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Home values, rents and more in the Meridian metro area

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$117,000
Mississippi: $195,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+0.1%
Mississippi: +2.2% · U.S.: +1.2%
Typical rent
$1,284/mo
Mississippi: $1,475 · U.S.: $1,932
Rents, past year
+10.9%
Mississippi: +2.2% · U.S.: +2.9%
Population
85,419
Census estimate, July 2025
Median household income
$49,822
Mississippi: $56,447 · U.S.: $80,734
Counties around the Meridian metro, shaded by typical home valueChoctawSumterLauderdaleClarkeJasperNewtonKemperWayneJonesNeshoba
  • Under $120k
  • $120k–$130k
  • $130k–$140k
  • $140k–$160k
  • $160k+
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Counties around the Meridian metro, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, counties). The metro area is outlined.

How the Meridian metro compares

The typical home in the Meridian metro area is worth about $117,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Meridian metro are 40% below the typical value in Mississippi ($195,000) and 68% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in the Meridian metro rose 0.1%, compared with +2.2% in Mississippi and +1.2% nationally.

Typical rent is $1,284 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 13% below Mississippi ($1,475) and 34% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 10.9% over the past year.

The median household income is $49,822, against $56,447 in Mississippi and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 85,419 people live in the Meridian metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).

The Meridian metro has the 24th-lowest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 7th-lowest of 20 in Mississippi with Zillow figures.

Part of: Mississippi

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Sources

Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.

"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.

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