Mooresburg vs Surgoinsville

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

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

Surgoinsville has the higher population (2,246 vs 829 in Mooresburg). Surgoinsville has the higher median household income ($47,500 vs $36,875 in Mooresburg). Surgoinsville has the higher median home value ($170,000 vs $166,700 in Mooresburg).

Population, income & housing

	Mooresburg	Surgoinsville
Population	829	2,246
Median age	44.1 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$36,875	$47,500
Median home value	$166,700	$170,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,013
Housing units	365	910
Homeownership rate	74.6%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mooresburg	Surgoinsville
Population	611 → 829 (+35.7%)	2,223 → 2,246 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $36,875 (-1.7%)	$43,846 → $47,500 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$98,400 → $166,700 (+69.4%)	$127,000 → $170,000 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $611 (-1.8%)	$750 → $1,013 (+35.1%)

Mooresburg

Population

611829

Median household income

$37,500$36,875

Median home value

$98,400$166,700

Median gross rent

$622$611

Surgoinsville

Population

2,2232,246

Median household income

$43,846$47,500

Median home value

$127,000$170,000

Median gross rent

$750$1,013

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mooresburg	Surgoinsville
Under 5	8.9%	3.0%
5 to 17	20.0%	19.2%
18 to 24	1.1%	7.1%
25 to 34	15.8%	7.1%
35 to 44	10.1%	9.3%
45 to 54	3.4%	18.0%
55 to 64	19.9%	11.3%
65 to 74	11.0%	12.2%
75 and over	9.8%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mooresburg	Surgoinsville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mooresburg	Surgoinsville
No high school diploma	16.0%	12.0%
High school graduate	50.0%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mooresburg	Surgoinsville
Drove alone	86.9%	85.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	7.0%
Other means	5.2%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mooresburg	Surgoinsville
1-unit, detached	65.8%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.8%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Mooresburg	Surgoinsville
Poverty rate	30.5%	25.3%
Average household size	2.34	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1999	1978