Lone Tree vs Meridian

A side-by-side comparison of Lone Tree and Meridian: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lone Tree has the higher population (14,136 vs 5,058 in Meridian). Lone Tree has the higher median household income ($125,699 vs $90,496 in Meridian). Lone Tree has the higher median home value ($819,800 vs $571,600 in Meridian).

Population, income & housing

	Lone Tree	Meridian
Population	14,136	5,058
Median age	41.1 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$125,699	$90,496
Median home value	$819,800	$571,600
Median gross rent	$2,030	$1,925
Housing units	6,651	2,783
Homeownership rate	56.4%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.8%	45.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lone Tree	Meridian
Population	12,923 → 14,136 (+9.4%)	3,640 → 5,058 (+39.0%)
Median household income	$120,392 → $125,699 (+4.4%)	$83,239 → $90,496 (+8.7%)
Median home value	$634,000 → $819,800 (+29.3%)	$479,700 → $571,600 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,724 → $2,030 (+17.7%)	$1,719 → $1,925 (+12.0%)

Lone Tree

Population

12,92314,136

Median household income

$120,392$125,699

Median home value

$634,000$819,800

Median gross rent

$1,724$2,030

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)

	Lone Tree	Meridian
Under 5	4.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	13.1%	5.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.6%
25 to 34	17.2%	34.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	6.6%
65 to 74	10.2%	5.7%
75 and over	8.0%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lone Tree	Meridian
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	61.9%
Black or African American	4.8%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.8%
Asian	12.3%	14.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lone Tree	Meridian
No high school diploma	1.8%	3.8%
High school graduate	7.7%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	38.9%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	30.9%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lone Tree	Meridian
Drove alone	63.3%	74.4%
Carpooled	4.7%	7.7%
Public transit	1.8%	0.8%
Walked	2.4%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.1%	12.8%
Other means	1.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lone Tree	Meridian
1-unit, detached	41.2%	14.4%
1-unit, attached	12.2%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	48.1%
20 or more units	34.9%	28.5%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lone Tree	Meridian
Poverty rate	4.6%	5.8%
Average household size	2.21	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	2003	2005