Meridian, Texas.
Typical home $257,724 (+0.8% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$664 (+96%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $2,146 +1%
- $255,578$257,724 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $11,027 +4%
- $246,696$257,724 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Meridian$1,353
- Texas$1,556
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 79 years.
Typical home values in Meridian, TX rose 0.8% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Meridian, Bosque County, Texas
Meridian is a city of 1,396 people in Bosque County. Half its households earn more than $65,625 a year and half less, against $68,914 across Bosque County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Bosque County was 4.6% in August 2026, and the county had 7.1% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Bosque County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Meridian is a small Texas city and the seat of Bosque County. Household incomes here run a little below the county's, and the typical home is valued well within reach of many buyers. Winters are mild, with little or no snow, and summers are hot, with August the warmest month; rain and melted snow add up to a moderate amount over the year.
Work. Most residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with shops, the building trades and manufacturing close behind. Across Bosque County, some of the largest workplaces are Lutheran Sunset Ministries, which runs retirement homes with nursing care, Clifton ISD, and the Bosque County Hospital District. Fewer people hold a four-year degree than in many places, and most get to work by commuting rather than working from home.
Things to do. Meridian State Park is a protected area a short drive away, and it is the nearest place to get outdoors. Farther out, a longer drive brings you to Dinosaur Valley State Park, another protected area, and to Lake Whitney, a reservoir. Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, a zoo, is also a longer drive away.
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- 654households
- 12%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 22 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What people in Bosque County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Bosque County had 3,789 jobs in 2025, 7.1% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 57° and lows near 34°; warmest in August, with highs near 96° and lows near 72°. About 38 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Whitney Dam weather station, 17 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Bosque County
- Lutheran Sunset MinistriesRetirement homes with nursing care186
- Clifton ISDSchool district176FTE
- Moss & AssociatesSolar power structure construction152
- Bosque County Hospital DistrictCritical access hospital131FTE
- Willow Park Rehabilitation and Healthcare CenterNursing homes107
- Valley Mills ISDSchool district101FTE
- Meridian ISDSchool district83FTE
- Brookshire'sSupermarkets and other grocery retailers79
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 11 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 729 people in all across the county; Meridian has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- LightningVery high
- HailRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Meridian’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Bosque County.
Meridian home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Meridian$257,724
- Texas$296,424
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Meridian17
Zip codes with a Meridian address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Meridian — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.