Mooresville

Population & Demographics

Mooresville, NC

Mooresville is home to 52,381 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 24,895 resident workers commute each day.

North CarolinaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
52,381
people
Population

52,381 residents

Median age 35.8 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Mooresville population & demographics

Who lives in Mooresville — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
52,381
Median age
35.8yrs
Median household income
$89,647
Median home value
$390,900
Median gross rent
$1,626/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
45.5%
Poverty rate
7.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Mooresville

How Mooresville breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White69.3%
Black12.2%
Hispanic or Latino8.3%
Two or more races4.7%
Asian4.4%
Some other race1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.0%

Race across Mooresville

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Mooresville.

Mooresville at a glance
Employed Residents
24,895
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
25.6mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
24.4%
Share working within the area
Work from home
19.1%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Charlotte
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Mooresville proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Mooresville commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

58 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Mooresville

24,895 commutes, one dot at a time

Mooresville

Where 24,895 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Mooresville, by worker count.

1Mooresville0.0 mi6,064
2Charlotte25.6 mi4,288
3Statesville14.4 mi1,212
4Huntersville11.9 mi1,005
5Concord17.1 mi877
6Cornelius7.9 mi750
7Davidson6.7 mi650
8Winston-Salem47.9 mi571

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Mooresville.

1Mooresville0.0 mi6,064
2Charlotte25.6 mi2,739
3Huntersville11.9 mi1,142
4Statesville14.4 mi953
5Kannapolis13.3 mi883
6Concord17.1 mi857
7Lake Norman of Iredell5.6 mi845
8Cornelius7.9 mi841

Top industries

The sectors that employ Mooresville’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
RTRetail Trade15.8%
MFManufacturing14.3%
AFAccommodation and Food Services11.0%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance9.3%
MGManagement of Companies and Enterprises8.8%
COConstruction5.9%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services5.7%
WSWholesale Trade5.4%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.0%
Connectivity

Internet options for Mooresville

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

6 providers · 4 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps98%
5 Gbps78%
8 Gbps74%
See all internet providers in Mooresville

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