Meridian, MS
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Meridian, MS: 4 USPS ZIPs, population 67,084. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet MERIDIAN-MS · Meridian, MS 4 ZIPs · 67,084 pop · #22712/25278 · Lauderdale County
INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-LOW · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-WIDE · HOME-LOW
- INC-MID $46,630
- RANK-BOTTOM #22712/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Marion
- BOOK-FEW 4 ZIPs
- OWN-LOW 61% owners
- POP-SMALL 67,084
- SPREAD-WIDE 39307→39305
- HOME-LOW $127,700
Nearest income peer: Marion, MS ( $1,332 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Meridian
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Meridian on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Marion · lowest
Marion · lowest
$45,298 median HH income
- Meridian · this city
Meridian · this city
$46,630 median HH income
- Daleville · near
Daleville · near
$58,789 median HH income
- Toomsuba · near
Toomsuba · near
$65,294 median HH income
- Bailey · near
Bailey · near
$70,852 median HH income
- Collinsville · highest
Collinsville · highest
$88,112 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Meridian, MS sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- 10th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 67,084
- city population (Census)
- 4
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $46,630
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
Lower-income footing on only 4 ZIPs ($46,630 average) · poverty 29.9%. The primary code (39301) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (61.2%) for this income tier, rent $974 may matter more than the home-value average.
Within Mississippi, Dennis is the closest lower-income city and French Camp the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Meridian.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Meridian differ
Meridian's city average masks two linked splits. Median household income runs from $30,413 in ZIP 39307 to $67,712 in ZIP 39305, while home values span $91,300 in 39307 to $172,400 in 39305. Compare the endpoint ZIPs before treating the city-level number as a neighborhood-level answer.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 2.2×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.9×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 14 points
39307 to 39305
39307 to 39305
39305 to 39307
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Meridian residents split across a short ZIP set
No ZIP owns Meridian: the largest, 39301, is only about 41% of 67,084 residents across 4 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Balanced ZBP roll-up inside compact Meridian
Citywide ZBP: 1,520 establishments, 25,594 employees , annual payroll $1,169,778k (~23 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 4 of 4 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 39301 (974 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (303) · also Health care and social assistance · Other services (except public administration) .
ZIP Codes in Meridian, MS
These ZIP codes sit in Lauderdale County, which covers 10 ZIP codes in all; 4 of them fall in Meridian. See the Lauderdale County roll-up →
Meridian sits in the lower half of Lauderdale County on income: Collinsville, Lauderdale and Toomsuba report more, and only Marion reports less. Collinsville marks the far end of that range at $88,112, 89% above Meridian.
Side-by-side: Compare 39301 vs 39305 →
Meridian roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Meridian, .