Moorefield vs Purcellville

A side-by-side comparison of Moorefield and Purcellville: population, income, housing, and more.

Moorefield and Purcellville are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Purcellville has the higher population (8,974 vs 5,598 in Moorefield). Moorefield has the higher median household income ($200,754 vs $162,981 in Purcellville). Moorefield has the higher median home value ($802,700 vs $594,000 in Purcellville).

Population, income & housing

	Moorefield	Purcellville
Population	5,598	8,974
Median age	37.5 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$200,754	$162,981
Median home value	$802,700	$594,000
Median gross rent	$2,706	$2,086
Housing units	2,079	2,894
Homeownership rate	56.2%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.2%	57.9%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moorefield	Purcellville
Population	4,099 → 5,598 (+36.6%)	9,897 → 8,974 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$123,224 → $200,754 (+62.9%)	$139,074 → $162,981 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$601,600 → $802,700 (+33.4%)	$464,200 → $594,000 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,969 → $2,706 (+37.4%)	$1,428 → $2,086 (+46.1%)

Moorefield

Population

4,0995,598

Median household income

$123,224$200,754

Median home value

$601,600$802,700

Median gross rent

$1,969$2,706

Purcellville

Population

9,8978,974

Median household income

$139,074$162,981

Median home value

$464,200$594,000

Median gross rent

$1,428$2,086

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moorefield	Purcellville
Under 5	5.2%	7.7%
5 to 17	22.4%	20.2%
18 to 24	2.5%	9.7%
25 to 34	13.1%	11.4%
35 to 44	33.8%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	16.8%
55 to 64	4.3%	11.1%
65 to 74	7.0%	4.5%
75 and over	0.2%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moorefield	Purcellville
White (non-Hispanic)	30.7%	72.0%
Black or African American	9.2%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	43.4%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	14.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moorefield	Purcellville
No high school diploma	8.6%	5.8%
High school graduate	14.4%	12.3%
Some college or associate's	8.7%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	35.8%	36.2%
Graduate or professional degree	32.4%	21.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moorefield	Purcellville
Drove alone	44.2%	59.9%
Carpooled	7.6%	6.5%
Public transit	2.2%	1.7%
Walked	1.2%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.0%
Worked from home	38.7%	25.1%
Other means	6.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moorefield	Purcellville
1-unit, detached	20.3%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	59.6%	20.2%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	7.4%
20 or more units	15.2%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Moorefield	Purcellville
Poverty rate	0.6%	4.8%
Average household size	2.75	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	34	33
Median year structure built	2013	1999