Moscow vs Oakland

A side-by-side comparison of Moscow and Oakland: population, income, housing, and more.

Moscow and Oakland are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oakland has the higher population (9,544 vs 850 in Moscow). Oakland has the higher median household income ($89,240 vs $44,750 in Moscow). Oakland has the higher median home value ($297,300 vs $154,700 in Moscow).

Population, income & housing

	Moscow	Oakland
Population	850	9,544
Median age	35.1 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$44,750	$89,240
Median home value	$154,700	$297,300
Median gross rent	$860	$1,815
Housing units	329	3,900
Homeownership rate	34.1%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moscow	Oakland
Population	685 → 850 (+24.1%)	7,893 → 9,544 (+20.9%)
Median household income	$36,667 → $44,750 (+22.0%)	$75,316 → $89,240 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$104,500 → $154,700 (+48.0%)	$185,800 → $297,300 (+60.0%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $860 (+12.7%)	$1,502 → $1,815 (+20.8%)

Moscow

Population

685850

Median household income

$36,667$44,750

Median home value

$104,500$154,700

Median gross rent

$763$860

Oakland

Population

7,8939,544

Median household income

$75,316$89,240

Median home value

$185,800$297,300

Median gross rent

$1,502$1,815

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moscow	Oakland
Under 5	3.6%	7.0%
5 to 17	18.7%	14.4%
18 to 24	3.4%	4.5%
25 to 34	24.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	7.9%	13.9%
45 to 54	17.9%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	15.8%
65 to 74	6.5%	10.7%
75 and over	6.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moscow	Oakland
White (non-Hispanic)	35.4%	72.1%
Black or African American	58.4%	23.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moscow	Oakland
No high school diploma	24.6%	4.1%
High school graduate	38.4%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moscow	Oakland
Drove alone	84.6%	69.3%
Carpooled	6.2%	15.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	4.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moscow	Oakland
1-unit, detached	61.1%	99.7%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	0.3%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Moscow	Oakland
Poverty rate	25.3%	6.2%
Average household size	2.81	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	29	37
Median year structure built	1981	2005