Drew vs Moorhead

A side-by-side comparison of Drew and Moorhead: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Drew has the higher population (2,186 vs 1,370 in Moorhead). Moorhead has the higher median household income ($35,885 vs $22,407 in Drew). Moorhead has the higher median home value ($85,600 vs $60,000 in Drew).

Population, income & housing

	Drew	Moorhead
Population	2,186	1,370
Median age	35.6 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$22,407	$35,885
Median home value	$60,000	$85,600
Median gross rent	$687	$780
Housing units	915	656
Homeownership rate	46.0%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	22.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drew	Moorhead
Population	2,068 → 2,186 (+5.7%)	1,520 → 1,370 (-9.9%)
Median household income	$25,396 → $22,407 (-11.8%)	$21,000 → $35,885 (+70.9%)
Median home value	$61,000 → $60,000 (-1.6%)	$64,100 → $85,600 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$494 → $687 (+39.1%)	$543 → $780 (+43.6%)

Drew

Population

2,0682,186

Median household income

$25,396$22,407

Median home value

$61,000$60,000

Median gross rent

$494$687

Moorhead

Population

1,5201,370

Median household income

$21,000$35,885

Median home value

$64,100$85,600

Median gross rent

$543$780

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Drew	Moorhead
Under 5	10.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.3%	9.3%
18 to 24	12.8%	26.8%
25 to 34	12.8%	11.0%
35 to 44	16.4%	4.7%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.3%
55 to 64	10.0%	10.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	15.5%
75 and over	4.3%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drew	Moorhead
White (non-Hispanic)	13.2%	11.5%
Black or African American	77.4%	87.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drew	Moorhead
No high school diploma	31.9%	24.7%
High school graduate	28.4%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drew	Moorhead
Drove alone	80.0%	69.6%
Carpooled	12.8%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	8.8%
Other means	1.2%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drew	Moorhead
1-unit, detached	67.7%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	20.8%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Drew	Moorhead
Poverty rate	38.7%	28.5%
Average household size	2.79	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1971	1977