Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Public schools that outperform most of Alabama.
Meridianville gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $335K for a typical one, or 3.9 years of the Huntsville metro’s $86K median household income. It grades A overall, 13th among Alabama's 187 graded towns. On the plus side, its schools outperform 82% of the state's. Among 187 Alabama towns, just 2 have a lower January low than Meridianville. William Madison Otey House is on the National Register of Historic Places. Only 8 of the 187 Alabama towns we compare have a higher share of households owning their home than Meridianville.
Where Meridianville beats most towns.
6,021 counted in 2010 and 8,209 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Alabama), ordered by how far Meridianville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 105 in 1880, 8,209 in 2020. The archive holds 6 maps from 1936 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Meridianville is unincorporated, so Madison County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Meridianville.
Meridianville pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices, has less tooth loss than most of Alabama and has a longer frost-free season than most of the country, though not than most of Alabama.
That grade comes with a B+ for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $335K.
Public schools: the Madison County school district. Its one school is below. 1,100 students attend Meridianville’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meridianville Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,100 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within AL on state tests and graduation
In Meridianville, the rent at the middle of the market is $1,348 a month, where Alabama’s towns sit at $940 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. The typical Meridianville home is worth about $335,000, down 0.7% in a year, 40% above the Alabama typical home. Also worth knowing: on the market here: a median 91 days to sell.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Meridianville has 1,093 jobs for its 3,757 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. 18.6% of workers work from home, against 8.8% across Alabama.
Meridianville’s median household income comes in at $97,000. For most workers, Meridianville is a place to come home to: only 2% work in town. The share of workers in Meridianville who do their job from home: 19%. It had 1,093 jobs in 2023, up 243 from 2013.
| Meridianville | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 19% | 6.7% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.9% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $97,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.1% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The Fayetteville Wtp weather station, 18 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 201 days: longer than most of the country, but shorter than 99% of Alabama places with climate records. The Fayetteville Wtp weather station, 18 miles away, records that about 51 days a year reach 90°: more than most of the country, but fewer than 83% of Alabama places with climate records.
The peak summer temperature is 89°F, below Alabama’s towns (91°F) but above U.S. towns (85°F).
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Its widest gap with Alabama is tooth loss: 8.6% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 15.4% statewide.
Just over a third of adults feel lonely in Meridianville. In Meridianville, nearly a quarter of adults get no exercise outside work, and 16% report frequent mental distress.
| Meridianville | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 30% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Meridianville | AL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.6% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.7% | 19.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Just 335 of its 9,943 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Meridianville itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
1.5 miles of trail. In Meridianville, the trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Meridianville | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.4% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Meridianville after 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2011. Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 62% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 52% come from inland flooding and 18% from tornadoes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Meridianville. Close and well known come first.
12 mi MuseumU.S. Space & Rocket Center1.0M visitors a year
11 mi MuseumBurritt on the Mountain
7 mi MuseumNorth Alabama Railroad Museum17 mi Theme parkSpace City USA
10 mi MuseumHuntsville Museum of Art12 mi Theme parkSouthern AdventuresU.S. Space & Rocket Center: formulanone from Huntsville, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Burritt on the Mountain: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · North Alabama Railroad Museum: Jeff Hunter from Madison, AL, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Huntsville Museum of Art: Chris Pruitt, CC BY-SA 3.0
5 within 15 miles of the center of Meridianville
About 8 of every 100 Meridianville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Alabama.
Where Meridianville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Census-designated place in Alabama, United States
Meridianville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Madison County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Huntsville–Decatur combined statistical area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the CDP was 8,209.
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One town shares a border with Meridianville.
| Town | AL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meridianville | #13 | A | B+ | — | A− | B |
| Moores Mill | #38 | B+ | A− | — | A− | C+ |
Meridianville and Moores Mill report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Meridianville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Meridianville grades A overall, better than 88% of U.S. towns and #13 of 187 in Alabama. It grades B for health and A− for schools.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
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