Mooresboro vs Waco

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

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

Waco has the higher population (216 vs 168 in Mooresboro). Mooresboro has the higher median household income ($39,167 vs $31,250 in Waco). Mooresboro has the higher median home value ($120,000 vs $93,100 in Waco).

Population, income & housing

	Mooresboro	Waco
Population	168	216
Median age	36.4 yrs	55.3 yrs
Median household income	$39,167	$31,250
Median home value	$120,000	$93,100
Median gross rent	$792	$1,077
Housing units	122	128
Homeownership rate	73.2%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mooresboro	Waco
Population	372 → 168 (-54.8%)	344 → 216 (-37.2%)
Median household income	$37,143 → $39,167 (+5.4%)	$47,614 → $31,250 (-34.4%)
Median home value	$115,600 → $120,000 (+3.8%)	$104,600 → $93,100 (-11.0%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $792 (+37.7%)	$721 → $1,077 (+49.4%)

Mooresboro

Population

372168

Median household income

$37,143$39,167

Median home value

$115,600$120,000

Median gross rent

$575$792

Waco

Population

344216

Median household income

$47,614$31,250

Median home value

$104,600$93,100

Median gross rent

$721$1,077

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mooresboro	Waco
Under 5	10.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	7.7%	4.6%
18 to 24	11.3%	1.4%
25 to 34	14.3%	15.3%
35 to 44	11.3%	9.7%
45 to 54	4.2%	13.4%
55 to 64	17.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	15.5%	21.8%
75 and over	8.3%	17.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mooresboro	Waco
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	91.7%
Black or African American	17.9%	7.9%
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	1.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mooresboro	Waco
No high school diploma	3.4%	18.1%
High school graduate	35.3%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mooresboro	Waco
Drove alone	91.5%	72.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	24.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mooresboro	Waco
1-unit, detached	71.3%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.2%	30.5%

Poverty & households

	Mooresboro	Waco
Poverty rate	22.0%	12.0%
Average household size	2.05	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1966	1970