Collinsville vs Meridian

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

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

Meridian has the higher population (34,466 vs 1,849 in Collinsville). Collinsville has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $34,657 in Meridian). Collinsville has the higher median home value ($177,000 vs $100,800 in Meridian).

Population, income & housing

	Collinsville	Meridian
Population	1,849	34,466
Median age	52.9 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$34,657
Median home value	$177,000	$100,800
Median gross rent	—	$865
Housing units	880	17,873
Homeownership rate	92.1%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collinsville	Meridian
Population	1,506 → 1,849 (+22.8%)	37,848 → 34,466 (-8.9%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $78,750 (+28.6%)	$32,422 → $34,657 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$164,300 → $177,000 (+7.7%)	$83,300 → $100,800 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$728 → $865 (+18.8%)

Collinsville

Population

1,5061,849

Median household income

$61,250$78,750

Median home value

$164,300$177,000

Meridian

Population

37,84834,466

Median household income

$32,422$34,657

Median home value

$83,300$100,800

Median gross rent

$728$865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Collinsville	Meridian
Under 5	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	6.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	11.8%	9.1%
25 to 34	5.1%	12.7%
35 to 44	3.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	30.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	10.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	21.9%	10.5%
75 and over	11.0%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collinsville	Meridian
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	29.6%
Black or African American	10.9%	62.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collinsville	Meridian
No high school diploma	17.0%	17.8%
High school graduate	16.5%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collinsville	Meridian
Drove alone	96.7%	80.5%
Carpooled	2.6%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collinsville	Meridian
1-unit, detached	76.7%	60.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	23.3%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Collinsville	Meridian
Poverty rate	14.2%	31.9%
Average household size	2.19	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	29	19
Median year structure built	1995	1970