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Mosses, Alabama: commercial real estate data.
Mosses is a Census town of 836 people across 4.74 square miles of land, in Lowndes County. Median household income is $26,568, 56.2 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Mosses
What Mosses is
- Census place typetown
- Land area4.74 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land176 plus or minus 49
- County holding the largest share of its areaLowndes County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Mosses
- Population836 plus or minus 231
- Median age24.7 plus or minus 13.2
- Population under 18293 plus or minus 95
- Share under 1835.0 percent
- Population 65 and over151 plus or minus 56
- Share 65 and over18.1 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Households322 plus or minus 99
- Family households260 plus or minus 97
- Share of households that are families80.7 percent plus or minus 17.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Mosses
- Median household income$26,568 plus or minus $7,757
- Per capita income$11,953 plus or minus $3,573
- Civilian labor force134 plus or minus 66
- Employed105 plus or minus 63
- Unemployed29 plus or minus 32
- Unemployment rate21.6 percent plus or minus 21.4
- Adults 25 and over410 plus or minus 107
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher65.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher6.8 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.2 percent plus or minus 4.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Mosses
- Housing units341 plus or minus 97
- Occupied units322 plus or minus 99
- Vacant units19 plus or minus 23
- Vacancy rate5.6 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Owner occupied181 plus or minus 50
- Renter occupied141 plus or minus 85
- Ownership rate56.2 percent plus or minus 23.2
- Median owner-occupied home value$66,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$528
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.8 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Single family units164 plus or minus 58
- Share single family48.1 percent plus or minus 10.3
- Units in buildings of two or more67 plus or minus 78
- Share in buildings of two or more19.6 percent plus or minus 22.2
- Mobile homes110 plus or minus 50
- Median year structure built1980
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Mosses gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute107 plus or minus 62
- Commuting under 15 minutes5 plus or minus 14
- Share commuting under 15 minutes4.7 percent plus or minus 13.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more85 plus or minus 61
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more79.4 percent plus or minus 32.9
- Drove alone88.4 percent plus or minus 22.2
- Carpooled7.1 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home4.5 percent plus or minus 6.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Flood risk in Mosses
- NFIP communityTown of Mosses
- NFIP community number010509
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date11/04/09(M)
The Town of Mosses participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 010509 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Lowndes County, not Mosses
Lowndes County context, not Mosses figures
- Establishments in Lowndes County113
- Covered employment, Lowndes County2,675
- Average annual pay, Lowndes County$66,726
- Housing units permitted, Lowndes County2
Every figure in this section is published for Lowndes County as a whole and is not a measurement of Mosses.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Mosses questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Mosses, Alabama?
836, in 322 households. Mosses town covers 4.74 square miles of land, which is 176 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Mosses in?
Lowndes County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Mosses?
$26,568. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $66,500. Median gross rent is $528 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Mosses in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Mosses appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Mosses, town of, community 010509, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Mosses figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lowndes County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Mosses.
Is zoning published for Mosses?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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