Moody vs Pell City

A side-by-side comparison of Moody and Pell City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Moody has the higher population (13,378 vs 13,353 in Pell City). Moody has the higher median household income ($86,389 vs $73,043 in Pell City). Pell City has the higher median home value ($238,100 vs $222,500 in Moody).

Population, income & housing

	Moody	Pell City
Population	13,378	13,353
Median age	40.8 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$86,389	$73,043
Median home value	$222,500	$238,100
Median gross rent	$1,463	$1,103
Housing units	5,540	5,848
Homeownership rate	76.8%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moody	Pell City
Population	12,840 → 13,378 (+4.2%)	13,781 → 13,353 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$63,607 → $86,389 (+35.8%)	$54,674 → $73,043 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$162,200 → $222,500 (+37.2%)	$183,800 → $238,100 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,463 (+72.1%)	$858 → $1,103 (+28.6%)

Moody

Population

12,84013,378

Median household income

$63,607$86,389

Median home value

$162,200$222,500

Median gross rent

$850$1,463

Pell City

Population

13,78113,353

Median household income

$54,674$73,043

Median home value

$183,800$238,100

Median gross rent

$858$1,103

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moody	Pell City
Under 5	5.6%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.1%	14.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.5%
25 to 34	13.4%	15.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.1%
45 to 54	15.8%	14.2%
55 to 64	11.7%	12.1%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.2%
75 and over	7.7%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moody	Pell City
White (non-Hispanic)	79.5%	78.5%
Black or African American	10.9%	15.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moody	Pell City
No high school diploma	5.2%	13.8%
High school graduate	37.6%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moody	Pell City
Drove alone	72.9%	87.6%
Carpooled	7.5%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	7.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moody	Pell City
1-unit, detached	79.2%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	7.4%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Moody	Pell City
Poverty rate	9.4%	15.5%
Average household size	2.57	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	2002	1991