Aurelia vs Meriden

A side-by-side comparison of Aurelia and Meriden: population, income, housing, and more.

Aurelia and Meriden are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Aurelia has the higher population (905 vs 130 in Meriden). Aurelia has the higher median household income ($68,605 vs $53,661 in Meriden). Aurelia has the higher median home value ($135,900 vs $98,300 in Meriden).

Population, income & housing

	Aurelia	Meriden
Population	905	130
Median age	53.9 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,605	$53,661
Median home value	$135,900	$98,300
Median gross rent	$645	$625
Housing units	511	81
Homeownership rate	87.9%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurelia	Meriden
Population	883 → 905 (+2.5%)	159 → 130 (-18.2%)
Median household income	$67,000 → $68,605 (+2.4%)	$60,000 → $53,661 (-10.6%)
Median home value	$101,500 → $135,900 (+33.9%)	$91,400 → $98,300 (+7.5%)
Median gross rent	$522 → $645 (+23.6%)	$625 → $625 (+0.0%)

Aurelia

Population

883905

Median household income

$67,000$68,605

Median home value

$101,500$135,900

Median gross rent

$522$645

Meriden

Population

159130

Median household income

$60,000$53,661

Median home value

$91,400$98,300

Median gross rent

$625$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurelia	Meriden
Under 5	4.9%	7.7%
5 to 17	11.5%	17.7%
18 to 24	6.0%	8.5%
25 to 34	8.8%	6.2%
35 to 44	4.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	19.2%	7.7%
55 to 64	14.4%	22.3%
65 to 74	19.7%	14.6%
75 and over	11.6%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurelia	Meriden
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	98.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurelia	Meriden
No high school diploma	4.8%	3.5%
High school graduate	39.8%	54.7%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurelia	Meriden
Drove alone	77.9%	88.0%
Carpooled	16.0%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurelia	Meriden
1-unit, detached	96.1%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Aurelia	Meriden
Poverty rate	5.0%	3.8%
Average household size	2.03	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	16	15
Median year structure built	1961	1963