Gunnison vs Merigold

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

Gunnison 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 344 in Gunnison). Merigold has the higher median household income ($53,558 vs $23,438 in Gunnison). Merigold has the higher median home value ($107,600 vs $75,000 in Gunnison).

Population, income & housing

	Gunnison	Merigold
Population	344	634
Median age	38.7 yrs	28.6 yrs
Median household income	$23,438	$53,558
Median home value	$75,000	$107,600
Median gross rent	$196	$1,083
Housing units	175	229
Homeownership rate	54.9%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	28.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gunnison	Merigold
Population	445 → 344 (-22.7%)	429 → 634 (+47.8%)
Median household income	$21,607 → $23,438 (+8.5%)	$43,667 → $53,558 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$63,800 → $75,000 (+17.6%)	$88,900 → $107,600 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$470 → $196 (-58.3%)	$885 → $1,083 (+22.4%)

Gunnison

Population

445344

Median household income

$21,607$23,438

Median home value

$63,800$75,000

Median gross rent

$470$196

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)

	Gunnison	Merigold
Under 5	4.1%	8.7%
5 to 17	20.3%	7.9%
18 to 24	5.5%	0.5%
25 to 34	12.5%	46.4%
35 to 44	18.3%	5.2%
45 to 54	12.8%	6.6%
55 to 64	8.4%	10.1%
65 to 74	7.3%	13.1%
75 and over	10.8%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gunnison	Merigold
White (non-Hispanic)	10.5%	56.2%
Black or African American	78.5%	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	1.7%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gunnison	Merigold
No high school diploma	22.0%	9.3%
High school graduate	35.3%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gunnison	Merigold
Drove alone	100.0%	96.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	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)

	Gunnison	Merigold
1-unit, detached	47.4%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.0%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Gunnison	Merigold
Poverty rate	54.1%	5.0%
Average household size	2.25	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1989	1966