Meriden vs Quimby

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

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

Quimby has the higher population (304 vs 130 in Meriden). Meriden has the higher median household income ($53,661 vs $52,083 in Quimby). Meriden has the higher median home value ($98,300 vs $48,800 in Quimby).

Population, income & housing

	Meriden	Quimby
Population	130	304
Median age	43.5 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,661	$52,083
Median home value	$98,300	$48,800
Median gross rent	$625	$643
Housing units	81	180
Homeownership rate	70.1%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meriden	Quimby
Population	159 → 130 (-18.2%)	388 → 304 (-21.6%)
Median household income	$60,000 → $53,661 (-10.6%)	$52,813 → $52,083 (-1.4%)
Median home value	$91,400 → $98,300 (+7.5%)	$41,100 → $48,800 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $625 (+0.0%)	$475 → $643 (+35.4%)

Meriden

Population

159130

Median household income

$60,000$53,661

Median home value

$91,400$98,300

Median gross rent

$625$625

Quimby

Population

388304

Median household income

$52,813$52,083

Median home value

$41,100$48,800

Median gross rent

$475$643

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meriden	Quimby
Under 5	7.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.7%	7.6%
18 to 24	8.5%	13.5%
25 to 34	6.2%	5.3%
35 to 44	10.8%	18.4%
45 to 54	7.7%	4.9%
55 to 64	22.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	14.6%	25.3%
75 and over	4.6%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meriden	Quimby
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.8%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meriden	Quimby
No high school diploma	3.5%	11.1%
High school graduate	54.7%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meriden	Quimby
Drove alone	88.0%	85.4%
Carpooled	9.3%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meriden	Quimby
1-unit, detached	82.7%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Meriden	Quimby
Poverty rate	3.8%	12.5%
Average household size	1.94	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	15	19
Median year structure built	1963	1938