Moores Mill vs Owens Cross Roads

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

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

Moores Mill has the higher population (6,041 vs 2,678 in Owens Cross Roads). Moores Mill has the higher median household income ($86,902 vs $73,708 in Owens Cross Roads). Moores Mill has the higher median home value ($243,800 vs $206,100 in Owens Cross Roads).

Population, income & housing

	Moores Mill	Owens Cross Roads
Population	6,041	2,678
Median age	44.7 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$86,902	$73,708
Median home value	$243,800	$206,100
Median gross rent	$1,235	$895
Housing units	2,554	949
Homeownership rate	76.3%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moores Mill	Owens Cross Roads
Population	6,882 → 6,041 (-12.2%)	2,069 → 2,678 (+29.4%)
Median household income	$73,236 → $86,902 (+18.7%)	$63,654 → $73,708 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$175,200 → $243,800 (+39.2%)	$132,700 → $206,100 (+55.3%)
Median gross rent	$847 → $1,235 (+45.8%)	$816 → $895 (+9.7%)

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

Owens Cross Roads

Population

2,0692,678

Median household income

$63,654$73,708

Median home value

$132,700$206,100

Median gross rent

$816$895

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moores Mill	Owens Cross Roads
Under 5	4.9%	7.7%
5 to 17	17.0%	24.5%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.2%
25 to 34	10.1%	17.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.7%
45 to 54	15.1%	10.1%
55 to 64	16.5%	8.0%
65 to 74	12.6%	5.7%
75 and over	4.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moores Mill	Owens Cross Roads
White (non-Hispanic)	57.1%	81.8%
Black or African American	26.6%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	1.3%
Asian	4.4%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moores Mill	Owens Cross Roads
No high school diploma	8.4%	19.0%
High school graduate	27.4%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moores Mill	Owens Cross Roads
Drove alone	83.3%	76.3%
Carpooled	12.6%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	14.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moores Mill	Owens Cross Roads
1-unit, detached	86.6%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Moores Mill	Owens Cross Roads
Poverty rate	11.8%	10.0%
Average household size	2.46	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1996	2004