Mooresboro is a city of 190 people in North Carolina. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 18% of adults. The population has fallen 39% since 2000. The foreign-born share is 0%. That trails the North Carolina median by roughly 32%. The typical home is worth $225,000, having more than tripled since 2000.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $49,464, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 40.5
US median: 38.9
Less educated
18% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 93%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Mooresboro
What changed most since 1990
White share72.7% → 83.2%(+10.4 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$86,402 → $225,000(+160%)US over the same years: +67%
Population297 → 190(−36%)US over the same years: +35%
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)66.7%(12)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)0%(0)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era16.7%(3)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 18 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Mooresboro, decade by decade
Mooresboro population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
297
$37,155
$86,402
3.0%
49.6
2000
314
$60,342
$116,586
7.2%
26.1
2010
311
$66,734
$128,896
6.0%
40.7
2020
293
$45,019
$111,750
10.3%
41.4
2024
190
$49,464
$225,000
17.5%
35.8
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
