Meridian vs Toomsuba

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

Meridian and Toomsuba 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 350 in Toomsuba). Toomsuba has the higher median household income ($73,380 vs $34,657 in Meridian). Toomsuba has the higher median home value ($205,600 vs $100,800 in Meridian).

Population, income & housing

	Meridian	Toomsuba
Population	34,466	350
Median age	39.4 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$34,657	$73,380
Median home value	$100,800	$205,600
Median gross rent	$865	—
Housing units	17,873	230
Homeownership rate	47.6%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	27.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meridian	Toomsuba
Population	37,848 → 34,466 (-8.9%)	928 → 350 (-62.3%)
Median household income	$32,422 → $34,657 (+6.9%)	$48,450 → $73,380 (+51.5%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $100,800 (+21.0%)	$83,300 → $205,600 (+146.8%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $865 (+18.8%)	—

Meridian

Population

37,84834,466

Median household income

$32,422$34,657

Median home value

$83,300$100,800

Median gross rent

$728$865

Toomsuba

Population

928350

Median household income

$48,450$73,380

Median home value

$83,300$205,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meridian	Toomsuba
Under 5	6.4%	3.1%
5 to 17	17.0%	3.4%
18 to 24	9.1%	8.9%
25 to 34	12.7%	30.6%
35 to 44	11.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	24.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	6.0%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.6%
75 and over	7.3%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meridian	Toomsuba
White (non-Hispanic)	29.6%	75.1%
Black or African American	62.4%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	13.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meridian	Toomsuba
No high school diploma	17.8%	15.9%
High school graduate	29.1%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	21.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meridian	Toomsuba
Drove alone	80.5%	75.6%
Carpooled	10.4%	20.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	4.3%
Other means	3.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meridian	Toomsuba
1-unit, detached	60.4%	52.2%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	27.4%
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%	20.4%

Poverty & households

	Meridian	Toomsuba
Poverty rate	31.9%	20.0%
Average household size	2.22	1.52
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	1970	1967