Meridian vs Stepping Stone

A side-by-side comparison of Meridian and Stepping Stone: population, income, housing, and more.

Meridian and Stepping Stone 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 3,079 in Stepping Stone). Stepping Stone has the higher median household income ($220,039 vs $90,496 in Meridian). Stepping Stone has the higher median home value ($787,300 vs $571,600 in Meridian).

Population, income & housing

	Meridian	Stepping Stone
Population	5,058	3,079
Median age	31.8 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$90,496	$220,039
Median home value	$571,600	$787,300
Median gross rent	$1,925	—
Housing units	2,783	941
Homeownership rate	14.2%	99.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.9%	79.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meridian	Stepping Stone
Population	3,640 → 5,058 (+39.0%)	1,798 → 3,079 (+71.2%)
Median household income	$83,239 → $90,496 (+8.7%)	$193,700 → $220,039 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$479,700 → $571,600 (+19.2%)	$615,300 → $787,300 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,719 → $1,925 (+12.0%)	—

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

Stepping Stone

Population

1,7983,079

Median household income

$193,700$220,039

Median home value

$615,300$787,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meridian	Stepping Stone
Under 5	4.7%	8.1%
5 to 17	5.4%	27.1%
18 to 24	9.6%	2.6%
25 to 34	34.5%	9.9%
35 to 44	13.8%	29.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.3%
55 to 64	6.6%	5.9%
65 to 74	5.7%	3.1%
75 and over	7.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meridian	Stepping Stone
White (non-Hispanic)	61.9%	68.2%
Black or African American	5.6%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.5%
Asian	14.8%	13.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meridian	Stepping Stone
No high school diploma	3.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	21.4%	3.9%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	49.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	30.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meridian	Stepping Stone
Drove alone	74.4%	47.3%
Carpooled	7.7%	9.0%
Public transit	0.8%	0.4%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	41.7%
Other means	1.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

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

Poverty & households

	Meridian	Stepping Stone
Poverty rate	5.8%	0.0%
Average household size	1.89	3.27
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	2005	2015