McCrary House · Photo: Chris Pruitt · CC BY-SA 3.0For more than half of its working residents, Moores Mill is a commute to Huntsville
Hardly any work in Moores Mill itself; outside it, Huntsville draws the most (62%, 14 miles). Jobs and income earn Moores Mill B+; getting around on foot earns it D. Measured by household income, Moores Mill is ahead of 74% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Moores Mill at work: what stands out
More than half of Moores Mill works in Huntsville
1,848 working residents, 62%, have their main job in Huntsville, 14 miles away across the town line. That’s 62 times as many as work in Moores Mill itself. The commute map ↓
Moores Mill is a place people come home to
There are 461 jobs based in Moores Mill, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Moores Mill has about 3,800 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Moores Mill makes and builds things
39% of the jobs based in Moores Mill are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Moores Mill residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 20%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Moores Mill’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Moores Mill is better than 66% of U.S. towns, #45 of 187 in Alabama. Household income holds Moores Mill’s grade up ($96,774, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.2%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Moores Mill could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Where the trip to work from Moores Mill ends
Where Moores Mill clocks in
62% of workers
4% of workers
2% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Moores Mill by day and by night
On a workday 2,978 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 435 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,800 people are in Moores Mill on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
0.15 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
In Moores Mill, 39% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
461 jobs are based in Moores Mill.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moores Mill, 2013 → 2023: 220 → 461. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Moores Mill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes each way for Moores Mill’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moores Mill workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,021 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Alabama: 88% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where in the region Moores Mill works
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Moores Mill walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Moores Mill is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns, #171 of 187 in Alabama. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 1.7% across Alabama.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,241 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.8% of Moores Mill households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Moores Mill’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,289th of 3,255: where Moores Mill ranks among U.S. towns of 4,500 to 8,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 144 | Highland Lakes AL | 5,866 | $169K | 4.1% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 254 | Redland AL | 4,982 | $130K | 1.4% | 2.5% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 361 | Brook Highland AL | 8,146 | $80K | 4.6% | 0.6% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,287 | Philomath OR | 5,699 | $84K | 7.2% | 3.2% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,288 | Sewickley Township PA | 5,535 | $75K | 14.2% | 1.4% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,289 | Moores Mill AL | 6,378 | $97K | 11.2% | 3.6% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,290 | Alta Sierra CA | 7,361 | $106K | 6.3% | 3.1% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,291 | Meridian CO | 5,634 | $90K | 8.8% | 5.8% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,255 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Moores Mill, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
63% of Moores Mill works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Moores Mill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moores Mill | – | B+ | D | 23 min | $96,774 |
| Meridianville | 1% | A− | B− | 25 min | $97,434 |
| Huntsville | 62% | B | B | 20 min | $74,714 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Huntsville. Darker towns draw more of Moores Mill’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Moores Mill: questions
What is the median household income in Moores Mill?
$96,774 (±$15,887) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moores Mill?
11.2%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moores Mill?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moores Mill work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Huntsville (62%, 14 mi), Madison (4%, 17 mi), Decatur (2%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Moores Mill walkable?
Moores Mill is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Moores Mill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Moores Mill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moores Mill
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.