Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.39 minutes getting to work every day.
Meridian is a decent-sized city, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the city has no real transit system.
In terms of college education, Meridian is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.22% of adults 25 and older in Meridian have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Meridian in 2018 was $25,172, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $100,688 for a family of four. However, Meridian contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Meridian also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.44% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Meridian is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Meridian home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Meridian residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Meridian include English, Irish, German, African, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Meridian is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
