Light Oak vs Mooresboro

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

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

Light Oak has the higher population (321 vs 168 in Mooresboro). Light Oak has the higher median household income ($59,583 vs $39,167 in Mooresboro). Mooresboro has the higher median home value ($120,000 vs $87,100 in Light Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Light Oak	Mooresboro
Population	321	168
Median age	57.5 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,583	$39,167
Median home value	$87,100	$120,000
Median gross rent	—	$792
Housing units	242	122
Homeownership rate	68.4%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Light Oak	Mooresboro
Population	1,140 → 321 (-71.8%)	372 → 168 (-54.8%)
Median household income	—	$37,143 → $39,167 (+5.4%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $87,100 (+29.0%)	$115,600 → $120,000 (+3.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$575 → $792 (+37.7%)

Light Oak

Population

1,140321

Median home value

$67,500$87,100

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)

	Light Oak	Mooresboro
Under 5	0.0%	10.1%
5 to 17	11.8%	7.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	14.3%
35 to 44	19.9%	11.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	4.2%
55 to 64	36.1%	17.3%
65 to 74	32.1%	15.5%
75 and over	0.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Light Oak	Mooresboro
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	79.8%
Black or African American	68.2%	17.9%
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	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	31.8%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Light Oak	Mooresboro
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.4%
High school graduate	35.0%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	65.0%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Light Oak	Mooresboro
Drove alone	100.0%	91.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	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)

	Light Oak	Mooresboro
1-unit, detached	76.0%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	24.0%	26.2%

Poverty & households

	Light Oak	Mooresboro
Poverty rate	28.0%	22.0%
Average household size	2.82	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	1983	1966