Meridian vs Valley Mills

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

Meridian and Valley Mills 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 1,183 in Valley Mills). Meridian has the higher median household income ($61,607 vs $42,188 in Valley Mills). Valley Mills has the higher median home value ($129,700 vs $112,100 in Meridian).

Population, income & housing

	Meridian	Valley Mills
Population	1,546	1,183
Median age	44.9 yrs	29.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,607	$42,188
Median home value	$112,100	$129,700
Median gross rent	$736	$1,150
Housing units	734	459
Homeownership rate	58.8%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meridian	Valley Mills
Population	1,528 → 1,546 (+1.2%)	1,302 → 1,183 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$42,736 → $61,607 (+44.2%)	$56,979 → $42,188 (-26.0%)
Median home value	$77,300 → $112,100 (+45.0%)	$79,400 → $129,700 (+63.4%)
Median gross rent	$702 → $736 (+4.8%)	$975 → $1,150 (+17.9%)

Meridian

Population

1,5281,546

Median household income

$42,736$61,607

Median home value

$77,300$112,100

Median gross rent

$702$736

Valley Mills

Population

1,3021,183

Median household income

$56,979$42,188

Median home value

$79,400$129,700

Median gross rent

$975$1,150

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meridian	Valley Mills
Under 5	3.6%	10.2%
5 to 17	18.0%	23.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	9.2%	17.6%
35 to 44	11.6%	15.3%
45 to 54	14.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	17.9%	8.1%
65 to 74	7.0%	6.3%
75 and over	11.1%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meridian	Valley Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	73.2%
Black or African American	3.8%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.8%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	19.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meridian	Valley Mills
No high school diploma	12.7%	14.0%
High school graduate	34.5%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	49.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meridian	Valley Mills
Drove alone	83.8%	87.6%
Carpooled	5.4%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.4%	3.2%
Other means	1.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meridian	Valley Mills
1-unit, detached	74.9%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Meridian	Valley Mills
Poverty rate	11.9%	12.3%
Average household size	2.38	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1968	1959