Meridian vs Meridian Station

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

Meridian and Meridian Station 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 739 in Meridian Station). Meridian Station has the higher median household income ($51,500 vs $34,657 in Meridian). Since 2019, Meridian Station's population has grown faster (+12.0% vs -8.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Meridian	Meridian Station
Population	34,466	739
Median age	39.4 yrs	24.0 yrs
Median household income	$34,657	$51,500
Median home value	$100,800	—
Median gross rent	$865	$1,341
Housing units	17,873	264
Homeownership rate	47.6%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	72.2%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meridian	Meridian Station
Population	37,848 → 34,466 (-8.9%)	660 → 739 (+12.0%)
Median household income	$32,422 → $34,657 (+6.9%)	$63,696 → $51,500 (-19.1%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $100,800 (+21.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$728 → $865 (+18.8%)	$1,375 → $1,341 (-2.5%)

Meridian

Population

37,84834,466

Median household income

$32,422$34,657

Median home value

$83,300$100,800

Median gross rent

$728$865

Meridian Station

Population

660739

Median household income

$63,696$51,500

Median gross rent

$1,375$1,341

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meridian	Meridian Station
Under 5	6.4%	3.2%
5 to 17	17.0%	12.6%
18 to 24	9.1%	40.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	21.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	15.6%
45 to 54	11.5%	1.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	5.4%
65 to 74	10.5%	0.0%
75 and over	7.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meridian	Meridian Station
White (non-Hispanic)	29.6%	51.7%
Black or African American	62.4%	16.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.4%
Asian	1.1%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.6%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meridian	Meridian Station
No high school diploma	17.8%	6.5%
High school graduate	29.1%	2.8%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	68.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meridian	Meridian Station
Drove alone	80.5%	45.3%
Carpooled	10.4%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	39.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	0.7%
Other means	3.6%	10.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meridian	Meridian Station
1-unit, detached	60.4%	42.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	29.5%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	11.7%
20 or more units	6.3%	15.9%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Meridian	Meridian Station
Poverty rate	31.9%	4.3%
Average household size	2.22	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	19	12
Median year structure built	1970	1979