Moscow vs Rossville

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

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

Rossville has the higher population (1,173 vs 850 in Moscow). Rossville has the higher median household income ($121,116 vs $44,750 in Moscow). Rossville has the higher median home value ($459,800 vs $154,700 in Moscow).

Population, income & housing

	Moscow	Rossville
Population	850	1,173
Median age	35.1 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$44,750	$121,116
Median home value	$154,700	$459,800
Median gross rent	$860	—
Housing units	329	508
Homeownership rate	34.1%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moscow	Rossville
Population	685 → 850 (+24.1%)	906 → 1,173 (+29.5%)
Median household income	$36,667 → $44,750 (+22.0%)	$98,021 → $121,116 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$104,500 → $154,700 (+48.0%)	$267,900 → $459,800 (+71.6%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $860 (+12.7%)	$350 → $763 (+118.0%)

Moscow

Population

685850

Median household income

$36,667$44,750

Median home value

$104,500$154,700

Median gross rent

$763$860

Rossville

Population

9061,173

Median household income

$98,021$121,116

Median home value

$267,900$459,800

Median gross rent

$350$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moscow	Rossville
Under 5	3.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	18.7%	9.5%
18 to 24	3.4%	5.1%
25 to 34	24.0%	7.8%
35 to 44	7.9%	9.4%
45 to 54	17.9%	16.5%
55 to 64	12.0%	24.3%
65 to 74	6.5%	16.6%
75 and over	6.0%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moscow	Rossville
White (non-Hispanic)	35.4%	82.8%
Black or African American	58.4%	13.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moscow	Rossville
No high school diploma	24.6%	4.0%
High school graduate	38.4%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moscow	Rossville
Drove alone	84.6%	76.5%
Carpooled	6.2%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.2%	14.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moscow	Rossville
1-unit, detached	61.1%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	2.2%
20 or more units	1.5%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Moscow	Rossville
Poverty rate	25.3%	5.2%
Average household size	2.81	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1981	2007