Benoit vs Merigold

A side-by-side comparison of Benoit and Merigold: population, income, housing, and more.

Benoit and Merigold are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Merigold has the higher population (634 vs 572 in Benoit). Merigold has the higher median home value ($107,600 vs $93,800 in Benoit). Since 2019, Merigold's population has grown faster (+47.8% vs +16.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Benoit	Merigold
Population	572	634
Median age	34.8 yrs	28.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$53,558
Median home value	$93,800	$107,600
Median gross rent	$495	$1,083
Housing units	217	229
Homeownership rate	70.3%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	13.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benoit	Merigold
Population	492 → 572 (+16.3%)	429 → 634 (+47.8%)
Median household income	$25,875 → $45,417 (+75.5%)	$43,667 → $53,558 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$61,700 → $93,800 (+52.0%)	$88,900 → $107,600 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$591 → $495 (-16.2%)	$885 → $1,083 (+22.4%)

Benoit

Population

492572

Median household income

$25,875$45,417

Median home value

$61,700$93,800

Median gross rent

$591$495

Merigold

Population

429634

Median household income

$43,667$53,558

Median home value

$88,900$107,600

Median gross rent

$885$1,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benoit	Merigold
Under 5	1.4%	8.7%
5 to 17	27.8%	7.9%
18 to 24	11.0%	0.5%
25 to 34	10.1%	46.4%
35 to 44	4.7%	5.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	6.6%
55 to 64	17.1%	10.1%
65 to 74	11.0%	13.1%
75 and over	3.5%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benoit	Merigold
White (non-Hispanic)	41.3%	56.2%
Black or African American	56.6%	43.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benoit	Merigold
No high school diploma	20.2%	9.3%
High school graduate	31.0%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benoit	Merigold
Drove alone	75.8%	96.6%
Carpooled	16.1%	0.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	2.1%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benoit	Merigold
1-unit, detached	63.6%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.1%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Benoit	Merigold
Poverty rate	34.6%	5.0%
Average household size	2.93	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	38	27
Median year structure built	1963	1966