Meridian vs Nellieburg

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

Meridian and Nellieburg 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 1,297 in Nellieburg). Meridian has the higher median household income ($34,657 vs $24,227 in Nellieburg). Nellieburg has the higher median home value ($120,200 vs $100,800 in Meridian).

Population, income & housing

	Meridian	Nellieburg
Population	34,466	1,297
Median age	39.4 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$34,657	$24,227
Median home value	$100,800	$120,200
Median gross rent	$865	$785
Housing units	17,873	467
Homeownership rate	47.6%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meridian	Nellieburg
Population	37,848 → 34,466 (-8.9%)	1,519 → 1,297 (-14.6%)
Median household income	$32,422 → $34,657 (+6.9%)	$32,634 → $24,227 (-25.8%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $100,800 (+21.0%)	$131,000 → $120,200 (-8.2%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $865 (+18.8%)	$572 → $785 (+37.2%)

Meridian

Population

37,84834,466

Median household income

$32,422$34,657

Median home value

$83,300$100,800

Median gross rent

$728$865

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	Nellieburg
Under 5	6.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.0%	24.8%
18 to 24	9.1%	1.8%
25 to 34	12.7%	7.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	18.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	8.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	8.5%
65 to 74	10.5%	6.8%
75 and over	7.3%	19.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meridian	Nellieburg
White (non-Hispanic)	29.6%	67.9%
Black or African American	62.4%	29.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meridian	Nellieburg
No high school diploma	17.8%	15.3%
High school graduate	29.1%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meridian	Nellieburg
Drove alone	80.5%	74.9%
Carpooled	10.4%	16.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	0.0%
Other means	3.6%	8.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meridian	Nellieburg
1-unit, detached	60.4%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	21.2%

Poverty & households

	Meridian	Nellieburg
Poverty rate	31.9%	54.5%
Average household size	2.22	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1970	1980