Meriden vs Ozawkie

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

Meriden and Ozawkie 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 599 in Ozawkie). Ozawkie has the higher median household income ($98,250 vs $74,297 in Meriden). Ozawkie has the higher median home value ($198,100 vs $143,300 in Meriden).

Population, income & housing

	Meriden	Ozawkie
Population	798	599
Median age	34.4 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,297	$98,250
Median home value	$143,300	$198,100
Median gross rent	$840	$986
Housing units	355	238
Homeownership rate	72.6%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meriden	Ozawkie
Population	792 → 798 (+0.8%)	759 → 599 (-21.1%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $74,297 (+25.1%)	$77,857 → $98,250 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$107,600 → $143,300 (+33.2%)	$141,600 → $198,100 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $840 (+10.8%)	$1,375 → $986 (-28.3%)

Meriden

Population

792798

Median household income

$59,375$74,297

Median home value

$107,600$143,300

Median gross rent

$758$840

Ozawkie

Population

759599

Median household income

$77,857$98,250

Median home value

$141,600$198,100

Median gross rent

$1,375$986

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meriden	Ozawkie
Under 5	7.6%	11.0%
5 to 17	14.8%	12.2%
18 to 24	10.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	20.6%	15.5%
35 to 44	9.8%	12.9%
45 to 54	9.5%	9.7%
55 to 64	17.0%	11.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	14.4%
75 and over	2.5%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meriden	Ozawkie
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meriden	Ozawkie
No high school diploma	3.9%	0.5%
High school graduate	40.4%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meriden	Ozawkie
Drove alone	80.0%	76.0%
Carpooled	18.3%	1.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	22.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meriden	Ozawkie
1-unit, detached	77.7%	96.2%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Meriden	Ozawkie
Poverty rate	5.8%	1.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1974	1976