Meriden vs Oskaloosa

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

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

Oskaloosa has the higher population (1,172 vs 798 in Meriden). Oskaloosa has the higher median household income ($79,250 vs $74,297 in Meriden). Oskaloosa has the higher median home value ($145,000 vs $143,300 in Meriden).

Population, income & housing

	Meriden	Oskaloosa
Population	798	1,172
Median age	34.4 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$74,297	$79,250
Median home value	$143,300	$145,000
Median gross rent	$840	$863
Housing units	355	468
Homeownership rate	72.6%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meriden	Oskaloosa
Population	792 → 798 (+0.8%)	1,344 → 1,172 (-12.8%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $74,297 (+25.1%)	$51,250 → $79,250 (+54.6%)
Median home value	$107,600 → $143,300 (+33.2%)	$120,700 → $145,000 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $840 (+10.8%)	$738 → $863 (+16.9%)

Meriden

Population

792798

Median household income

$59,375$74,297

Median home value

$107,600$143,300

Median gross rent

$758$840

Oskaloosa

Population

1,3441,172

Median household income

$51,250$79,250

Median home value

$120,700$145,000

Median gross rent

$738$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meriden	Oskaloosa
Under 5	7.6%	6.9%
5 to 17	14.8%	21.3%
18 to 24	10.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	20.6%	11.3%
35 to 44	9.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	9.5%	15.6%
55 to 64	17.0%	10.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	8.9%
75 and over	2.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meriden	Oskaloosa
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.8%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meriden	Oskaloosa
No high school diploma	3.9%	4.7%
High school graduate	40.4%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meriden	Oskaloosa
Drove alone	80.0%	81.4%
Carpooled	18.3%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meriden	Oskaloosa
1-unit, detached	77.7%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Meriden	Oskaloosa
Poverty rate	5.8%	14.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1974	1971