Living in Mooreville, MS
Mooreville is a small town of 2,154 people in Lee County, Mississippi. It's about 65 miles from Florence, AL and 98 miles from Memphis, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 90°F and winter highs 51°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $178k and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,154people
$178kTypical home
$1,079/moRent
90° / 51°Summer / winter
1"Snow
241Sunny days
116Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,154
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 771 people per sq mi
- 98 mi to Memphis, TN
- 65 mi to Florence, AL
- 9 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $178k (≈$1,122/mo)
- Median rent $1,079/mo
- Median household income $93k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 21.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 90°F
- Winter highs around 51°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 69°F)
- 241 sunny days a year (111 totally clear)
- 124 cloudy days a year
- 41 of 90 winter days are gray
- 116 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- 1 night a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (189 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,819 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 24
- 57% of households have kids
- 9% are 65 or older
- 48% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 9% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 18 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 11 mi to TUP airport
- 96 mi to MEM (major hub)
- 103 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 91% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1985
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 387 ft
- 246 mi to the ocean
- 61 mi to a big lake
- 58 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 238 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 7 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 98 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 27 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 7 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 12 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 37% of Mississippi districts (reading)
- 6 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 12 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 28 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 11 mi to the nearest vet
- 35 mi to the nearest dog park
- 11 congregations per 10k people
- 38 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Lee County: R+39 in 2024
- Mississippi: R+23 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.