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Meridian charter township, Ingham County, MI

43,823 Population
30.6 square miles 1,434.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ingham County: 33.3 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$55,192 ±$2,724 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Ingham County: $37,347 ±$808
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$86,292 ±$4,950 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ingham County: $64,354 ±$1,478
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

11.9% ±1.6% (5,150  ±678) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ingham County: 16.4% 43,352 (±0.9% / ±2,478)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

20.5 minutes ±0.7 (361,710  ±22,492) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Ingham County: 20.7 2,414,760 (±0.4 / ±67,192)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

19,113 ±392 Number of households
  • Ingham County: 116,566 ±792
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.3 ±0.1 (43,351  ±38) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Ingham County: 2.3 264,485 (±0 / ±431)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

3.8% ±1.3% (438  ±153) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Ingham County: 3.7% † 2,785 (±0.6% / ±436)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

20,395 ±417 Number of housing units
  • Ingham County: 125,812 ±208
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$306,600 ±$13,136 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Ingham County: $187,500 ±$3,793
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

19.2% ±2.5% (8,366  ±1,074.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Ingham County: 19.3% 53,974 (±0.9% / ±2,372.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

97.7% ±3.2% (28,759  ±1,185.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ingham County: 93.5% 163,545 (±1.6% / ±2,804)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
66.9% ±2.8% (19,687  ±947.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ingham County: 41.3% 72,158 (±1.1% / ±1,861.4)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 31.8% 2,213,104 (±0.2% / ±11,301.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

18.5% ±2.2% (8,121  ±970) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Ingham County: 9.3% 26,264
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

4.7% ±0.8% (1,644  ±290) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Ingham County: 4.9% 11,013 (±0.3% / ±658)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
1,644 Total veterans ±290 1,501 Male ±287 143 Female ±80

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