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Meridian, ID

134,794 Population
36.9 square miles 3,657 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 38 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Idaho: 37.8 ±0.2

Economics

$44,943 ±$2,378 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: $41,911 ±$1,077
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Idaho: $37,426 ±$585
$100,307 ±$4,328 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: $82,526 ±$2,481
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Idaho: $74,942 ±$1,126

6.6% ±1.9% (8,833  ±2,552) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 8.8% † 71,036 (±0.9% / ±7,112)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Idaho: 10.1% 193,635 (±0.7% / ±12,891)

22 minutes ±0.9 (1,218,940  ±87,283) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 23.1 7,884,900 (±0.5 / ±240,938)
  • about the same as the figure in Idaho: 22 17,539,656 (±0.4 / ±407,935)

Families

50,116 ±1,757 Number of households
  • the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 314,846 ±2,463
  • Idaho: 733,244 ±4,856
2.7 ±0.1 (134,059  ±54) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 2.6 808,705 (±0 / ±3,674)
  • about the same as the figure in Idaho: 2.6 1,914,470

5.2% ±1.8% (1,693  ±600) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 4.4% † 8,575 (±0.8% / ±1,601)
  • about the same as the rate in Idaho: 5.1% 23,424 (±0.5% / ±2,266)

Housing

51,527 ±1,844 Number of housing units
  • the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 330,536 ±1,217
  • Idaho: 815,304 ±151

$546,000 ±$21,265 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: $471,700 ±$6,361
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Idaho: $428,600 ±$5,445

17.4% ±3.2% (23,192  ±4,276.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 14.7% 120,652 (±1% / ±8,423.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Idaho: 14.2% 275,652 (±0.7% / ±13,484.1)

Social

95.8% ±4% (84,943  ±4,278.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 92.9% 521,942 (±1.8% / ±10,539.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Idaho: 92.2% 1,203,333 (±1.2% / ±16,236.6)
41.1% ±2.7% (36,431  ±2,583.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 37.4% 209,948 (±1.1% / ±6,320.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Idaho: 32.1% 419,687 (±0.7% / ±9,115.4)

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

4% ±0.8% (5,346  ±1,064) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 6.7% 55,371 (±0.6% / ±5,042)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Idaho: 5.7% 112,009

7.6% ±1.2% (7,732  ±1,196) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 7.7% 48,901 (±0.5% / ±3,471)
  • about the same as the rate in Idaho: 7.6% 113,210 (±0.4% / ±5,705)
7,732 Total veterans ±1,196 6,837 Male ±1,166 895 Female ±437

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