Moorhead vs Ruleville

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

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

Ruleville has the higher population (2,859 vs 1,370 in Moorhead). Moorhead has the higher median household income ($35,885 vs $35,536 in Ruleville). Ruleville has the higher median home value ($94,700 vs $85,600 in Moorhead).

Population, income & housing

	Moorhead	Ruleville
Population	1,370	2,859
Median age	33.5 yrs	30.1 yrs
Median household income	$35,885	$35,536
Median home value	$85,600	$94,700
Median gross rent	$780	$633
Housing units	656	944
Homeownership rate	65.0%	51.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	22.4%	18.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moorhead	Ruleville
Population	1,520 → 1,370 (-9.9%)	2,668 → 2,859 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$21,000 → $35,885 (+70.9%)	$32,188 → $35,536 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$64,100 → $85,600 (+33.5%)	$91,500 → $94,700 (+3.5%)
Median gross rent	$543 → $780 (+43.6%)	$499 → $633 (+26.9%)

Moorhead

Population

1,5201,370

Median household income

$21,000$35,885

Median home value

$64,100$85,600

Median gross rent

$543$780

Ruleville

Population

2,6682,859

Median household income

$32,188$35,536

Median home value

$91,500$94,700

Median gross rent

$499$633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moorhead	Ruleville
Under 5	5.4%	8.1%
5 to 17	9.3%	14.7%
18 to 24	26.8%	11.1%
25 to 34	11.0%	21.4%
35 to 44	4.7%	9.5%
45 to 54	13.3%	14.0%
55 to 64	10.5%	8.4%
65 to 74	15.5%	6.3%
75 and over	3.4%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moorhead	Ruleville
White (non-Hispanic)	11.5%	10.7%
Black or African American	87.7%	88.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moorhead	Ruleville
No high school diploma	24.7%	19.4%
High school graduate	33.0%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moorhead	Ruleville
Drove alone	69.6%	79.8%
Carpooled	17.9%	16.9%
Public transit	1.9%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	2.3%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moorhead	Ruleville
1-unit, detached	86.6%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	12.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Moorhead	Ruleville
Poverty rate	28.5%	29.0%
Average household size	2.24	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1977	1977