Kuna vs Meridian

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

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

Meridian has the higher population (124,865 vs 25,960 in Kuna). Meridian has the higher median household income ($98,686 vs $93,545 in Kuna). Meridian has the higher median home value ($485,000 vs $403,700 in Kuna).

Population, income & housing

	Kuna	Meridian
Population	25,960	124,865
Median age	31.9 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$93,545	$98,686
Median home value	$403,700	$485,000
Median gross rent	$1,647	$1,714
Housing units	8,716	46,762
Homeownership rate	83.4%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	44.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kuna	Meridian
Population	19,580 → 25,960 (+32.6%)	101,905 → 124,865 (+22.5%)
Median household income	$68,017 → $93,545 (+37.5%)	$71,389 → $98,686 (+38.2%)
Median home value	$207,700 → $403,700 (+94.4%)	$274,900 → $485,000 (+76.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,286 → $1,647 (+28.1%)	$1,111 → $1,714 (+54.3%)

Kuna

Population

19,58025,960

Median household income

$68,017$93,545

Median home value

$207,700$403,700

Median gross rent

$1,286$1,647

Meridian

Population

101,905124,865

Median household income

$71,389$98,686

Median home value

$274,900$485,000

Median gross rent

$1,111$1,714

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kuna	Meridian
Under 5	9.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	22.9%	20.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	18.0%	12.4%
35 to 44	14.5%	14.8%
45 to 54	11.2%	13.2%
55 to 64	8.3%	10.5%
65 to 74	6.6%	8.8%
75 and over	3.9%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kuna	Meridian
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	81.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.8%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kuna	Meridian
No high school diploma	6.4%	4.3%
High school graduate	22.5%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kuna	Meridian
Drove alone	79.2%	73.7%
Carpooled	9.8%	6.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	9.4%	17.2%
Other means	0.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kuna	Meridian
1-unit, detached	93.2%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.2%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Kuna	Meridian
Poverty rate	7.4%	6.2%
Average household size	3.01	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	2007	2006