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39301

20,807 Population
260.7 square miles 79.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 40.2 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$25,765 ±$2,130 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: $28,671 ±$1,022
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
$41,766 ±$2,438 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: $49,822 ±$2,907
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539

27.8% ±5.2% (5,642  ±1,124) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 24.7% 20,692 (±2.3% / ±1,962)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)

23.3 minutes ±2.5 (174,750  ±25,561) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 25.7 864,240 (±1.6 / ±63,222)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)

Families

8,700 ±509 Number of households
  • the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 34,652 ±557
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
2.3 ±0.1 (20,245  ±1,393) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 2.4 83,833 (±0 / ±67)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122

3.3% ±3% (149  ±135) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 6.6% † 1,280 (±1.9% / ±363)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)

Housing

10,704 ±550 Number of housing units
  • the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 41,196 ±48
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478

$119,400 ±$17,658 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: $128,100 ±$11,220
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198

10.9% ±3% (2,263  ±639.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 10.4% † 8,926 (±1.2% / ±999.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)

Social

84.3% ±3.2% (12,272  ±818.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 87% 51,838 (±2.9% / ±1,725.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
18% ±2.3% (2,626  ±363.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 22.5% 13,396 (±1.5% / ±869.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.6% ±0.7% (341  ±137) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 1.6% 1,384
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918

7% ±1.4% (1,113  ±235) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 7.6% † 5,000 (±0.9% / ±563)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
1,113 Total veterans ±235 1,010 Male ±219 103 Female ±66

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