Meridian vs Morgan

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

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

Meridian has the higher population (1,546 vs 446 in Morgan). Meridian has the higher median household income ($61,607 vs $53,816 in Morgan). Meridian has the higher median home value ($112,100 vs $83,600 in Morgan).

Population, income & housing

	Meridian	Morgan
Population	1,546	446
Median age	44.9 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,607	$53,816
Median home value	$112,100	$83,600
Median gross rent	$736	$799
Housing units	734	172
Homeownership rate	58.8%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	1.1%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	16.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meridian	Morgan
Population	1,528 → 1,546 (+1.2%)	462 → 446 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$42,736 → $61,607 (+44.2%)	$38,917 → $53,816 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$77,300 → $112,100 (+45.0%)	$45,000 → $83,600 (+85.8%)
Median gross rent	$702 → $736 (+4.8%)	$717 → $799 (+11.4%)

Meridian

Population

1,5281,546

Median household income

$42,736$61,607

Median home value

$77,300$112,100

Median gross rent

$702$736

Morgan

Population

462446

Median household income

$38,917$53,816

Median home value

$45,000$83,600

Median gross rent

$717$799

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meridian	Morgan
Under 5	3.6%	4.3%
5 to 17	18.0%	20.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	11.9%
25 to 34	9.2%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	9.2%
45 to 54	14.0%	7.2%
55 to 64	17.9%	21.5%
65 to 74	7.0%	7.0%
75 and over	11.1%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meridian	Morgan
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	51.3%
Black or African American	3.8%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	43.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meridian	Morgan
No high school diploma	12.7%	41.5%
High school graduate	34.5%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	10.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	1.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meridian	Morgan
Drove alone	83.8%	75.5%
Carpooled	5.4%	20.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	3.5%
Other means	1.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meridian	Morgan
1-unit, detached	74.9%	61.0%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	31.4%

Poverty & households

	Meridian	Morgan
Poverty rate	11.9%	24.7%
Average household size	2.38	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	22	37
Median year structure built	1968	1984