Huntsville vs Moores Mill

A side-by-side comparison of Huntsville and Moores Mill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Huntsville has the higher population (218,814 vs 6,041 in Moores Mill). Moores Mill has the higher median household income ($86,902 vs $70,778 in Huntsville). Huntsville has the higher median home value ($263,100 vs $243,800 in Moores Mill).

Population, income & housing

	Huntsville	Moores Mill
Population	218,814	6,041
Median age	36.4 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,778	$86,902
Median home value	$263,100	$243,800
Median gross rent	$1,078	$1,235
Housing units	102,592	2,554
Homeownership rate	58.1%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.2%	36.4%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntsville	Moores Mill
Population	196,219 → 218,814 (+11.5%)	6,882 → 6,041 (-12.2%)
Median household income	$55,305 → $70,778 (+28.0%)	$73,236 → $86,902 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$182,900 → $263,100 (+43.8%)	$175,200 → $243,800 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$827 → $1,078 (+30.4%)	$847 → $1,235 (+45.8%)

Huntsville

Population

196,219218,814

Median household income

$55,305$70,778

Median home value

$182,900$263,100

Median gross rent

$827$1,078

Moores Mill

Population

6,8826,041

Median household income

$73,236$86,902

Median home value

$175,200$243,800

Median gross rent

$847$1,235

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huntsville	Moores Mill
Under 5	5.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	13.9%	17.0%
18 to 24	12.5%	6.8%
25 to 34	15.8%	10.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.9%	15.1%
55 to 64	12.5%	16.5%
65 to 74	9.2%	12.6%
75 and over	7.3%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntsville	Moores Mill
White (non-Hispanic)	56.1%	57.1%
Black or African American	29.4%	26.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	2.0%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntsville	Moores Mill
No high school diploma	8.4%	8.4%
High school graduate	17.3%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntsville	Moores Mill
Drove alone	77.5%	83.3%
Carpooled	6.8%	12.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	4.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntsville	Moores Mill
1-unit, detached	63.2%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	16.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Huntsville	Moores Mill
Poverty rate	13.8%	11.8%
Average household size	2.21	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1984	1996