Beech Grove vs Meridian Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Beech Grove and Meridian Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Beech Grove and Meridian Hills are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Beech Grove has the higher population (15,082 vs 1,708 in Meridian Hills). Meridian Hills has the higher median household income ($205,982 vs $49,452 in Beech Grove). Meridian Hills has the higher median home value ($637,800 vs $169,500 in Beech Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Grove	Meridian Hills
Population	15,082	1,708
Median age	36.4 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,452	$205,982
Median home value	$169,500	$637,800
Median gross rent	$978	—
Housing units	6,983	665
Homeownership rate	55.3%	99.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	79.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Grove	Meridian Hills
Population	14,990 → 15,082 (+0.6%)	1,741 → 1,708 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$43,802 → $49,452 (+12.9%)	$186,750 → $205,982 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$101,600 → $169,500 (+66.8%)	$515,600 → $637,800 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $978 (+25.4%)	—

Beech Grove

Population

14,99015,082

Median household income

$43,802$49,452

Median home value

$101,600$169,500

Median gross rent

$780$978

Meridian Hills

Population

1,7411,708

Median household income

$186,750$205,982

Median home value

$515,600$637,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Grove	Meridian Hills
Under 5	6.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	20.6%	22.1%
18 to 24	6.5%	3.2%
25 to 34	12.6%	2.5%
35 to 44	16.8%	15.5%
45 to 54	11.0%	16.9%
55 to 64	10.0%	16.5%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.5%
75 and over	6.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Grove	Meridian Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	90.0%
Black or African American	6.3%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Grove	Meridian Hills
No high school diploma	11.3%	0.5%
High school graduate	37.7%	4.4%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	15.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	40.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	39.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Grove	Meridian Hills
Drove alone	83.5%	74.7%
Carpooled	8.6%	3.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.5%	19.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Grove	Meridian Hills
1-unit, detached	59.4%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	10.4%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	19.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.6%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beech Grove	Meridian Hills
Poverty rate	10.3%	1.3%
Average household size	2.29	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1966	1956