Cooleemee vs Mocksville

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

Cooleemee 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 984 in Cooleemee). Mocksville has the higher median household income ($55,544 vs $49,135 in Cooleemee). Mocksville has the higher median home value ($210,900 vs $134,200 in Cooleemee).

Population, income & housing

	Cooleemee	Mocksville
Population	984	6,001
Median age	34.9 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,135	$55,544
Median home value	$134,200	$210,900
Median gross rent	$964	$910
Housing units	490	2,411
Homeownership rate	74.7%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cooleemee	Mocksville
Population	1,040 → 984 (-5.4%)	5,213 → 6,001 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$49,375 → $49,135 (-0.5%)	$42,872 → $55,544 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $134,200 (+57.9%)	$140,400 → $210,900 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$972 → $964 (-0.8%)	$666 → $910 (+36.6%)

Cooleemee

Population

1,040984

Median household income

$49,375$49,135

Median home value

$85,000$134,200

Median gross rent

$972$964

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)

	Cooleemee	Mocksville
Under 5	7.0%	9.1%
5 to 17	19.0%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.5%	9.9%
25 to 34	16.7%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.6%	10.9%
45 to 54	10.5%	9.0%
55 to 64	12.5%	15.6%
65 to 74	10.2%	7.2%
75 and over	5.1%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cooleemee	Mocksville
White (non-Hispanic)	66.9%	70.2%
Black or African American	10.4%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	16.6%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	14.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cooleemee	Mocksville
No high school diploma	8.3%	11.0%
High school graduate	31.8%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	43.0%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cooleemee	Mocksville
Drove alone	82.7%	86.0%
Carpooled	12.5%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	5.8%
Other means	3.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cooleemee	Mocksville
1-unit, detached	95.1%	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	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Cooleemee	Mocksville
Poverty rate	11.1%	19.9%
Average household size	2.39	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	32	23
Median year structure built	1938	1983