Mooresville vs Wheeling

A side-by-side comparison of Mooresville and Wheeling: population, income, housing, and more.

Mooresville and Wheeling are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wheeling has the higher population (135 vs 113 in Mooresville). Mooresville has the higher median household income ($49,063 vs $41,000 in Wheeling). Wheeling has the higher median home value ($71,900 vs $58,300 in Mooresville).

Population, income & housing

	Mooresville	Wheeling
Population	113	135
Median age	39.5 yrs	55.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,063	$41,000
Median home value	$58,300	$71,900
Median gross rent	$575	—
Housing units	47	97
Homeownership rate	74.5%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mooresville	Wheeling
Population	159 → 113 (-28.9%)	273 → 135 (-50.5%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $49,063 (-16.5%)	$35,938 → $41,000 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$65,600 → $58,300 (-11.1%)	$65,000 → $71,900 (+10.6%)
Median gross rent	$445 → $575 (+29.2%)	$678 → $810 (+19.5%)

Mooresville

Population

159113

Median household income

$58,750$49,063

Median home value

$65,600$58,300

Median gross rent

$445$575

Wheeling

Population

273135

Median household income

$35,938$41,000

Median home value

$65,000$71,900

Median gross rent

$678$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mooresville	Wheeling
Under 5	1.8%	9.6%
5 to 17	23.0%	10.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	1.5%
25 to 34	10.6%	8.1%
35 to 44	20.4%	8.1%
45 to 54	9.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	8.0%	22.2%
65 to 74	8.8%	16.3%
75 and over	10.6%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mooresville	Wheeling
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mooresville	Wheeling
No high school diploma	9.1%	9.4%
High school graduate	36.4%	55.7%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mooresville	Wheeling
Drove alone	85.7%	78.9%
Carpooled	14.3%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mooresville	Wheeling
1-unit, detached	87.2%	62.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	23.7%

Poverty & households

	Mooresville	Wheeling
Poverty rate	20.7%	28.1%
Average household size	2.40	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	37	37
Median year structure built	1945	1961