Meriden vs Valley Falls

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

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

Valley Falls has the higher population (1,305 vs 798 in Meriden). Meriden has the higher median household income ($74,297 vs $43,333 in Valley Falls). Meriden has the higher median home value ($143,300 vs $118,200 in Valley Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Meriden	Valley Falls
Population	798	1,305
Median age	34.4 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,297	$43,333
Median home value	$143,300	$118,200
Median gross rent	$840	$734
Housing units	355	655
Homeownership rate	72.6%	50.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meriden	Valley Falls
Population	792 → 798 (+0.8%)	1,039 → 1,305 (+25.6%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $74,297 (+25.1%)	$58,403 → $43,333 (-25.8%)
Median home value	$107,600 → $143,300 (+33.2%)	$100,700 → $118,200 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $840 (+10.8%)	$597 → $734 (+22.9%)

Meriden

Population

792798

Median household income

$59,375$74,297

Median home value

$107,600$143,300

Median gross rent

$758$840

Valley Falls

Population

1,0391,305

Median household income

$58,403$43,333

Median home value

$100,700$118,200

Median gross rent

$597$734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meriden	Valley Falls
Under 5	7.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.8%	13.9%
18 to 24	10.0%	3.4%
25 to 34	20.6%	12.2%
35 to 44	9.8%	9.2%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.2%
55 to 64	17.0%	16.2%
65 to 74	8.1%	20.2%
75 and over	2.5%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meriden	Valley Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
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%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meriden	Valley Falls
No high school diploma	3.9%	6.3%
High school graduate	40.4%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meriden	Valley Falls
Drove alone	80.0%	69.2%
Carpooled	18.3%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meriden	Valley Falls
1-unit, detached	77.7%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	22.9%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Meriden	Valley Falls
Poverty rate	5.8%	7.8%
Average household size	2.35	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1974	1955