Hazel Green vs Meridianville

A side-by-side comparison of Hazel Green and Meridianville: population, income, housing, and more.

Hazel Green and Meridianville are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Meridianville has the higher population (10,268 vs 3,765 in Hazel Green). Meridianville has the higher median household income ($93,030 vs $90,654 in Hazel Green). Meridianville has the higher median home value ($271,800 vs $179,500 in Hazel Green).

Population, income & housing

	Hazel Green	Meridianville
Population	3,765	10,268
Median age	36.3 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$90,654	$93,030
Median home value	$179,500	$271,800
Median gross rent	$1,051	$983
Housing units	1,529	3,803
Homeownership rate	81.5%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.1%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hazel Green	Meridianville
Population	3,901 → 3,765 (-3.5%)	7,087 → 10,268 (+44.9%)
Median household income	$43,269 → $90,654 (+109.5%)	$80,476 → $93,030 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$129,000 → $179,500 (+39.1%)	$178,000 → $271,800 (+52.7%)
Median gross rent	$845 → $1,051 (+24.4%)	$1,122 → $983 (-12.4%)

Hazel Green

Population

3,9013,765

Median household income

$43,269$90,654

Median home value

$129,000$179,500

Median gross rent

$845$1,051

Meridianville

Population

7,08710,268

Median household income

$80,476$93,030

Median home value

$178,000$271,800

Median gross rent

$1,122$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hazel Green	Meridianville
Under 5	15.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	12.2%	16.4%
18 to 24	5.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	15.2%	12.2%
35 to 44	15.7%	12.8%
45 to 54	3.2%	16.2%
55 to 64	19.5%	14.3%
65 to 74	4.8%	7.7%
75 and over	8.2%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hazel Green	Meridianville
White (non-Hispanic)	70.1%	58.1%
Black or African American	19.9%	25.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.3%
Asian	2.7%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	6.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hazel Green	Meridianville
No high school diploma	7.3%	8.6%
High school graduate	29.9%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	19.7%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.6%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hazel Green	Meridianville
Drove alone	80.0%	71.9%
Carpooled	13.1%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	19.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hazel Green	Meridianville
1-unit, detached	85.8%	93.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.8%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Hazel Green	Meridianville
Poverty rate	4.8%	5.6%
Average household size	2.73	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1989	2005