Indianola vs Moorhead

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

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

Indianola has the higher population (9,360 vs 1,370 in Moorhead). Indianola has the higher median household income ($39,275 vs $35,885 in Moorhead). Indianola has the higher median home value ($119,100 vs $85,600 in Moorhead).

Population, income & housing

	Indianola	Moorhead
Population	9,360	1,370
Median age	35.4 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,275	$35,885
Median home value	$119,100	$85,600
Median gross rent	$763	$780
Housing units	3,970	656
Homeownership rate	54.2%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	13.7%	22.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indianola	Moorhead
Population	9,450 → 9,360 (-1.0%)	1,520 → 1,370 (-9.9%)
Median household income	$28,941 → $39,275 (+35.7%)	$21,000 → $35,885 (+70.9%)
Median home value	$76,400 → $119,100 (+55.9%)	$64,100 → $85,600 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $763 (+10.1%)	$543 → $780 (+43.6%)

Indianola

Population

9,4509,360

Median household income

$28,941$39,275

Median home value

$76,400$119,100

Median gross rent

$693$763

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)

	Indianola	Moorhead
Under 5	5.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	21.5%	9.3%
18 to 24	9.4%	26.8%
25 to 34	13.8%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	4.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	13.3%
55 to 64	9.7%	10.5%
65 to 74	10.1%	15.5%
75 and over	7.6%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indianola	Moorhead
White (non-Hispanic)	17.9%	11.5%
Black or African American	80.8%	87.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indianola	Moorhead
No high school diploma	19.2%	24.7%
High school graduate	29.4%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indianola	Moorhead
Drove alone	84.9%	69.6%
Carpooled	9.1%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	8.8%
Other means	0.7%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indianola	Moorhead
1-unit, detached	77.9%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	6.9%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Indianola	Moorhead
Poverty rate	31.1%	28.5%
Average household size	2.64	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1972	1977