Lester vs Mooresville

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

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

Lester has the higher population (130 vs 70 in Mooresville). Mooresville has the higher median home value ($416,700 vs $168,800 in Lester). Since 2019, Mooresville's population has grown faster (-16.7% vs -17.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Lester	Mooresville
Population	130	70
Median age	28.5 yrs	56.7 yrs
Median household income	$77,679	—
Median home value	$168,800	$416,700
Housing units	42	31
Homeownership rate	74.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	69.5%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lester	Mooresville
Population	157 → 130 (-17.2%)	84 → 70 (-16.7%)
Median household income	$42,083 → $77,679 (+84.6%)	$130,000 → $146,250 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$100,000 → $168,800 (+68.8%)	$500,000 → $416,700 (-16.7%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $743 (-4.1%)	—

Lester

Population

157130

Median household income

$42,083$77,679

Median home value

$100,000$168,800

Median gross rent

$775$743

Mooresville

Population

8470

Median household income

$130,000$146,250

Median home value

$500,000$416,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lester	Mooresville
Under 5	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.2%	8.6%
18 to 24	22.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	22.3%	18.6%
55 to 64	8.5%	40.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	7.1%
75 and over	2.3%	18.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lester	Mooresville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lester	Mooresville
No high school diploma	7.7%	1.7%
High school graduate	43.6%	6.8%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	44.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lester	Mooresville
Drove alone	91.7%	39.1%
Carpooled	8.3%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	8.7%
Worked from home	0.0%	39.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lester	Mooresville
1-unit, detached	71.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	14.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lester	Mooresville
Poverty rate	14.6%	0.0%
Average household size	3.33	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	43	15
Median year structure built	1985	1938