Acres Green vs Meridian

A side-by-side comparison of Acres Green and Meridian: population, income, housing, and more.

Acres Green and Meridian are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Meridian has the higher population (5,058 vs 2,709 in Acres Green). Acres Green has the higher median household income ($115,536 vs $90,496 in Meridian). Meridian has the higher median home value ($571,600 vs $540,000 in Acres Green).

Population, income & housing

	Acres Green	Meridian
Population	2,709	5,058
Median age	40.2 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$115,536	$90,496
Median home value	$540,000	$571,600
Median gross rent	$2,663	$1,925
Housing units	1,068	2,783
Homeownership rate	77.4%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.7%	45.9%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Acres Green	Meridian
Population	3,100 → 2,709 (-12.6%)	3,640 → 5,058 (+39.0%)
Median household income	$99,899 → $115,536 (+15.7%)	$83,239 → $90,496 (+8.7%)
Median home value	$351,000 → $540,000 (+53.8%)	$479,700 → $571,600 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,258 → $2,663 (+17.9%)	$1,719 → $1,925 (+12.0%)

Acres Green

Population

3,1002,709

Median household income

$99,899$115,536

Median home value

$351,000$540,000

Median gross rent

$2,258$2,663

Meridian

Population

3,6405,058

Median household income

$83,239$90,496

Median home value

$479,700$571,600

Median gross rent

$1,719$1,925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Acres Green	Meridian
Under 5	6.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.8%	5.4%
18 to 24	9.7%	9.6%
25 to 34	13.6%	34.5%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.1%	6.6%
65 to 74	12.8%	5.7%
75 and over	2.2%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Acres Green	Meridian
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	61.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	4.8%	14.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Acres Green	Meridian
No high school diploma	1.5%	3.8%
High school graduate	18.6%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.7%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Acres Green	Meridian
Drove alone	54.5%	74.4%
Carpooled	7.9%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.7%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	35.8%	12.8%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Acres Green	Meridian
1-unit, detached	99.4%	14.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	48.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	28.5%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Acres Green	Meridian
Poverty rate	15.2%	5.8%
Average household size	2.56	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1975	2005