Meriden vs Williamstown

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

Meriden and Williamstown 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 40 in Williamstown). Since 2019, Meriden's population has grown faster (+0.8% vs -69.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Meriden	Williamstown
Population	798	40
Median age	34.4 yrs	—
Median household income	$74,297	—
Median home value	$143,300	—
Median gross rent	$840	—
Housing units	355	40
Homeownership rate	72.6%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meriden	Williamstown
Population	792 → 798 (+0.8%)	129 → 40 (-69.0%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $74,297 (+25.1%)	$60,729 → $65,341 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$107,600 → $143,300 (+33.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$758 → $840 (+10.8%)	—

Meriden

Population

792798

Median household income

$59,375$74,297

Median home value

$107,600$143,300

Median gross rent

$758$840

Williamstown

Population

12940

Median household income

$60,729$65,341

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meriden	Williamstown
Under 5	7.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	10.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	20.6%	100.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	9.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	17.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	0.0%
75 and over	2.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meriden	Williamstown
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meriden	Williamstown
No high school diploma	3.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.4%	100.0%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meriden	Williamstown
Drove alone	80.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	18.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meriden	Williamstown
1-unit, detached	77.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.0%
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	Williamstown
Poverty rate	5.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.35	—
Mean commute (minutes)	25	—
Median year structure built	1974	—