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39355

6,182 Population
279.2 square miles 22.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.7 ±5.5 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 40.2 ±0.4
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$29,199 ±$3,870 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: $28,671 ±$1,022
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
$50,022 ±$5,229 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: $49,822 ±$2,907
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539

18.7% ±4.6% (1,127  ±296) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 24.7% 20,692 (±2.3% / ±1,962)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)

35.9 minutes ±5.7 (82,605  ±19,257) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 25.7 864,240 (±1.6 / ±63,222)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)

Families

2,579 ±234 Number of households
  • the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 34,652 ±557
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
2.4 ±0.1 (6,093  ±594) Persons per household
  • about the same as 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

12.1% ±8.9% (140  ±107) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 6.6% † 1,280 (±1.9% / ±363)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)

Housing

3,300 ±233 Number of housing units
  • the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 41,196 ±48
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478

$151,700 ±$39,357 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: $128,100 ±$11,220
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198

4.3% ±2.1% (260  ±130.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 10.4% † 8,926 (±1.2% / ±999.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)

Social

88.1% ±4.2% (4,029  ±450.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 87% 51,838 (±2.9% / ±1,725.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
17.8% ±3.7% (813  ±189.2) 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 two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)

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

1.3% ±1.2% (80  ±76) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 1.6% 1,384
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918

4.6% ±1.8% (234  ±95) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 7.6% † 5,000 (±0.9% / ±563)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
234 Total veterans ±95 192 Male ±83 42 Female ±48

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