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Meriden, KS

781 Population
0.8 square miles 1,032.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.1 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 40 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,573 ±$2,502 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $31,347 ±$672
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $32,798 ±$198
$61,168 ±$5,081 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $59,815 ±$1,458
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $61,091 ±$354

8.6% ±6.1% (67  ±50) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 10.7% 24,155 (±0.9% / ±1,954)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 11.4% 323,644 (±0.2% / ±6,562)

29.7 minutes ±6 (11,125  ±3,954) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 20.6 2,152,150 (±0.4 / ±53,728)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Kansas: 19.6 26,381,875 (±0.1 / ±192,711)

Families

315 ±86 Number of households
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 95,356 ±888
  • Kansas: 1,141,985 ±4,096
2.5 ±0.9 (781  ±183) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 2.4 226,563 (±0 / ±468)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,832,911 (±0)

11.5% ±7.6% (19  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 5.9% † 2,934 (±0.8% / ±372)
  • about double the rate in Kansas: 5.9% 38,807 (±0.2% / ±1,591)

Housing

323 ±86 Number of housing units
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 105,347 ±216
  • Kansas: 1,280,376 ±720

$118,300 ±$10,796 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $137,900 ±$2,976
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $157,600 ±$869

9% ±5.3% (69  ±44.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 12% 27,518 (±0.7% / ±1,649.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 15.9% 458,079 (±0.3% / ±7,684.8)

Social

98.2% ±35.7% (486  ±111.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 92.6% 146,920 (±1.5% / ±2,432)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.4% 1,746,617 (±0.5% / ±8,737.2)
15.8% ±5.6% (78  ±35.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 29.1% 46,144 (±0.9% / ±1,402.8)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 33.9% 648,613 (±0.3% / ±5,509)

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

0.8% ±1.1% (6  ±9) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 3.3% 7,556 (±0.3% / ±687)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7% 204,029 (±0.1% / ±3,184)

6.8% ±3.3% (38  ±21) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 9.3% 16,424 (±0.4% / ±746)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.9% 172,750 (±0.1% / ±2,402)
38 Total veterans ±21 38 Male ±21 N/A Female ±11

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