Earl vs Mooresboro

A side-by-side comparison of Earl and Mooresboro: population, income, housing, and more.

Earl and Mooresboro are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Earl has the higher population (367 vs 168 in Mooresboro). Earl has the higher median household income ($42,287 vs $39,167 in Mooresboro). Earl has the higher median home value ($160,900 vs $120,000 in Mooresboro).

Population, income & housing

	Earl	Mooresboro
Population	367	168
Median age	56.3 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,287	$39,167
Median home value	$160,900	$120,000
Median gross rent	$937	$792
Housing units	237	122
Homeownership rate	81.2%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earl	Mooresboro
Population	269 → 367 (+36.4%)	372 → 168 (-54.8%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $42,287 (-8.6%)	$37,143 → $39,167 (+5.4%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $160,900 (+85.6%)	$115,600 → $120,000 (+3.8%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $937 (+32.3%)	$575 → $792 (+37.7%)

Earl

Population

269367

Median household income

$46,250$42,287

Median home value

$86,700$160,900

Median gross rent

$708$937

Mooresboro

Population

372168

Median household income

$37,143$39,167

Median home value

$115,600$120,000

Median gross rent

$575$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Earl	Mooresboro
Under 5	1.6%	10.1%
5 to 17	8.4%	7.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	11.3%
25 to 34	10.4%	14.3%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.3%
45 to 54	3.5%	4.2%
55 to 64	37.3%	17.3%
65 to 74	15.0%	15.5%
75 and over	3.5%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earl	Mooresboro
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	79.8%
Black or African American	9.8%	17.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	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	1.1%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	13.6%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earl	Mooresboro
No high school diploma	8.8%	3.4%
High school graduate	51.9%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.3%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earl	Mooresboro
Drove alone	57.2%	91.5%
Carpooled	23.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	19.6%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earl	Mooresboro
1-unit, detached	74.7%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.5%	26.2%

Poverty & households

	Earl	Mooresboro
Poverty rate	15.0%	22.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1983	1966