Live Oak vs Meridian

A side-by-side comparison of Live Oak and Meridian: population, income, housing, and more.

Live Oak and Meridian are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Live Oak has the higher population (9,264 vs 386 in Meridian). Live Oak has the higher median household income ($66,590 vs $61,023 in Meridian). Live Oak has the higher median home value ($317,900 vs $262,500 in Meridian).

Population, income & housing

	Live Oak	Meridian
Population	9,264	386
Median age	36.2 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$66,590	$61,023
Median home value	$317,900	$262,500
Median gross rent	$860	$707
Housing units	2,900	157
Homeownership rate	68.7%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Live Oak	Meridian
Population	8,679 → 9,264 (+6.7%)	371 → 386 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$54,792 → $66,590 (+21.5%)	$51,250 → $61,023 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$203,400 → $317,900 (+56.3%)	$226,900 → $262,500 (+15.7%)
Median gross rent	$927 → $860 (-7.2%)	$725 → $707 (-2.5%)

Live Oak

Population

8,6799,264

Median household income

$54,792$66,590

Median home value

$203,400$317,900

Median gross rent

$927$860

Meridian

Population

371386

Median household income

$51,250$61,023

Median home value

$226,900$262,500

Median gross rent

$725$707

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Live Oak	Meridian
Under 5	8.6%	17.4%
5 to 17	19.3%	7.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	3.4%
25 to 34	13.2%	19.4%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	9.1%	17.6%
65 to 74	11.4%	6.5%
75 and over	6.3%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Live Oak	Meridian
White (non-Hispanic)	31.8%	71.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.5%
Asian	18.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.2%	1.3%
Some other race	0.3%	10.4%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	42.6%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Live Oak	Meridian
No high school diploma	28.3%	22.5%
High school graduate	27.5%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Live Oak	Meridian
Drove alone	73.6%	47.1%
Carpooled	11.2%	26.0%
Public transit	0.0%	4.8%
Walked	3.5%	11.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	10.6%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Live Oak	Meridian
1-unit, detached	77.6%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Live Oak	Meridian
Poverty rate	15.1%	14.8%
Average household size	3.33	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1993	1944