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Moorhead, Mississippi: commercial real estate data.
Moorhead is a Census city of 1,439 people across 1.30 square miles of land, in Sunflower County. Median household income is $34,625, 56.7 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Moorhead
What Moorhead is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.3 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,111
- County holding the largest share of its areaSunflower 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 Moorhead
- Population1,439
- Median age33.1
- Population under 18197 plus or minus 88
- Share under 1813.7 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Population 65 and over221 plus or minus 83
- Share 65 and over15.4 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Households496 plus or minus 102
- Family households251 plus or minus 105
- Share of households that are families50.6 percent plus or minus 18.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Moorhead
- Median household income$34,625 plus or minus $11,857
- Per capita income$16,974 plus or minus $3,601
- Civilian labor force437 plus or minus 128
- Employed349 plus or minus 117
- Unemployed88 plus or minus 53
- Unemployment rate20.1 percent plus or minus 10.6
- Adults 25 and over838 plus or minus 193
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher79.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher19.7 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.8 percent plus or minus 4.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Moorhead
- Housing units643
- Occupied units496 plus or minus 102
- Vacant units147 plus or minus 49
- Vacancy rate22.9 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Owner occupied281 plus or minus 91
- Renter occupied215 plus or minus 57
- Ownership rate56.7 percent plus or minus 14.2
- Median owner-occupied home value$82,000 plus or minus $31,752
- Median gross rent, monthly$636 plus or minus $251
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.0 percent plus or minus 11.5
- Single family units495 plus or minus 99
- Share single family77.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more127 plus or minus 66
- Share in buildings of two or more19.8 percent plus or minus 9.8
- Mobile homes21 plus or minus 22
- Median year structure built1979
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Moorhead gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute316 plus or minus 112
- Commuting under 15 minutes127 plus or minus 69
- Share commuting under 15 minutes40.2 percent plus or minus 16.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more78 plus or minus 47
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more24.7 percent plus or minus 11.9
- Drove alone79.3 percent
- Carpooled13.4 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Public transport1.5 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home4.0 percent plus or minus 5.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Flood risk in Moorhead
- NFIP communityCity of Moorhead
- NFIP community number280166
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date03/23/21
The City of Moorhead participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 280166 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.
Sunflower County, not Moorhead
Sunflower County context, not Moorhead figures
- Establishments in Sunflower County406
- Covered employment, Sunflower County8,222
- Average annual pay, Sunflower County$41,018
- Housing units permitted, Sunflower County6
Every figure in this section is published for Sunflower County as a whole and is not a measurement of Moorhead.
All Sunflower County figures →
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
Moorhead questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Moorhead, Mississippi?
1,439, in 496 households. Moorhead city covers 1.30 square miles of land, which is 1,111 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Moorhead in?
Sunflower 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 Moorhead?
$34,625. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $82,000. Median gross rent is $636 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Moorhead in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Moorhead appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Moorhead, city of, community 280166, 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 Moorhead figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Sunflower 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 Moorhead.
Is zoning published for Moorhead?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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