When will the power be back in Waxhaw, NC?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Waxhaw is a town of about 23,178 residents in Union County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Waxhaw by name, so this page reports the Union County county-wide view, which covers Waxhaw. If a serving utility does name Waxhaw during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Waxhaw:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Waxhaw: the closest other places we track are Weddington, about 6 miles to the north; Indian Trail, about 11 miles to the northeast; Monroe, about 11 miles to the northeast; and Fort Mill, SC, about 12 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Matthews (13 mi N); Stallings (13 mi N); Pineville (13 mi NW); Rock Hill, SC (16 mi W); Tega Cay, SC (17 mi NW); Mint Hill (18 mi N); Charlotte (19 mi N); and Belmont (26 mi NW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Harrisburg (26 mi); northeast toward Albemarle (43 mi); east toward Laurinburg (73 mi); southeast toward Florence, SC (75 mi); south toward Columbia, SC (63 mi); southwest toward Irmo, SC (63 mi); west toward Gaffney, SC (53 mi); and northwest toward Mount Holly (30 mi).
Who serves Waxhaw?
We track live outage data from Union Power Cooperative ↗, Duke Energy Carolinas and Pee Dee Electric ↗ in Union County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Monroe also serves parts of Union County — we don't yet read its own live outage map. For the parent company's combined picture, see Duke Energy outages across every state it serves.
Waxhaw's last tracked outage began Sep 23, peaked at 25 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 4 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Sep 23 — 25 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 21 — 25 customers out, restored in an hour
- Aug 21 — 69 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Aug 17 — 30 customers out, restored in 2 hours
County context: across all of Union County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.3 hr. The full record for Union County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Waxhaw, NC?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Waxhaw's own record: across the 4 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Waxhaw, NC?
To check your own street, search a Waxhaw ZIP code — 28173 — and the map opens on that area.
