Moores MillAL
Public schools that outperform most of Alabama. It is a town of 6,378 residents in Alabama.
Is Moores Mill a good place to live?
Plenty in its favour, and one clear drawback. Its best grade is for schools (A−): its schools rank ahead of just over four fifths of Alabama towns. Moores Mill’s overall B+ puts it 38th of 187 in Alabama. Nationally, it does better than 69% of U.S. towns. The trade-off is walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 90% of U.S. towns. A typical home there costs about $274K, 3.2 years of the Huntsville metro’s $86K median household income. It also trails on hazard risk (C+): FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 58% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24.
What makes Moores Mill stand out
Where Moores Mill beats most towns.
Moores Mill has grown 18% from 2010 to 2020
5,682 counted in 2010 and 6,729 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Moores Mill grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Alabama), ordered by how far Moores Mill is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Moores Mill: who provides what
Moores Mill is unincorporated, so Madison County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Moores Mill.
Moores Mill pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices, looks healthier within Alabama than nationally and has a longer frost-free season than most of the country, though not than most of Alabama.
Moores Mill’s schools rank ahead of 82% of Alabama districts
Its A− for schools comes with an A− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $274K.
Public schools: the Madison County school district. Its one school is below. Enrollment at Moores Mill’s public school: 618 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Fanning Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–2 | Grades K–2 | 618 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within AL on state tests and graduation
More than half of Moores Mill’s working residents commute to Huntsville
Moores Mill has 461 jobs for its 3,004 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Among working residents in Moores Mill, 0.9% work locally, below both the Alabama town median (10%) and the median of U.S. towns (8%). Employers in Moores Mill added 241 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 461. The typical household income in the town is $97,000. The top destinations are Huntsville (62%), Madison (4%) and Decatur (2%).
| Moores Mill | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $97,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 10% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 16% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Moores Mill, expect mild winters and hot summers
The Fayetteville Wtp weather station, 19 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 201 days: longer than most of the country, but shorter than 99% of Alabama places with climate records. The Fayetteville Wtp weather station, 19 miles away, records that about 51 days a year reach 90°: more than most of the country, but fewer than 83% of Alabama places with climate records.
The July high for Moores Mill comes to 90°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Moores Mill are less healthy than three in five U.S. towns
Within Alabama it is healthier than 63% of the 187 graded towns: much of Alabama scores lower on these measures. Its widest gap with Alabama is tooth loss: 9.4% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 15.4% statewide.
The share of adults in Moores Mill who binge drink: 14%. Among adults here, 42% have obesity, against 39% in Alabama’s towns and 35% across U.S. towns. 41% of adults in the town have high blood pressure; 14% have diabetes.
| Moores Mill | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 39% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 43% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 12% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 14% | 16% |
| What stands out | Moores Mill | AL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.4% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 15.4% | 19.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A typical Alabama spread of ages in Moores Mill
The median household earns $96,774, against $63,999 across Alabama, one input to its B+ for jobs and income.
Every broad age group is within 4 points of the Alabama average. Moores Mill: 36% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more. For Moores Mill, the midpoint age is 41.6 years.
| Moores Mill | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 36% | 23% | 29% |
| Median age | 41.6 years | 39.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 18% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.4 points. Across Alabama, 51.4% of residents are women.
| Moores Mill | AL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.6% | 11.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.6% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.7% | 9.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.6% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.4% | 12.4% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.4% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.9% | 13% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.9% | 10.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.9% | 7.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.8% | 11.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 24.9% | 30.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.3% | 20.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.1% | 17.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.9% | 11.1% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Moderate risk in Moores Mill, with inland flooding at the top
46% of Moores Mill’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 21%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median home in Moores Mill sells for about $310K
63.4% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 48.8% across Alabama.
For households in Moores Mill, the share who own their home is 79%. The town’s going rate for rent is $1,288 a month. On the market in the town: a median 96 days to sell.
| Moores Mill | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 79% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,288 a month | $940 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
U.S. Space & Rocket Center and 8 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Moores Mill. Close and well known come first.
12 mi MuseumU.S. Space & Rocket Center1.0M visitors a year
10 mi MuseumBurritt on the Mountain
5 mi MuseumNorth Alabama Railroad Museum17 mi Theme parkSpace City USA
9 mi MuseumHuntsville Museum of Art12 mi Theme parkSouthern AdventuresPhoto credits
U.S. Space & Rocket Center: formulanone from Huntsville, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Burritt on the Mountain: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · North Alabama Railroad Museum: Jeff Hunter from Madison, AL, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Huntsville Museum of Art: Chris Pruitt, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about Moores Mill
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Moores Mill
About 7 of every 100 Moores Mill residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Alabama.
99% of working residents leave Moores Mill for work
Where Moores Mill’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Moores Mill
Census-designated place in Alabama, United States
Moores Mill is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Madison County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. The population was 6,729 at the 2020 census, up from 5,682 at the 2010 census.
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- Area
- 14 sq mi
- Elevation
- 689 ft
- Area code
- 256
Moores Mill’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Moores Mill.
| Town | AL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moores Mill | #38 | B+ | A− | — | A− | C+ |
| Meridianville | #13 | A | B+ | — | A− | B |
| Huntsville | #61 | B− | B | C | B | B− |
Moores Mill and Meridianville report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Moores Mill with a neighbor →
Questions about Moores Mill
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Moores Mill, AL a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Moores Mill grades B+ overall, better than 69% of U.S. towns and #38 of 187 in Alabama. It grades C+ for health and A− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Moores Mill, AL expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $274,000, 15% above the Alabama typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.