Moscow vs Piperton

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

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

Piperton has the higher population (2,457 vs 850 in Moscow). Piperton has the higher median household income ($125,982 vs $44,750 in Moscow). Piperton has the higher median home value ($550,200 vs $154,700 in Moscow).

Population, income & housing

	Moscow	Piperton
Population	850	2,457
Median age	35.1 yrs	57.1 yrs
Median household income	$44,750	$125,982
Median home value	$154,700	$550,200
Median gross rent	$860	$1,229
Housing units	329	1,061
Homeownership rate	34.1%	93.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	47.3%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moscow	Piperton
Population	685 → 850 (+24.1%)	2,142 → 2,457 (+14.7%)
Median household income	$36,667 → $44,750 (+22.0%)	$96,250 → $125,982 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$104,500 → $154,700 (+48.0%)	$399,100 → $550,200 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $860 (+12.7%)	$885 → $1,229 (+38.9%)

Moscow

Population

685850

Median household income

$36,667$44,750

Median home value

$104,500$154,700

Median gross rent

$763$860

Piperton

Population

2,1422,457

Median household income

$96,250$125,982

Median home value

$399,100$550,200

Median gross rent

$885$1,229

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moscow	Piperton
Under 5	3.6%	0.9%
5 to 17	18.7%	10.7%
18 to 24	3.4%	3.1%
25 to 34	24.0%	7.8%
35 to 44	7.9%	7.7%
45 to 54	17.9%	17.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	25.0%
65 to 74	6.5%	12.9%
75 and over	6.0%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moscow	Piperton
White (non-Hispanic)	35.4%	79.3%
Black or African American	58.4%	15.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moscow	Piperton
No high school diploma	24.6%	4.4%
High school graduate	38.4%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	23.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moscow	Piperton
Drove alone	84.6%	78.1%
Carpooled	6.2%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	12.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moscow	Piperton
1-unit, detached	61.1%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	22.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Moscow	Piperton
Poverty rate	25.3%	4.2%
Average household size	2.81	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1981	2003