Meridian Hills vs Speedway

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

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

Speedway has the higher population (13,622 vs 1,708 in Meridian Hills). Meridian Hills has the higher median household income ($205,982 vs $57,158 in Speedway). Meridian Hills has the higher median home value ($637,800 vs $209,400 in Speedway).

Population, income & housing

	Meridian Hills	Speedway
Population	1,708	13,622
Median age	46.1 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$205,982	$57,158
Median home value	$637,800	$209,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,120
Housing units	665	6,441
Homeownership rate	99.2%	46.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	79.8%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meridian Hills	Speedway
Population	1,741 → 1,708 (-1.9%)	12,266 → 13,622 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$186,750 → $205,982 (+10.3%)	$42,188 → $57,158 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$515,600 → $637,800 (+23.7%)	$122,000 → $209,400 (+71.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$826 → $1,120 (+35.6%)

Meridian Hills

Population

1,7411,708

Median household income

$186,750$205,982

Median home value

$515,600$637,800

Speedway

Population

12,26613,622

Median household income

$42,188$57,158

Median home value

$122,000$209,400

Median gross rent

$826$1,120

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meridian Hills	Speedway
Under 5	4.0%	8.8%
5 to 17	22.1%	18.3%
18 to 24	3.2%	7.4%
25 to 34	2.5%	14.5%
35 to 44	15.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	16.9%	13.5%
55 to 64	16.5%	11.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	8.0%
75 and over	8.0%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meridian Hills	Speedway
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	54.3%
Black or African American	1.6%	31.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meridian Hills	Speedway
No high school diploma	0.5%	10.3%
High school graduate	4.4%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	15.3%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	40.2%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	39.6%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meridian Hills	Speedway
Drove alone	74.7%	74.3%
Carpooled	3.0%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	1.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.5%	12.6%
Other means	0.9%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meridian Hills	Speedway
1-unit, detached	94.3%	49.5%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	20.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	19.8%
20 or more units	0.6%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Meridian Hills	Speedway
Poverty rate	1.3%	15.4%
Average household size	2.66	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1956	1962