Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Mooresville gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $310K, 3.9 years of the Indianapolis metro’s $80K median household income. It grades B+ overall, 229th among Indiana's 585 graded towns. Its National Register listings include Mooresville Friends Academy Building and Mooresville Gymnasium. 23% of residents are 65 or older in Mooresville, where Indiana’s towns sit at 18% and U.S. towns at 18%. Pioneer Park, at 110 acres with 1.7 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Mooresville beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Mooresville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 550 in 1850, 9,411 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1923 and a map from 1986 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mooresville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaLucas Oil Stadium
16 mi Stadium & arenaGainbridge Fieldhouse
30 mi Stadium & arenaMemorial Stadium
16 mi LandmarkSoldiers' and Sailors' Monument
20 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle Fieldhouse
18 mi MuseumIndianapolis Museum of Art428K visitors a yearLucas Oil Stadium: Josh Hallett from Winter Haven, FL, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Gainbridge Fieldhouse: Durin at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Memorial Stadium: Durin at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: alexeatswhales, CC BY 2.0 · Hinkle Fieldhouse: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Indianapolis Museum of Art: No machine-readable author provided. Cszmurlo assumed (based on copyright claims, CC BY 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mooresville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Mooresville.
| Mooresville | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.1% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pioneer Park | 1.7 mi | 110 |
| 2. Rooker Run Park | — | 15 |
| 3. Old Town Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Mooresville has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 20° and about 26 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Mooresville beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 40% of Mooresville adults have high blood pressure.
| Mooresville | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Mooresville | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.7% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The typical Mooresville home is worth about $310,000, up 1.8% in a year, 21% above the Indiana typical home. 68% of households own their home in Mooresville.
| Mooresville | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 68% | 76% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,089 a month | $946 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Most working residents leave Mooresville for work: only 12% work in town. The average trip to work in Mooresville is 28 minutes. Jobs based in Mooresville grew to 6,482 in 2023, 497 more than in 2013.
| Mooresville | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 12% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 11% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
People 65 and older are 23% of residents (17% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 33% of residents (37% statewide). Mooresville has grown 8% since 2020, to 10,173 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 22% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 30% across Indiana.
| Mooresville | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 22% | 22% | 29% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.5 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Mooresville | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.6% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.4% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.4% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.2% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.6% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.9% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.1% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.8% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.4% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 39.4% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.5% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.1% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 14.8% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.9% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 55% of U.S. communities. Since 1993, 32 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Mooresville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Mooresville
About 4 of every 100 Mooresville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
3 places in Mooresville on the National Register of Historic Places.
8 notable people were born in Mooresville.
Town in Indiana, United States
Mooresville is a town in Brown Township, Morgan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The town is notable for being where the current flag of Indiana was created. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 9,411.
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2 towns share a border with Mooresville.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mooresville | #229 | B+ | B+ | — | B+ | C |
| Brown Township | #203 | B+ | A− | — | B+ | C+ |
| Madison Township | #113 | A− | A− | — | B+ | B− |
Mooresville, Brown Township and Madison Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Mooresville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Mooresville grades B+ overall, better than 70% of U.S. towns and #229 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C for health and B+ for schools.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
8 notable people were born here, including William G. Bray and H. E. Carter.
