Houston County vs Moore County

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

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

Houston County has the higher population (8,293 vs 6,611 in Moore County). Moore County has the higher median household income ($66,687 vs $54,475 in Houston County). Moore County has the higher median home value ($259,300 vs $150,100 in Houston County).

Population, income & housing

	Houston County	Moore County
Population	8,293	6,611
Median age	44.2 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,475	$66,687
Median home value	$150,100	$259,300
Median gross rent	$685	$746
Housing units	3,960	2,996
Homeownership rate	81.2%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houston County	Moore County
Population	8,164 → 8,293 (+1.6%)	6,378 → 6,611 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$42,711 → $54,475 (+27.5%)	$57,708 → $66,687 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$103,700 → $150,100 (+44.7%)	$187,100 → $259,300 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $685 (+6.7%)	$672 → $746 (+11.0%)

Houston County

Population

8,1648,293

Median household income

$42,711$54,475

Median home value

$103,700$150,100

Median gross rent

$642$685

Moore County

Population

6,3786,611

Median household income

$57,708$66,687

Median home value

$187,100$259,300

Median gross rent

$672$746

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houston County	Moore County
Under 5	4.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	14.6%
18 to 24	7.7%	8.5%
25 to 34	10.9%	9.7%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.7%	13.8%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.7%
65 to 74	11.7%	12.3%
75 and over	8.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houston County	Moore County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	92.1%
Black or African American	2.9%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houston County	Moore County
No high school diploma	12.7%	10.9%
High school graduate	46.0%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houston County	Moore County
Drove alone	80.5%	85.9%
Carpooled	15.4%	7.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	2.7%	5.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houston County	Moore County
1-unit, detached	74.3%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	21.1%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Houston County	Moore County
Poverty rate	13.8%	11.3%
Average household size	2.54	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	41	24
Median year structure built	1981	1990