Huntsville vs Meridianville

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

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

Huntsville has the higher population (218,814 vs 10,268 in Meridianville). Meridianville has the higher median household income ($93,030 vs $70,778 in Huntsville). Meridianville has the higher median home value ($271,800 vs $263,100 in Huntsville).

Population, income & housing

	Huntsville	Meridianville
Population	218,814	10,268
Median age	36.4 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,778	$93,030
Median home value	$263,100	$271,800
Median gross rent	$1,078	$983
Housing units	102,592	3,803
Homeownership rate	58.1%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.2%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntsville	Meridianville
Population	196,219 → 218,814 (+11.5%)	7,087 → 10,268 (+44.9%)
Median household income	$55,305 → $70,778 (+28.0%)	$80,476 → $93,030 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$182,900 → $263,100 (+43.8%)	$178,000 → $271,800 (+52.7%)
Median gross rent	$827 → $1,078 (+30.4%)	$1,122 → $983 (-12.4%)

Huntsville

Population

196,219218,814

Median household income

$55,305$70,778

Median home value

$182,900$263,100

Median gross rent

$827$1,078

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)

	Huntsville	Meridianville
Under 5	5.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	13.9%	16.4%
18 to 24	12.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	15.8%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.9%	16.2%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.3%
65 to 74	9.2%	7.7%
75 and over	7.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntsville	Meridianville
White (non-Hispanic)	56.1%	58.1%
Black or African American	29.4%	25.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	2.3%
Asian	2.0%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntsville	Meridianville
No high school diploma	8.4%	8.6%
High school graduate	17.3%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntsville	Meridianville
Drove alone	77.5%	71.9%
Carpooled	6.8%	8.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	19.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntsville	Meridianville
1-unit, detached	63.2%	93.1%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	16.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Huntsville	Meridianville
Poverty rate	13.8%	5.6%
Average household size	2.21	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1984	2005