Meriden vs Nortonville

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

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

Meriden has the higher population (798 vs 797 in Nortonville). Meriden has the higher median household income ($74,297 vs $73,500 in Nortonville). Meriden has the higher median home value ($143,300 vs $91,500 in Nortonville).

Population, income & housing

	Meriden	Nortonville
Population	798	797
Median age	34.4 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$74,297	$73,500
Median home value	$143,300	$91,500
Median gross rent	$840	$869
Housing units	355	315
Homeownership rate	72.6%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meriden	Nortonville
Population	792 → 798 (+0.8%)	696 → 797 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $74,297 (+25.1%)	$55,556 → $73,500 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$107,600 → $143,300 (+33.2%)	$79,000 → $91,500 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $840 (+10.8%)	$688 → $869 (+26.3%)

Meriden

Population

792798

Median household income

$59,375$74,297

Median home value

$107,600$143,300

Median gross rent

$758$840

Nortonville

Population

696797

Median household income

$55,556$73,500

Median home value

$79,000$91,500

Median gross rent

$688$869

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meriden	Nortonville
Under 5	7.6%	12.5%
5 to 17	14.8%	18.6%
18 to 24	10.0%	9.2%
25 to 34	20.6%	9.2%
35 to 44	9.8%	13.8%
45 to 54	9.5%	10.2%
55 to 64	17.0%	8.5%
65 to 74	8.1%	11.5%
75 and over	2.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meriden	Nortonville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meriden	Nortonville
No high school diploma	3.9%	6.5%
High school graduate	40.4%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meriden	Nortonville
Drove alone	80.0%	85.0%
Carpooled	18.3%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meriden	Nortonville
1-unit, detached	77.7%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Meriden	Nortonville
Poverty rate	5.8%	19.2%
Average household size	2.35	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	25	35
Median year structure built	1974	1949