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39305

21,878 Population
99.1 square miles 220.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±2.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 40 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$34,437 ±$2,921 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: $28,201 ±$1,338
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$65,242 ±$8,117 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: $49,156 ±$3,541
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

21.1% ±4.9% (4,557  ±1,121) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 24% 20,177 (±2.1% / ±1,757)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

25.8 minutes ±6 (244,600  ±61,404) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 24.5 832,940 (±1.8 / ±67,543)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

8,728 ±591 Number of households
  • the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 34,799 ±577
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.5 ±0.1 (21,629  ±1,616) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 2.4 84,236 (±0 / ±71)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

10% ±4% (507  ±207) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 6.2% † 1,214 (±1.5% / ±289)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

9,547 ±600 Number of housing units
  • the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 41,193 ±50
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$185,600 ±$15,547 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: $121,500 ±$6,724
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

12.9% ±2.8% (2,778  ±637.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 11.1% † 9,587 (±1.5% / ±1,262.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

89.2% ±1.3% (13,417  ±980) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 85.4% 51,183 (±2.9% / ±1,757.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
34.8% ±3.2% (5,229  ±612.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 20.5% 12,291 (±1.5% / ±914.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

2.8% ±0.8% (606  ±182) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 1.5% 1,338
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

7.4% ±1.8% (1,209  ±307) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 7.9% † 5,180 (±0.8% / ±540)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
1,209 Total veterans ±307 1,069 Male ±290 140 Female ±74

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