Mooresville vs Statesville

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

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

Mooresville has the higher population (51,447 vs 29,161 in Statesville). Mooresville has the higher median household income ($88,592 vs $55,492 in Statesville). Mooresville has the higher median home value ($348,500 vs $226,100 in Statesville).

Population, income & housing

	Mooresville	Statesville
Population	51,447	29,161
Median age	36.6 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$88,592	$55,492
Median home value	$348,500	$226,100
Median gross rent	$1,505	$935
Housing units	21,569	12,916
Homeownership rate	57.3%	53.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mooresville	Statesville
Population	37,835 → 51,447 (+36.0%)	26,685 → 29,161 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$69,188 → $88,592 (+28.0%)	$39,987 → $55,492 (+38.8%)
Median home value	$232,700 → $348,500 (+49.8%)	$151,800 → $226,100 (+48.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,108 → $1,505 (+35.8%)	$739 → $935 (+26.5%)

Mooresville

Population

37,83551,447

Median household income

$69,188$88,592

Median home value

$232,700$348,500

Median gross rent

$1,108$1,505

Statesville

Population

26,68529,161

Median household income

$39,987$55,492

Median home value

$151,800$226,100

Median gross rent

$739$935

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mooresville	Statesville
Under 5	5.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.2%	17.6%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.8%	15.4%
35 to 44	14.2%	13.1%
45 to 54	14.2%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.4%	11.3%
65 to 74	7.9%	8.8%
75 and over	4.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mooresville	Statesville
White (non-Hispanic)	72.5%	49.9%
Black or African American	10.7%	26.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	4.5%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.2%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mooresville	Statesville
No high school diploma	5.2%	14.3%
High school graduate	19.9%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mooresville	Statesville
Drove alone	71.7%	73.8%
Carpooled	7.3%	15.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	18.2%	7.5%
Other means	1.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mooresville	Statesville
1-unit, detached	60.2%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	13.7%
20 or more units	11.9%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Mooresville	Statesville
Poverty rate	7.6%	16.4%
Average household size	2.54	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	2004	1980