Cumberland vs Meridian Hills

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

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

Cumberland has the higher population (6,154 vs 1,708 in Meridian Hills). Meridian Hills has the higher median household income ($205,982 vs $84,167 in Cumberland). Meridian Hills has the higher median home value ($637,800 vs $241,200 in Cumberland).

Population, income & housing

	Cumberland	Meridian Hills
Population	6,154	1,708
Median age	38.3 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$84,167	$205,982
Median home value	$241,200	$637,800
Median gross rent	$990	—
Housing units	2,680	665
Homeownership rate	75.7%	99.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.6%	79.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cumberland	Meridian Hills
Population	5,718 → 6,154 (+7.6%)	1,741 → 1,708 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$69,711 → $84,167 (+20.7%)	$186,750 → $205,982 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$156,300 → $241,200 (+54.3%)	$515,600 → $637,800 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $990 (+18.6%)	—

Cumberland

Population

5,7186,154

Median household income

$69,711$84,167

Median home value

$156,300$241,200

Median gross rent

$835$990

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)

	Cumberland	Meridian Hills
Under 5	2.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	21.3%	22.1%
18 to 24	3.7%	3.2%
25 to 34	18.7%	2.5%
35 to 44	14.4%	15.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	16.9%
55 to 64	11.4%	16.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.5%
75 and over	6.6%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cumberland	Meridian Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	90.0%
Black or African American	11.5%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cumberland	Meridian Hills
No high school diploma	5.5%	0.5%
High school graduate	30.1%	4.4%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	15.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	40.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	39.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cumberland	Meridian Hills
Drove alone	85.1%	74.7%
Carpooled	4.6%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.3%	19.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cumberland	Meridian Hills
1-unit, detached	79.3%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cumberland	Meridian Hills
Poverty rate	4.3%	1.3%
Average household size	2.33	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1984	1956