Advance vs Mocksville

A side-by-side comparison of Advance and Mocksville: population, income, housing, and more.

Advance and Mocksville are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mocksville has the higher population (6,001 vs 1,544 in Advance). Advance has the higher median household income ($109,402 vs $55,544 in Mocksville). Advance has the higher median home value ($358,500 vs $210,900 in Mocksville).

Population, income & housing

	Advance	Mocksville
Population	1,544	6,001
Median age	39.2 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$109,402	$55,544
Median home value	$358,500	$210,900
Median gross rent	$865	$910
Housing units	620	2,411
Homeownership rate	81.8%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Advance	Mocksville
Population	1,158 → 1,544 (+33.3%)	5,213 → 6,001 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$81,250 → $109,402 (+34.6%)	$42,872 → $55,544 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$245,000 → $358,500 (+46.3%)	$140,400 → $210,900 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$843 → $865 (+2.6%)	$666 → $910 (+36.6%)

Advance

Population

1,1581,544

Median household income

$81,250$109,402

Median home value

$245,000$358,500

Median gross rent

$843$865

Mocksville

Population

5,2136,001

Median household income

$42,872$55,544

Median home value

$140,400$210,900

Median gross rent

$666$910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Advance	Mocksville
Under 5	7.8%	9.1%
5 to 17	23.3%	15.6%
18 to 24	8.9%	9.9%
25 to 34	5.3%	13.3%
35 to 44	16.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	9.0%
55 to 64	16.3%	15.6%
65 to 74	8.5%	7.2%
75 and over	2.1%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Advance	Mocksville
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	70.2%
Black or African American	9.3%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	6.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	14.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Advance	Mocksville
No high school diploma	0.0%	11.0%
High school graduate	27.9%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Advance	Mocksville
Drove alone	81.1%	86.0%
Carpooled	11.1%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Advance	Mocksville
1-unit, detached	93.2%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.3%
20 or more units	4.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Advance	Mocksville
Poverty rate	5.6%	19.9%
Average household size	3.12	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	34	23
Median year structure built	1997	1983