Meriden vs Perry

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

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

Perry has the higher population (1,085 vs 798 in Meriden). Perry has the higher median household income ($82,589 vs $74,297 in Meriden). Perry has the higher median home value ($173,800 vs $143,300 in Meriden).

Population, income & housing

	Meriden	Perry
Population	798	1,085
Median age	34.4 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$74,297	$82,589
Median home value	$143,300	$173,800
Median gross rent	$840	$803
Housing units	355	453
Homeownership rate	72.6%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meriden	Perry
Population	792 → 798 (+0.8%)	949 → 1,085 (+14.3%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $74,297 (+25.1%)	$53,750 → $82,589 (+53.7%)
Median home value	$107,600 → $143,300 (+33.2%)	$122,300 → $173,800 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $840 (+10.8%)	$707 → $803 (+13.6%)

Meriden

Population

792798

Median household income

$59,375$74,297

Median home value

$107,600$143,300

Median gross rent

$758$840

Perry

Population

9491,085

Median household income

$53,750$82,589

Median home value

$122,300$173,800

Median gross rent

$707$803

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meriden	Perry
Under 5	7.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.8%	17.0%
18 to 24	10.0%	9.7%
25 to 34	20.6%	6.4%
35 to 44	9.8%	15.4%
45 to 54	9.5%	15.2%
55 to 64	17.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.9%
75 and over	2.5%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meriden	Perry
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	85.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
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%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meriden	Perry
No high school diploma	3.9%	3.6%
High school graduate	40.4%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meriden	Perry
Drove alone	80.0%	91.0%
Carpooled	18.3%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meriden	Perry
1-unit, detached	77.7%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Meriden	Perry
Poverty rate	5.8%	9.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1974	1978