About Moody

Moody is a somewhat small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 6,758 people and just one neighborhood, Moody is the 107th largest community in Alabama.

Unlike some towns , Moody isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Moody are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Moody is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Moody who work in office and administrative support jobs (20.61%), sales jobs (10.65%), and management occupations (7.49%).

Also of interest is that Moody has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Moody is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Moody isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 99.6% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

As is often the case in a small town, Moody doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Moody Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Moody who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 14.96%: 14.00% of the adults in Moody have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Moody in 2000 was $18,674, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $74,696 for a family of four.

The people who call Moody home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Moody is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Moody include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Moody is English.