Bude vs Meadville

A side-by-side comparison of Bude and Meadville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bude has the higher population (808 vs 569 in Meadville). Meadville has the higher median household income ($56,378 vs $24,583 in Bude). Meadville has the higher median home value ($85,200 vs $78,200 in Bude).

Population, income & housing

	Bude	Meadville
Population	808	569
Median age	29.6 yrs	54.7 yrs
Median household income	$24,583	$56,378
Median home value	$78,200	$85,200
Median gross rent	$825	$1,150
Housing units	515	259
Homeownership rate	57.4%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bude	Meadville
Population	750 → 808 (+7.7%)	604 → 569 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$23,207 → $24,583 (+5.9%)	$41,250 → $56,378 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$57,200 → $78,200 (+36.7%)	$96,400 → $85,200 (-11.6%)
Median gross rent	$411 → $825 (+100.7%)	$915 → $1,150 (+25.7%)

Bude

Population

750808

Median household income

$23,207$24,583

Median home value

$57,200$78,200

Median gross rent

$411$825

Meadville

Population

604569

Median household income

$41,250$56,378

Median home value

$96,400$85,200

Median gross rent

$915$1,150

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bude	Meadville
Under 5	9.2%	2.8%
5 to 17	23.4%	8.4%
18 to 24	8.5%	10.4%
25 to 34	17.5%	9.1%
35 to 44	8.8%	7.2%
45 to 54	6.2%	14.8%
55 to 64	10.5%	17.8%
65 to 74	11.3%	15.8%
75 and over	4.7%	13.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bude	Meadville
White (non-Hispanic)	51.4%	81.0%
Black or African American	45.3%	16.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bude	Meadville
No high school diploma	33.4%	19.5%
High school graduate	35.5%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bude	Meadville
Drove alone	80.4%	74.4%
Carpooled	3.9%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	6.8%
Other means	5.6%	6.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bude	Meadville
1-unit, detached	75.7%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Bude	Meadville
Poverty rate	50.1%	11.6%
Average household size	2.58	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1973	1960