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Meriden, KS

798 Population
0.8 square miles 1,037.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±6.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 40.2 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$30,805 ±$3,026 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $36,763 ±$648
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$74,297 ±$8,806 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $68,160 ±$1,953
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

5.8% ±3.2% (46  ±28) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 11.4% 26,021 (±0.8% / ±1,879)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

24.5 minutes ±1 (10,100  ±3,069) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 20.4 2,029,565 (±0.3 / ±45,306)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

340 ±89 Number of households
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 95,996 ±732
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.4 ±0.2 (798  ±222) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 2.4 226,746 (±0 / ±97)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

15.8% ±11.1% (20  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 5.5% † 2,749 (±0.7% / ±342)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

355 ±90 Number of housing units
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 104,931 ±127
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$143,300 ±$15,222 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $172,200 ±$3,715
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

10.9% ±6.2% (85  ±53.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 12% 27,701 (±0.8% / ±1,748.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

96.1% ±35.8% (518  ±,118.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 93.6% 149,231 (±1.6% / ±2,625)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
19.7% ±7.2% (106  ±49.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 30.1% 47,980 (±0.9% / ±1,492.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

0.1% ±0.3% (1  ±2) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 3.5% 8,172
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

5.8% ±3.5% (36  ±24) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 8.2% 14,653 (±0.4% / ±764)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
36 Total veterans ±24 33 Male ±23 3 Female ±5

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