North Carolina · Census place 3743720

Mocksville, North Carolina

Mocksville is a town in Davie County, North Carolina with an estimated 6,224 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 127th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,224
#127 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
+5.2%
+310 people
Land area
7.9 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
788 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Mocksville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

Mocksville population, 2020 to 2024

Mocksville added 310 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.2%. In the latest year it moved by +96. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 70th; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Mocksville is 43% of it.

5,91420206,02020216,06720226,12820236,2242024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,890. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Mocksville covers 7.90 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 788 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Mocksville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Mocksville is in

All of Mocksville's residents live in Davie County, which had 45,383 residents in 2024. Mocksville holds 13.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Mocksville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Mocksville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27028. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Mocksville is

The Census internal point of Mocksville is at 35.899700, -80.561100. Raleigh, the capital, is 108.0 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Clemmons, NC (22,471 people), 13.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Winston-Salem, NC, 21.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.899700, -80.561100
DMS
35°53'58.92"N 80°33'39.96"W
UTM
17N 539607.2E 3972912.8N
Geohash
dnqsnz34y
Plus code
867XVCXQ+VH

Daylight in Mocksville

At 35.90° N, Mocksville gets about 14 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Mocksville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Bermuda Run, 10.3 miles away, with 3,290 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Mocksville, NC?

6,224 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 310 (5.2%) from 5,914 in July 2020.

What county is Mocksville in?

Davie County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Mocksville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 27028.

How far is Mocksville from Raleigh?

108.0 miles (173.8 km) in a straight line, heading E from Mocksville.

What is the nearest larger city to Mocksville?

Clemmons, NC, with 22,471 residents, 13.4 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.