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Place dossier plate
SheetMS-MERIDIAN-STATION-MS · Meridian Station, MS 739 pop · income 22nd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Meridian Station
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Meridian Station on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Crowder · lowest
20,781
Crowder · lowest
20,781 median HH income
10.6% of the leader · rank #1
Seymour · near
51,497
Seymour · near
51,497 median HH income
26.3% of the leader · rank #2
Meridian Stat… · this city
51,500
Meridian Stat… · this city
51,500 median HH income
26.3% of the leader · rank #3
McNary · near
51,500
McNary · near
51,500 median HH income
26.3% of the leader · rank #4
Dallas · near
51,500
Dallas · near
51,500 median HH income
26.3% of the leader · rank #5
Staples · near
51,506
Staples · near
51,506 median HH income
26.3% of the leader · rank #6
Foxfield · highest
195,750
Foxfield · highest
195,750 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Meridian Station on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 739.
Nationally, Meridian Station sits in the 22nd percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
22nd
percentile, household income
0th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Meridian Station, MS
Meridian Station is a small town in Mississippi, home to 739 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Meridian Station brings in $51,500 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. The median resident age is 24.0 years. About 72.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 38.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Mississippi run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Mississippi scores 87.0 (Well Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $924 per month statewide. Monthly utility costs average around $223 across Mississippi, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 50.9 out of 100 (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Meridian Station's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Meridian Station, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Meridian Station?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 45.3%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Which cities make useful reference points for Meridian Station?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Mississippi, the closest population matches are Scooba (734 residents); Crowder (745 residents, $20,781 income); Mississippi Valley State University (750 residents, $73,242 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Foxfield, CO (739 residents); Mulberry Grove, IL (739 residents); Middle Amana, IA (739 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Very affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Mississippi average
B+
City profile score · Meridian Station, MS
75/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share A+
72.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living A+
87.0 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income F
$51,500
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Meridian Station profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Bachelor's+ share: 99/100 (A+) · 72.2%
Cost of living: 97/100 (A+) · 87.0 index
Household income: 22/100 (F) · $51,500
How does Meridian Station compare to other US cities?
Meridian Station measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income22% higher than other cities
Median rent0% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Meridian Station against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Mississippi only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Mississippi-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Meridian Station near the bottom of Mississippi's cities
Among the 395 Mississippi cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Meridian Station ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Meridian Station only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#131 of 345
62nd percentile in Mississippi
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 395
0th percentile in Mississippi
Poverty Rate
#346 of 393
0th percentile in Mississippi
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#2 of 394
99th percentile in Mississippi
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Mississippi only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
22nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$51,500Meridian Station, MS median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Meridian Station, MS median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Meridian Station, MS.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)72.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)38.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
739
Median Income
$51,500
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
24.0
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
38.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
72.2%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
45.3%
Carpool
3.6%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
39.9%
Work from Home
0.7%
Other
10.5%
Based on 552 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Mississippi statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $223
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Mississippi at $223 (electricity about $135 , water and sewer about $38 ).
These are Mississippi statewide averages, not a meter reading for Meridian Station. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Mississippi's BEA cost-of-living index is 87.0 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Meridian Station is $924/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Mississippi statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 50.9 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Mississippi statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Meridian Station sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Meridian Station compares to similar-size Mississippi cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.