Meridian Station vs Nellieburg

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

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

Nellieburg has the higher population (1,297 vs 739 in Meridian Station). Meridian Station has the higher median household income ($51,500 vs $24,227 in Nellieburg). Since 2019, Meridian Station's population has grown faster (+12.0% vs -14.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Meridian Station	Nellieburg
Population	739	1,297
Median age	24.0 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,500	$24,227
Median home value	—	$120,200
Median gross rent	$1,341	$785
Housing units	264	467
Homeownership rate	0.0%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.2%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meridian Station	Nellieburg
Population	660 → 739 (+12.0%)	1,519 → 1,297 (-14.6%)
Median household income	$63,696 → $51,500 (-19.1%)	$32,634 → $24,227 (-25.8%)
Median home value	—	$131,000 → $120,200 (-8.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,375 → $1,341 (-2.5%)	$572 → $785 (+37.2%)

Meridian Station

Population

660739

Median household income

$63,696$51,500

Median gross rent

$1,375$1,341

Nellieburg

Population

1,5191,297

Median household income

$32,634$24,227

Median home value

$131,000$120,200

Median gross rent

$572$785

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meridian Station	Nellieburg
Under 5	3.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	12.6%	24.8%
18 to 24	40.3%	1.8%
25 to 34	21.2%	7.2%
35 to 44	15.6%	18.9%
45 to 54	1.6%	8.0%
55 to 64	5.4%	8.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	6.8%
75 and over	0.0%	19.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meridian Station	Nellieburg
White (non-Hispanic)	51.7%	67.9%
Black or African American	16.9%	29.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.4%	0.0%
Asian	9.1%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meridian Station	Nellieburg
No high school diploma	6.5%	15.3%
High school graduate	2.8%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	68.8%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meridian Station	Nellieburg
Drove alone	45.3%	74.9%
Carpooled	3.6%	16.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	39.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	0.0%
Other means	10.5%	8.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meridian Station	Nellieburg
1-unit, detached	42.8%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	29.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	15.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	21.2%

Poverty & households

	Meridian Station	Nellieburg
Poverty rate	4.3%	54.5%
Average household size	2.26	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	12	21
Median year structure built	1979	1980