Mooresburg vs Mount Carmel

A side-by-side comparison of Mooresburg and Mount Carmel: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Carmel has the higher population (5,504 vs 829 in Mooresburg). Mount Carmel has the higher median household income ($71,336 vs $36,875 in Mooresburg). Mount Carmel has the higher median home value ($179,700 vs $166,700 in Mooresburg).

Population, income & housing

	Mooresburg	Mount Carmel
Population	829	5,504
Median age	44.1 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$36,875	$71,336
Median home value	$166,700	$179,700
Median gross rent	—	$804
Housing units	365	2,115
Homeownership rate	74.6%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mooresburg	Mount Carmel
Population	611 → 829 (+35.7%)	5,293 → 5,504 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $36,875 (-1.7%)	$53,253 → $71,336 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$98,400 → $166,700 (+69.4%)	$151,600 → $179,700 (+18.5%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $611 (-1.8%)	$682 → $804 (+17.9%)

Mooresburg

Population

611829

Median household income

$37,500$36,875

Median home value

$98,400$166,700

Median gross rent

$622$611

Mount Carmel

Population

5,2935,504

Median household income

$53,253$71,336

Median home value

$151,600$179,700

Median gross rent

$682$804

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mooresburg	Mount Carmel
Under 5	8.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	20.0%	12.5%
18 to 24	1.1%	10.5%
25 to 34	15.8%	15.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	7.8%
45 to 54	3.4%	19.0%
55 to 64	19.9%	10.4%
65 to 74	11.0%	8.1%
75 and over	9.8%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mooresburg	Mount Carmel
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mooresburg	Mount Carmel
No high school diploma	16.0%	6.5%
High school graduate	50.0%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mooresburg	Mount Carmel
Drove alone	86.9%	73.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	2.4%	12.2%
Other means	5.2%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mooresburg	Mount Carmel
1-unit, detached	65.8%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.8%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Mooresburg	Mount Carmel
Poverty rate	30.5%	5.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1999	1979