Fort Deposit vs Mosses

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Deposit and Mosses: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fort Deposit has the higher population (1,560 vs 865 in Mosses). Mosses has the higher median household income ($26,250 vs $20,156 in Fort Deposit). Fort Deposit has the higher median home value ($66,300 vs $61,300 in Mosses).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Deposit	Mosses
Population	1,560	865
Median age	34.5 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$20,156	$26,250
Median home value	$66,300	$61,300
Median gross rent	$450	—
Housing units	635	335
Homeownership rate	55.2%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.2%	4.2%
Unemployment rate	20.5%	15.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Deposit	Mosses
Population	1,835 → 1,560 (-15.0%)	846 → 865 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$34,107 → $20,156 (-40.9%)	$24,410 → $26,250 (+7.5%)
Median home value	$59,900 → $66,300 (+10.7%)	$53,400 → $61,300 (+14.8%)
Median gross rent	$383 → $450 (+17.5%)	$533 → $725 (+36.0%)

Fort Deposit

Population

1,8351,560

Median household income

$34,107$20,156

Median home value

$59,900$66,300

Median gross rent

$383$450

Mosses

Population

846865

Median household income

$24,410$26,250

Median home value

$53,400$61,300

Median gross rent

$533$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Deposit	Mosses
Under 5	5.1%	10.8%
5 to 17	18.1%	18.7%
18 to 24	11.9%	15.6%
25 to 34	17.3%	7.2%
35 to 44	8.5%	14.0%
45 to 54	8.4%	11.2%
55 to 64	12.6%	6.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	7.5%
75 and over	6.3%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Deposit	Mosses
White (non-Hispanic)	12.1%	0.0%
Black or African American	87.4%	98.4%
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	0.5%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Deposit	Mosses
No high school diploma	26.2%	34.1%
High school graduate	50.5%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	14.5%
Bachelor's degree	1.7%	1.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Deposit	Mosses
Drove alone	79.3%	95.0%
Carpooled	12.2%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	3.1%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Deposit	Mosses
1-unit, detached	34.5%	44.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	30.4%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.4%	48.1%

Poverty & households

	Fort Deposit	Mosses
Poverty rate	41.5%	54.1%
Average household size	2.70	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1992	1991