Athens vs Mooresville

A side-by-side comparison of Athens and Mooresville: population, income, housing, and more.

Athens and Mooresville are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Athens has the higher population (27,474 vs 70 in Mooresville). Mooresville has the higher median home value ($416,700 vs $253,700 in Athens). Since 2019, Athens's population has grown faster (+6.0% vs -16.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Athens	Mooresville
Population	27,474	70
Median age	41.6 yrs	56.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,000	—
Median home value	$253,700	$416,700
Median gross rent	$834	—
Housing units	12,192	31
Homeownership rate	63.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	69.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Athens	Mooresville
Population	25,922 → 27,474 (+6.0%)	84 → 70 (-16.7%)
Median household income	$53,165 → $65,000 (+22.3%)	$130,000 → $146,250 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$161,400 → $253,700 (+57.2%)	$500,000 → $416,700 (-16.7%)
Median gross rent	$664 → $834 (+25.6%)	—

Athens

Population

25,92227,474

Median household income

$53,165$65,000

Median home value

$161,400$253,700

Median gross rent

$664$834

Mooresville

Population

8470

Median household income

$130,000$146,250

Median home value

$500,000$416,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Athens	Mooresville
Under 5	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	8.6%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.1%
25 to 34	14.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	18.6%
55 to 64	15.0%	40.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	7.1%
75 and over	8.2%	18.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Athens	Mooresville
White (non-Hispanic)	68.4%	98.6%
Black or African American	17.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Athens	Mooresville
No high school diploma	11.2%	1.7%
High school graduate	23.4%	6.8%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	44.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Athens	Mooresville
Drove alone	82.5%	39.1%
Carpooled	8.6%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	8.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	8.7%
Worked from home	6.5%	39.1%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Athens	Mooresville
1-unit, detached	72.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Athens	Mooresville
Poverty rate	13.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.40	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	25	15
Median year structure built	1986	1938