Meridian vs Sierra Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Meridian and Sierra Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

Meridian and Sierra Ridge 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 3,264 in Sierra Ridge). Sierra Ridge has the higher median household income ($156,456 vs $90,496 in Meridian). Sierra Ridge has the higher median home value ($840,300 vs $571,600 in Meridian).

Population, income & housing

	Meridian	Sierra Ridge
Population	5,058	3,264
Median age	31.8 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$90,496	$156,456
Median home value	$571,600	$840,300
Median gross rent	$1,925	$1,487
Housing units	2,783	1,180
Homeownership rate	14.2%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.9%	58.1%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meridian	Sierra Ridge
Population	3,640 → 5,058 (+39.0%)	1,742 → 3,264 (+87.4%)
Median household income	$83,239 → $90,496 (+8.7%)	$101,875 → $156,456 (+53.6%)
Median home value	$479,700 → $571,600 (+19.2%)	$612,700 → $840,300 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,719 → $1,925 (+12.0%)	$1,172 → $1,487 (+26.9%)

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

Sierra Ridge

Population

1,7423,264

Median household income

$101,875$156,456

Median home value

$612,700$840,300

Median gross rent

$1,172$1,487

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meridian	Sierra Ridge
Under 5	4.7%	15.7%
5 to 17	5.4%	18.6%
18 to 24	9.6%	6.0%
25 to 34	34.5%	14.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	23.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	6.6%	6.8%
65 to 74	5.7%	3.1%
75 and over	7.5%	0.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meridian	Sierra Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	61.9%	54.9%
Black or African American	5.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	14.8%	22.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	17.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meridian	Sierra Ridge
No high school diploma	3.8%	4.7%
High school graduate	21.4%	16.2%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	29.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meridian	Sierra Ridge
Drove alone	74.4%	60.1%
Carpooled	7.7%	21.4%
Public transit	0.8%	1.2%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	17.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meridian	Sierra Ridge
1-unit, detached	14.4%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	48.1%	5.3%
20 or more units	28.5%	16.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Meridian	Sierra Ridge
Poverty rate	5.8%	0.1%
Average household size	1.89	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	18	38
Median year structure built	2005	—