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Meridian charter township, Ingham County, MI

44,217 Population
30.6 square miles 1,447.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ingham County: 33.3 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$54,364 ±$3,162 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Ingham County: $37,723 ±$882
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$86,909 ±$6,743 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ingham County: $65,526 ±$1,674
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.1% ±1.7% (5,714  ±749) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ingham County: 16.7% 44,437 (±0.9% / ±2,483)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.7 minutes ±0.9 (355,675  ±26,417) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Ingham County: 20.5 2,346,075 (±0.3 / ±59,892)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

18,912 ±543 Number of households
  • Ingham County: 117,096 ±839
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (43,751  ±60) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Ingham County: 2.3 265,997 (±0 / ±446)
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.9% ±1.4% (435  ±152) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ingham County: 3.4% † 2,617 (±0.6% / ±448)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

20,198 ±536 Number of housing units
  • Ingham County: 126,232 ±207
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$331,100 ±$8,535 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Ingham County: $198,800 ±$5,013
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.7% ±2.1% (7,748  ±939.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Ingham County: 18.5% 52,035 (±0.8% / ±2,376.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.8% ±3.6% (28,245  ±1,254.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ingham County: 93.7% 164,858 (±1.7% / ±2,926.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
65.9% ±3.1% (19,043  ±1,013.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ingham County: 41.2% 72,522 (±1.1% / ±1,890.4)
  • about double the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

18.2% ±2.3% (8,041  ±1,027) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Ingham County: 9.4% 26,570
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.7% ±0.8% (1,635  ±289) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Ingham County: 4.7% 10,765 (±0.3% / ±724)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,635 Total veterans ±289 1,418 Male ±263 217 Female ±91

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