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Meriden, CT

60,418 Population
23.7 square miles 2,545.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 40.2 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Connecticut: 41.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,272 ±$2,083 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: $48,264 ±$833
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Connecticut: $54,409 ±$410
$68,617 ±$3,829 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: $86,266 ±$1,735
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Connecticut: $93,760 ±$669

14.2% ±2.3% (8,461  ±1,392) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 11.6% 63,456 (±0.6% / ±3,263)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Connecticut: 10% 351,948 (±0.2% / ±8,233)

23.4 minutes ±0.8 (623,530  ±32,924) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 23.7 5,828,860 (±0.3 / ±98,795)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 26.6 40,993,552 (±0.1 / ±319,633)

Families

24,709 ±686 Number of households
  • the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 227,739 ±1,079
  • Connecticut: 1,420,170 ±3,490
2.4 ±0.1 (59,559  ±38) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 2.4 546,690 (±0 / ±139)
  • about the same as the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,502,333

5.9% ±1.9% (845  ±271) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 3.6% † 4,839 (±0.4% / ±501)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Connecticut: 4.5% 36,544 (±0.2% / ±1,669)

Housing

26,804 ±729 Number of housing units
  • the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 247,217 ±141
  • Connecticut: 1,536,049 ±285

$221,600 ±$5,856 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: $328,300 ±$4,087
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Connecticut: $343,200 ±$1,807

10.5% ±2% (6,244  ±1,195.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 11.9% 66,965 (±0.6% / ±3,431.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Connecticut: 11.1% 393,931 (±0.2% / ±8,030.4)

Social

86.4% ±3.1% (36,409  ±1,601.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 91.7% 363,848 (±1.2% / ±4,727.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Connecticut: 91.3% 2,313,304 (±0.5% / ±11,325.7)
22.2% ±1.7% (9,363  ±741.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 41.1% 163,023 (±0.8% / ±2,986.6)
  • about half the rate in Connecticut: 41.9% 1,062,403 (±0.3% / ±7,577.5)

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

10.6% ±1.5% (6,417  ±929) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 13.4% 75,895
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Connecticut: 15.4% 555,161

5% ±0.8% (2,383  ±373) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 4.6% 20,951 (±0.2% / ±1,035)
  • a little higher than the rate in Connecticut: 4.9% 140,081 (±0.1% / ±2,445)
2,383 Total veterans ±373 2,059 Male ±332 324 Female ±137

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