Meridian Station vs Toomsuba

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

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

Meridian Station has the higher population (739 vs 350 in Toomsuba). Toomsuba has the higher median household income ($73,380 vs $51,500 in Meridian Station). Since 2019, Meridian Station's population has grown faster (+12.0% vs -62.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Meridian Station	Toomsuba
Population	739	350
Median age	24.0 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,500	$73,380
Median home value	—	$205,600
Median gross rent	$1,341	—
Housing units	264	230
Homeownership rate	0.0%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.2%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	27.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meridian Station	Toomsuba
Population	660 → 739 (+12.0%)	928 → 350 (-62.3%)
Median household income	$63,696 → $51,500 (-19.1%)	$48,450 → $73,380 (+51.5%)
Median home value	—	$83,300 → $205,600 (+146.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,375 → $1,341 (-2.5%)	—

Meridian Station

Population

660739

Median household income

$63,696$51,500

Median gross rent

$1,375$1,341

Toomsuba

Population

928350

Median household income

$48,450$73,380

Median home value

$83,300$205,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meridian Station	Toomsuba
Under 5	3.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	12.6%	3.4%
18 to 24	40.3%	8.9%
25 to 34	21.2%	30.6%
35 to 44	15.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	1.6%	24.6%
55 to 64	5.4%	6.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	10.6%
75 and over	0.0%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meridian Station	Toomsuba
White (non-Hispanic)	51.7%	75.1%
Black or African American	16.9%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.4%	0.0%
Asian	9.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	13.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meridian Station	Toomsuba
No high school diploma	6.5%	15.9%
High school graduate	2.8%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	68.8%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	21.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meridian Station	Toomsuba
Drove alone	45.3%	75.6%
Carpooled	3.6%	20.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	39.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	4.3%
Other means	10.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meridian Station	Toomsuba
1-unit, detached	42.8%	52.2%
1-unit, attached	29.5%	27.4%
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%	20.4%

Poverty & households

	Meridian Station	Toomsuba
Poverty rate	4.3%	20.0%
Average household size	2.26	1.52
Mean commute (minutes)	12	—
Median year structure built	1979	1967