Mooreville vs Tupelo

A side-by-side comparison of Mooreville and Tupelo: population, income, housing, and more.

Mooreville and Tupelo are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Tupelo has the higher population (37,825 vs 2,052 in Mooreville). Mooreville has the higher median household income ($143,681 vs $66,314 in Tupelo). Tupelo has the higher median home value ($201,300 vs $175,100 in Mooreville).

Population, income & housing

	Mooreville	Tupelo
Population	2,052	37,825
Median age	19.9 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$143,681	$66,314
Median home value	$175,100	$201,300
Median gross rent	$1,102	$940
Housing units	514	17,573
Homeownership rate	74.9%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.1%	35.1%
Unemployment rate	23.2%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mooreville	Tupelo
Population	1,076 → 2,052 (+90.7%)	38,271 → 37,825 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$40,375 → $143,681 (+255.9%)	$50,694 → $66,314 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$140,000 → $175,100 (+25.1%)	$145,400 → $201,300 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$577 → $1,102 (+91.0%)	$790 → $940 (+19.0%)

Mooreville

Population

1,0762,052

Median household income

$40,375$143,681

Median home value

$140,000$175,100

Median gross rent

$577$1,102

Tupelo

Population

38,27137,825

Median household income

$50,694$66,314

Median home value

$145,400$201,300

Median gross rent

$790$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mooreville	Tupelo
Under 5	9.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	32.5%	17.8%
18 to 24	13.7%	8.3%
25 to 34	4.7%	13.0%
35 to 44	16.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	17.8%	12.4%
55 to 64	3.3%	12.2%
65 to 74	1.4%	8.2%
75 and over	0.4%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mooreville	Tupelo
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	52.2%
Black or African American	8.1%	38.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mooreville	Tupelo
No high school diploma	3.1%	10.2%
High school graduate	26.4%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	11.3%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	45.2%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mooreville	Tupelo
Drove alone	96.5%	86.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	1.3%	5.1%
Other means	2.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mooreville	Tupelo
1-unit, detached	92.2%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Mooreville	Tupelo
Poverty rate	10.9%	13.8%
Average household size	3.99	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1992	1982