Cleghorn vs Meriden

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

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

Cleghorn has the higher population (274 vs 130 in Meriden). Meriden has the higher median household income ($53,661 vs $48,750 in Cleghorn). Meriden has the higher median home value ($98,300 vs $84,300 in Cleghorn).

Population, income & housing

	Cleghorn	Meriden
Population	274	130
Median age	51.3 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$53,661
Median home value	$84,300	$98,300
Median gross rent	$675	$625
Housing units	135	81
Homeownership rate	88.1%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cleghorn	Meriden
Population	212 → 274 (+29.2%)	159 → 130 (-18.2%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $48,750 (+0.0%)	$60,000 → $53,661 (-10.6%)
Median home value	$71,000 → $84,300 (+18.7%)	$91,400 → $98,300 (+7.5%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $675 (+1.8%)	$625 → $625 (+0.0%)

Cleghorn

Population

212274

Median household income

$48,750$48,750

Median home value

$71,000$84,300

Median gross rent

$663$675

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)

	Cleghorn	Meriden
Under 5	4.4%	7.7%
5 to 17	6.9%	17.7%
18 to 24	12.0%	8.5%
25 to 34	9.9%	6.2%
35 to 44	8.8%	10.8%
45 to 54	15.3%	7.7%
55 to 64	16.8%	22.3%
65 to 74	14.6%	14.6%
75 and over	11.3%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cleghorn	Meriden
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	98.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cleghorn	Meriden
No high school diploma	11.0%	3.5%
High school graduate	33.8%	54.7%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cleghorn	Meriden
Drove alone	87.1%	88.0%
Carpooled	8.6%	9.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	0.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cleghorn	Meriden
1-unit, detached	97.8%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Cleghorn	Meriden
Poverty rate	14.6%	3.8%
Average household size	2.04	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	32	15
Median year structure built	1938	1963