Moody is a somewhat small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 13,587 people and three associated neighborhoods, Moody is the 56th largest community in Alabama. Moody has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Moody, where the median household income is $77,680.00. Moody real estate is some of the most expensive in Alabama, although Moody house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Moody is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Moody is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Moody who work in office and administrative support (18.73%), sales jobs (9.60%), and management occupations (7.40%). 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 14.11% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Moody has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Moody a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small city, Moody does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Moody citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.93% of adults in Moody have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Moody in 2022 was $36,889, which is wealthy relative to Alabama, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $147,556 for a family of four. However, Moody contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Moody is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Moody home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Moody residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Moody include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Welsh. The most common language spoken in Moody is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
