Meridian vs Walnut Springs

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

Meridian and Walnut Springs 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 792 in Walnut Springs). Meridian has the higher median household income ($61,607 vs $39,464 in Walnut Springs). Meridian has the higher median home value ($112,100 vs $69,100 in Walnut Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Meridian	Walnut Springs
Population	1,546	792
Median age	44.9 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,607	$39,464
Median home value	$112,100	$69,100
Median gross rent	$736	$1,175
Housing units	734	406
Homeownership rate	58.8%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meridian	Walnut Springs
Population	1,528 → 1,546 (+1.2%)	828 → 792 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$42,736 → $61,607 (+44.2%)	$33,155 → $39,464 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$77,300 → $112,100 (+45.0%)	$69,300 → $69,100 (-0.3%)
Median gross rent	$702 → $736 (+4.8%)	$813 → $1,175 (+44.5%)

Meridian

Population

1,5281,546

Median household income

$42,736$61,607

Median home value

$77,300$112,100

Median gross rent

$702$736

Walnut Springs

Population

828792

Median household income

$33,155$39,464

Median home value

$69,300$69,100

Median gross rent

$813$1,175

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meridian	Walnut Springs
Under 5	3.6%	9.2%
5 to 17	18.0%	15.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	13.3%
25 to 34	9.2%	19.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	14.0%	5.7%
55 to 64	17.9%	7.8%
65 to 74	7.0%	11.7%
75 and over	11.1%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meridian	Walnut Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	54.0%
Black or African American	3.8%	0.6%
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%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	41.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meridian	Walnut Springs
No high school diploma	12.7%	23.8%
High school graduate	34.5%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meridian	Walnut Springs
Drove alone	83.8%	85.0%
Carpooled	5.4%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	6.8%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meridian	Walnut Springs
1-unit, detached	74.9%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	37.9%

Poverty & households

	Meridian	Walnut Springs
Poverty rate	11.9%	20.7%
Average household size	2.38	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	1968	1988