Moody vs Riesel

A side-by-side comparison of Moody and Riesel: population, income, housing, and more.

Moody and Riesel are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Riesel has the higher population (1,337 vs 1,258 in Moody). Riesel has the higher median household income ($108,646 vs $57,125 in Moody). Riesel has the higher median home value ($142,500 vs $121,200 in Moody).

Population, income & housing

	Moody	Riesel
Population	1,258	1,337
Median age	37.1 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,125	$108,646
Median home value	$121,200	$142,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,139
Housing units	542	485
Homeownership rate	72.6%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moody	Riesel
Population	1,654 → 1,258 (-23.9%)	1,141 → 1,337 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$42,714 → $57,125 (+33.7%)	$64,318 → $108,646 (+68.9%)
Median home value	$67,800 → $121,200 (+78.8%)	$88,400 → $142,500 (+61.2%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $1,051 (+68.2%)	$895 → $1,139 (+27.3%)

Moody

Population

1,6541,258

Median household income

$42,714$57,125

Median home value

$67,800$121,200

Median gross rent

$625$1,051

Riesel

Population

1,1411,337

Median household income

$64,318$108,646

Median home value

$88,400$142,500

Median gross rent

$895$1,139

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moody	Riesel
Under 5	7.8%	10.3%
5 to 17	15.8%	15.0%
18 to 24	11.9%	12.1%
25 to 34	12.2%	12.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	15.2%
45 to 54	7.9%	10.5%
55 to 64	18.1%	14.1%
65 to 74	6.4%	5.2%
75 and over	7.7%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moody	Riesel
White (non-Hispanic)	69.6%	79.8%
Black or African American	7.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	1.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	17.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moody	Riesel
No high school diploma	11.3%	7.5%
High school graduate	32.9%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moody	Riesel
Drove alone	92.2%	83.1%
Carpooled	2.8%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moody	Riesel
1-unit, detached	77.7%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	27.2%

Poverty & households

	Moody	Riesel
Poverty rate	22.4%	6.9%
Average household size	2.69	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1967	1981