577,082 in ZIP code 27540 in August 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest freeway exit: N.C. 540 Exit 54 at N.C. 55, about 1.5 miles by road.

Part of our Holly Springs neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

North Main Street runs north from Holly Springs Road. The N.C. 55 Bypass runs parallel to the west, and Sunset Lake Road marks the plan’s northern edge. The plan wants new streets on “small blocks” that “extend a grid network in both directions of N. Main Street,” with buildings of one to three stories that “may include residential or office space above storefronts.” It asks for buildings “compatible with nearby residential neighborhoods” and encourages non-franchise architecture. Most homes sit in neighborhoods set back on both sides of the street.

Town or county? We found 966 residential addresses within about half a mile of North Main Street’s 1300 block. All but two were inside town limits on the Census Bureau’s TIGERweb map. See our property tax guide.

Schools

North Main Street is in the Wake County Public School System. All eight addresses we checked in the district’s base school lookup for 2026-27 were zoned for Felton Grove High. Six, on Bottlebrush Court, Sunny Chloe Court, Cobalt Creek Way, Guadeloupe Court, Apple Drupe Way and Arbor Glen Court, were zoned for Holly Springs Elementary, a year-round school, and Holly Ridge Middle. One on Sawleaf Court was zoned for Oakview Elementary and Apex Friendship Middle, and one on McClain Street for Woods Creek Elementary and Lufkin Road Middle. The area is split, so check your own address.

Scores are the share of state tests at grade level or above in 2025-26 and the state’s growth rating, from the accountability data.

Felton Grove High has no four-year graduation rate yet. More in our schools guide.

Home values

Zillow publishes no figure for the corridor alone. The Zillow Home Value Index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, not a sale price.

Trends are on our home prices page.

Parks and trails

• The North Main Athletic Complex has the town’s stadium, soccer fields, tennis courts and free pickleball. Its greenway runs along the western park entrance and under Sportsmanship Way. A 1,050-foot connection to Muses Mill Court in the Oak Hall neighborhood, with a bridge over Little Branch Creek, is set to start construction in late 2026.
• Veterans Park, 600 Bikram Drive, has a fishing pier, a playground and memorials. The half-mile Veterans Park Greenway connects Sunset Lake Road and Jones Park.

More in our parks and trails guide and walking and biking trails guide.

Getting around

• N.C. 540: Exit 54 at N.C. 55 is about 1.5 miles by road from North Main Street’s 1300 block.
• Downtown Holly Springs: about 1.4 miles by road.
• RDU International Airport: about 22 miles by road.
• Buses: GoTriangle lists a park-and-ride for Route 305 at the North Main Athletic Complex on Sportsmanship Way, on its park-and-ride page. Route 305 runs hourly to downtown Raleigh, according to GoTriangle.

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

Groceries and everyday stores

OpenStreetMap lists a Food Lion at 517 N. Main St. in the Oak Hall Shopping Center and a Walgreens at North Main Street and Holly Springs Road. Holly Springs Towne Center is just west across the N.C. 55 Bypass.

Frequently asked questions

What is the North Main Street District in Holly Springs?

It is the corridor the town’s Land Use and Character Plan draws from downtown north to Sunset Lake Road, with small shops and offices along North Main Street and neighborhoods on both sides.

What high school serves North Main Street in Holly Springs?

All eight addresses we checked in the Wake County Public School System’s lookup for 2026-27 were zoned for Felton Grove High, where 81.2% of state tests were at grade level in 2025-26.

What is the typical home value along North Main Street?

The area is in ZIP code 27540, where the Zillow Home Value Index was $577,082 in August 2026, down 0.8% from August 2025.

Where is the park-and-ride in Holly Springs?

GoTriangle lists a park-and-ride at the North Main Athletic Complex on Sportsmanship Way, which it calls Holly Springs Ting Park, served by Route 305 to Raleigh.