Moscow vs Williston

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

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

Moscow has the higher population (850 vs 490 in Williston). Williston has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $44,750 in Moscow). Williston has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $154,700 in Moscow).

Population, income & housing

	Moscow	Williston
Population	850	490
Median age	35.1 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$44,750	$73,750
Median home value	$154,700	$162,500
Median gross rent	$860	$1,118
Housing units	329	199
Homeownership rate	34.1%	87.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moscow	Williston
Population	685 → 850 (+24.1%)	449 → 490 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$36,667 → $44,750 (+22.0%)	$49,375 → $73,750 (+49.4%)
Median home value	$104,500 → $154,700 (+48.0%)	$99,400 → $162,500 (+63.5%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $860 (+12.7%)	$950 → $1,118 (+17.7%)

Moscow

Population

685850

Median household income

$36,667$44,750

Median home value

$104,500$154,700

Median gross rent

$763$860

Williston

Population

449490

Median household income

$49,375$73,750

Median home value

$99,400$162,500

Median gross rent

$950$1,118

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moscow	Williston
Under 5	3.6%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.7%	10.0%
18 to 24	3.4%	9.8%
25 to 34	24.0%	7.6%
35 to 44	7.9%	15.9%
45 to 54	17.9%	10.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	16.9%
65 to 74	6.5%	18.6%
75 and over	6.0%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moscow	Williston
White (non-Hispanic)	35.4%	56.9%
Black or African American	58.4%	40.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moscow	Williston
No high school diploma	24.6%	13.8%
High school graduate	38.4%	49.2%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moscow	Williston
Drove alone	84.6%	81.6%
Carpooled	6.2%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moscow	Williston
1-unit, detached	61.1%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.0%
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%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Moscow	Williston
Poverty rate	25.3%	12.0%
Average household size	2.81	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	29	35
Median year structure built	1981	1974