Meridian Hills vs Rocky Ripple

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

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

Meridian Hills has the higher population (1,708 vs 611 in Rocky Ripple). Meridian Hills has the higher median household income ($205,982 vs $64,911 in Rocky Ripple). Meridian Hills has the higher median home value ($637,800 vs $181,500 in Rocky Ripple).

Population, income & housing

	Meridian Hills	Rocky Ripple
Population	1,708	611
Median age	46.1 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$205,982	$64,911
Median home value	$637,800	$181,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,335
Housing units	665	320
Homeownership rate	99.2%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	79.8%	50.2%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meridian Hills	Rocky Ripple
Population	1,741 → 1,708 (-1.9%)	647 → 611 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$186,750 → $205,982 (+10.3%)	$55,625 → $64,911 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$515,600 → $637,800 (+23.7%)	$135,800 → $181,500 (+33.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,071 → $1,335 (+24.6%)

Meridian Hills

Population

1,7411,708

Median household income

$186,750$205,982

Median home value

$515,600$637,800

Rocky Ripple

Population

647611

Median household income

$55,625$64,911

Median home value

$135,800$181,500

Median gross rent

$1,071$1,335

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meridian Hills	Rocky Ripple
Under 5	4.0%	2.0%
5 to 17	22.1%	18.7%
18 to 24	3.2%	3.8%
25 to 34	2.5%	13.4%
35 to 44	15.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	16.9%	14.6%
55 to 64	16.5%	17.0%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.0%
75 and over	8.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meridian Hills	Rocky Ripple
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	76.1%
Black or African American	1.6%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meridian Hills	Rocky Ripple
No high school diploma	0.5%	3.5%
High school graduate	4.4%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	15.3%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	40.2%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	39.6%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meridian Hills	Rocky Ripple
Drove alone	74.7%	75.5%
Carpooled	3.0%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.5%	19.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meridian Hills	Rocky Ripple
1-unit, detached	94.3%	97.5%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Meridian Hills	Rocky Ripple
Poverty rate	1.3%	11.0%
Average household size	2.66	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1956	1951