Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Mocksville is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C+ overall, 116th of 286 graded towns in North Carolina, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools outperform 63% of the state's. Its lowest everyday mark is in incomes: the median household income is $55K, and 19% of residents live below the poverty line. A typical home there costs about $283K, 4.3 years of the Winston metro’s $66K median household income. On hazard risk, just 31 of North Carolina’s 451 towns do better. Mocksville has 8 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Hinton Rowan Helper House and Davie County Courthouse. 19% of residents live below the poverty line in Mocksville, above both North Carolina’s towns (13%) and U.S. towns (9.6%).
Where Mocksville beats most towns.
Hinton Rowan Helper House
Hinton Rowan Helper House is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 710 in 1860, a low of 300 in 1870, 5,900 in 2020. The archive holds 14 old photos and papers going back to 1900 and a map from 1969 on.
8 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Carolina), ordered by how far Mocksville is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Mocksville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Mocksville.
Mocksville draws workers from Winston-Salem and beyond, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has milder winter nights than most of the country, though not than most of North Carolina.
6,075 jobs are based in Mocksville, 2.3 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Most working residents leave Mocksville for work: only 18% work in town. Since 2013, Mocksville has added 891 jobs, to 6,075 in 2023. Mocksville’s average trip to work is 22 minutes.
| Mocksville | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 18% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $55,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by the Davie County Schools. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mocksville ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 543 | B− |
| Davie County Early College HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 131 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NC on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 69% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
January nights average 28.1°: milder than most of the country, but colder than 85% of North Carolina places with climate records; July afternoons average 88.3°.
Mocksville has mild winters and warm summers. About 5 inches of snow falls in a winter. The January low in Mocksville is 28°F.
| Mocksville | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 28°F | 31°F | 22°F |
| July high | 88°F | 89°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Mocksville home is worth about $283,000, up 3.7% in a year, 15% below the North Carolina typical home. 62% of households own their home in Mocksville.
| Mocksville | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 62% | 67% | 73% |
| Median rent | $892 a month | $1,086 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Against the 7,530 U.S. towns with household incomes like Mocksville’s, it is healthier than 85%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income.
Mocksville beats the North Carolina average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 14% of Mocksville adults binge drink.
| Mocksville | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 35% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 10% | 8.1% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Mocksville | NC |
|---|---|---|
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.2% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had a stroke | 4.1% | 3.6% |
| More adults with arthritis | 30.5% | 26.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The biggest park or preserve is Rich Park, at 70 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rich Park | — | 70 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mocksville. Close and well known come first.
36 mi LakeLake Norman
23 mi Stadium & arenaAllegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium
22 mi MuseumOld Salem
31 mi MountainPilot Mountain
22 mi MuseumReynolda House Museum of American Art
16 mi MuseumNorth Carolina Transportation MuseumLake Norman: Prince Grobhelm, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium: BobHWS, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Old Salem: David Bjorgen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pilot Mountain: Berean Hunter, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Reynolda House Museum of American Art: Zsrarticle, CC BY-SA 4.0 · North Carolina Transportation Museum: Unknown, Public domain
1 within 15 miles of the center of Mocksville
About 5 of every 100 Mocksville residents are enrolled in college, about the same as North Carolina.
5,051 counted in 2010 and 5,900 in 2020; an estimated 6,282 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 6.6% since 2020, after 16.8% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
8 places in Mocksville on the National Register of Historic Places.
6 notable people were born in Mocksville.
Town in North Carolina, United States
Mocksville is a town in Davie County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 5,927 at the 2020 census. I-40 leads west to Statesville and Hickory, and east to Winston-Salem and Greensboro. Route 64 heads east to Lexington, and west towards Statesville and Taylorsville. It is the county seat of Davie County.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Mocksville grades C+ overall, better than 44% of U.S. towns and #116 of 286 in North Carolina. It grades B− for health and B for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
6 notable people were born here, including Joe Gibbs and Thomas Ferebee.
