Meridianville vs New Hope

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

Meridianville and New Hope 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 2,895 in New Hope). Meridianville has the higher median household income ($93,030 vs $80,787 in New Hope). Meridianville has the higher median home value ($271,800 vs $158,200 in New Hope).

Population, income & housing

	Meridianville	New Hope
Population	10,268	2,895
Median age	39.6 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$93,030	$80,787
Median home value	$271,800	$158,200
Median gross rent	$983	$692
Housing units	3,803	1,076
Homeownership rate	93.9%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meridianville	New Hope
Population	7,087 → 10,268 (+44.9%)	2,854 → 2,895 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$80,476 → $93,030 (+15.6%)	$55,764 → $80,787 (+44.9%)
Median home value	$178,000 → $271,800 (+52.7%)	$124,700 → $158,200 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,122 → $983 (-12.4%)	$826 → $692 (-16.2%)

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

New Hope

Population

2,8542,895

Median household income

$55,764$80,787

Median home value

$124,700$158,200

Median gross rent

$826$692

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meridianville	New Hope
Under 5	6.4%	4.3%
5 to 17	16.4%	30.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.0%
25 to 34	12.2%	14.3%
35 to 44	12.8%	18.1%
45 to 54	16.2%	10.5%
55 to 64	14.3%	8.8%
65 to 74	7.7%	5.5%
75 and over	6.5%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meridianville	New Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	58.1%	94.9%
Black or African American	25.9%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	1.2%
Asian	4.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meridianville	New Hope
No high school diploma	8.6%	9.6%
High school graduate	27.2%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meridianville	New Hope
Drove alone	71.9%	86.1%
Carpooled	8.2%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	2.3%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meridianville	New Hope
1-unit, detached	93.1%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	18.2%

Poverty & households

	Meridianville	New Hope
Poverty rate	5.6%	6.4%
Average household size	2.73	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	2005	1989