Duncan vs Merigold

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

Duncan 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 357 in Duncan). Merigold has the higher median household income ($53,558 vs $46,219 in Duncan). Merigold has the higher median home value ($107,600 vs $9,999 in Duncan).

Population, income & housing

	Duncan	Merigold
Population	357	634
Median age	45.2 yrs	28.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,219	$53,558
Median home value	$9,999	$107,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,083
Housing units	166	229
Homeownership rate	89.8%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duncan	Merigold
Population	302 → 357 (+18.2%)	429 → 634 (+47.8%)
Median household income	$30,341 → $46,219 (+52.3%)	$43,667 → $53,558 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$44,400 → $9,999 (-77.5%)	$88,900 → $107,600 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$885 → $1,083 (+22.4%)

Duncan

Population

302357

Median household income

$30,341$46,219

Median home value

$44,400$9,999

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)

	Duncan	Merigold
Under 5	2.0%	8.7%
5 to 17	14.0%	7.9%
18 to 24	2.0%	0.5%
25 to 34	22.1%	46.4%
35 to 44	9.2%	5.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	6.6%
55 to 64	9.5%	10.1%
65 to 74	19.3%	13.1%
75 and over	9.2%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duncan	Merigold
White (non-Hispanic)	31.1%	56.2%
Black or African American	66.4%	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	2.5%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duncan	Merigold
No high school diploma	20.5%	9.3%
High school graduate	30.7%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	41.0%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	1.7%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duncan	Merigold
Drove alone	97.4%	96.6%
Carpooled	2.6%	0.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duncan	Merigold
1-unit, detached	47.0%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	44.0%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Duncan	Merigold
Poverty rate	22.5%	5.0%
Average household size	2.23	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	2010	1966