Mooresville, NC Road Trips
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Trip Routes
3
Longest Drive
230.4 mi
Greenville, NC
Quickest Drive
4h 1m
Rocky Mount, NC
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Mooresville, NC by the Numbers
Recent demographic snapshot from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
Population
51,447
Median Income
$88,592
Median Home Value
$348,500
Median Age
36.6
Source: US Census Bureau ACS 5-year (public domain). See our methodology for details.
Mooresville, NC at a Glance
Elevation
925 ft
Area
21 mi²
Sister Cities
Notable People from Mooresville, NC
A sampling of people born in Mooresville, NC.
Melissa Morrison-Howard
1971
American hurdler
Selma Burke
1900–1995
American sculptor (1900-1995)
Ricky Dillon
American YouTuber and singer-songwriter
J. R. Sweezy
1989
American football player (born 1989)
Jeffrey Earnhardt
1989
American stock car racing driver
John Hunter Nemechek
1997
American racing driver (born 1997)
Rodney Childers
1976
NASCAR crew chief
City data from Wikidata (Q2027955), available under CC0. Photos from Wikimedia Commons under their respective licenses. See our methodology for details.
Traveler Guide to Mooresville, NC
Mooresville, North Carolina is located 20 minutes north of uptown Charlotte, and is also known as "Race City, USA." Mooresville is home to a multitude of NASCAR race shops, as well as home to some of NASCAR's elite drivers.
Mooresville is best known as the home of many NASCAR racing teams and drivers, along with an IndyCar team and its drivers, as well as racing technology suppliers, which has earned the town the nickname "Race City USA". Also located in Mooresville is the corporate headquarters of Lowe's Corporation and Universal Technical Institute's NASCAR Technical Institute.
Lazy 5 Ranch, 15100 Mooresville Rd, ☏ +1 704-663-5100. Mon-Sat 9AM-1 hour before sunset, Sun 1PM-1 hour before sunset. A drive through animal park covering 3.5 miles to see 750 animals from all over the world. You can drive in your own car or even better or on a horse-drawn open-air wagon. Be sure to bring your cameras! $8.50, Children/Seniors $5.50, Feed for $3.00 per bucket.
Fairfield Inn Charlotte Mooresville, 120 Consumer Square Drive, ☏ +1 704 663-6100, fax: +1 704 663-6138. Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites, 130 Norman Station Blvd, ☏ +1 704 662-6900. SpringHill Suites Charlotte Mooresville, 121 Gateway Blvd, ☏ +1 704 658-0053, fax: +1 704 658-2317.
I-77 is the major interstate highway that goes through Mooresville, running north-south. NC-150, 152, and 3 are other options to consider if coming in from other area towns.
Travel tips adapted from Mooresville on Wikivoyage, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Content summarized; visit the source for the full article. See our methodology for how we use it.
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