Meridian Hills vs Southport

A side-by-side comparison of Meridian Hills and Southport: population, income, housing, and more.

Meridian Hills and Southport are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Southport has the higher population (2,036 vs 1,708 in Meridian Hills). Meridian Hills has the higher median household income ($205,982 vs $69,148 in Southport). Meridian Hills has the higher median home value ($637,800 vs $186,500 in Southport).

Population, income & housing

	Meridian Hills	Southport
Population	1,708	2,036
Median age	46.1 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$205,982	$69,148
Median home value	$637,800	$186,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,081
Housing units	665	838
Homeownership rate	99.2%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	79.8%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meridian Hills	Southport
Population	1,741 → 1,708 (-1.9%)	1,909 → 2,036 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$186,750 → $205,982 (+10.3%)	$54,630 → $69,148 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$515,600 → $637,800 (+23.7%)	$134,700 → $186,500 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,006 → $1,081 (+7.5%)

Meridian Hills

Population

1,7411,708

Median household income

$186,750$205,982

Median home value

$515,600$637,800

Southport

Population

1,9092,036

Median household income

$54,630$69,148

Median home value

$134,700$186,500

Median gross rent

$1,006$1,081

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meridian Hills	Southport
Under 5	4.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	22.1%	19.1%
18 to 24	3.2%	8.3%
25 to 34	2.5%	9.4%
35 to 44	15.5%	11.2%
45 to 54	16.9%	12.4%
55 to 64	16.5%	14.5%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.1%
75 and over	8.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meridian Hills	Southport
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	63.0%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	3.2%	31.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meridian Hills	Southport
No high school diploma	0.5%	20.7%
High school graduate	4.4%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	15.3%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	40.2%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	39.6%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meridian Hills	Southport
Drove alone	74.7%	72.3%
Carpooled	3.0%	18.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.5%	4.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meridian Hills	Southport
1-unit, detached	94.3%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Meridian Hills	Southport
Poverty rate	1.3%	11.1%
Average household size	2.66	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1956	1963