Cleveland County vs Moore County

A side-by-side comparison of Cleveland County and Moore County: population, income, housing, and more.

Cleveland County and Moore County are counties in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Moore County has the higher population (102,840 vs 100,170 in Cleveland County). Moore County has the higher median household income ($82,837 vs $55,769 in Cleveland County). Moore County has the higher median home value ($315,300 vs $180,200 in Cleveland County).

Population, income & housing

	Cleveland County	Moore County
Population	100,170	102,840
Median age	41.2 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,769	$82,837
Median home value	$180,200	$315,300
Median gross rent	$835	$1,181
Housing units	43,999	49,419
Homeownership rate	70.7%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	40.9%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cleveland County	Moore County
Population	97,282 → 100,170 (+3.0%)	97,294 → 102,840 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$42,247 → $55,769 (+32.0%)	$59,963 → $82,837 (+38.1%)
Median home value	$120,100 → $180,200 (+50.0%)	$216,500 → $315,300 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$696 → $835 (+20.0%)	$879 → $1,181 (+34.4%)

Cleveland County

Population

97,282100,170

Median household income

$42,247$55,769

Median home value

$120,100$180,200

Median gross rent

$696$835

Moore County

Population

97,294102,840

Median household income

$59,963$82,837

Median home value

$216,500$315,300

Median gross rent

$879$1,181

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cleveland County	Moore County
Under 5	5.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.5%	15.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	12.8%	11.6%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.6%	10.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.3%	13.0%
75 and over	7.4%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cleveland County	Moore County
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	75.9%
Black or African American	18.4%	9.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.9%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cleveland County	Moore County
No high school diploma	12.5%	7.3%
High school graduate	33.8%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	16.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cleveland County	Moore County
Drove alone	82.2%	76.1%
Carpooled	8.7%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.2%	11.4%
Other means	0.8%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cleveland County	Moore County
1-unit, detached	70.2%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	4.4%
20 or more units	1.4%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Cleveland County	Moore County
Poverty rate	17.2%	10.0%
Average household size	2.64	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1979	1993