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Meridian Joint School District 2, ID

284,142 Population
331.4 square miles 857.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±0.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Ada County: 38.9 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Idaho: 37.8 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$49,116 ±$1,909 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Ada County: $49,268 ±$1,379
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Idaho: $39,870 ±$633
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$101,621 ±$4,037 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ada County: $91,725 ±$2,489
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Idaho: $81,166 ±$1,340
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

5.9% ±1.1% (16,371  ±3,075) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ada County: 9% † 46,949 (±1% / ±5,397)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Idaho: 10.5% 204,268 (±0.7% / ±13,558)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23 minutes ±0.9 (2,528,380  ±155,726) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Ada County: 22.1 4,919,340 (±0.6 / ±188,489)
  • a little higher than the figure in Idaho: 22.2 18,443,220 (±0.4 / ±405,208)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

105,139 ±2,648 Number of households
  • Ada County: 214,178 ±2,408
  • Idaho: 751,181 ±5,831
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.7 ±0.1 (278,900  ±5,415) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ada County: 2.4 521,380 (±0 / ±212)
  • about the same as the figure in Idaho: 2.6 1,951,380
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.6% ±1.4% (3,581  ±904) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ada County: 4.6% † 5,900 (±1% / ±1,319)
  • about the same as the rate in Idaho: 5.5% † 25,828 (±0.7% / ±3,038)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

109,312 ±2,442 Number of housing units
  • Ada County: 224,134 ±105
  • Idaho: 832,052 ±1,315
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$563,800 ±$16,468 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Ada County: $541,300 ±$12,945
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Idaho: $446,400 ±$5,301
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

15.4% ±1.9% (43,374  ±5,426.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ada County: 16.6% 88,192 (±1.4% / ±7,216.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Idaho: 13.6% 269,828 (±0.7% / ±13,062.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

96.1% ±2.3% (188,109  ±6,185.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ada County: 95.8% 358,767 (±2.2% / ±8,377)
  • a little higher than the rate in Idaho: 92.5% 1,235,112 (±1.2% / ±16,539)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
44.7% ±1.9% (87,463  ±4,258.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Ada County: 46.3% 173,380 (±1.5% / ±5,651.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Idaho: 33% 441,039 (±0.7% / ±9,997.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

6.4% ±1.3% (18,284  ±3,580) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Ada County: 6.8% 36,160
  • about the same as the rate in Idaho: 6.3% 126,009
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.3% ±0.7% (15,696  ±1,544) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Ada County: 7% 29,614 (±0.5% / ±2,180)
  • about the same as the rate in Idaho: 7.4% 113,576 (±0.3% / ±4,370)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
15,696 Total veterans ±1,544 14,573 Male ±1,488 1,123 Female ±351

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