Meriden vs Winchester

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

Meriden and Winchester 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 341 in Winchester). Meriden has the higher median household income ($74,297 vs $50,556 in Winchester). Meriden has the higher median home value ($143,300 vs $92,900 in Winchester).

Population, income & housing

	Meriden	Winchester
Population	798	341
Median age	34.4 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$74,297	$50,556
Median home value	$143,300	$92,900
Median gross rent	$840	$1,031
Housing units	355	201
Homeownership rate	72.6%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meriden	Winchester
Population	792 → 798 (+0.8%)	578 → 341 (-41.0%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $74,297 (+25.1%)	$45,938 → $50,556 (+10.1%)
Median home value	$107,600 → $143,300 (+33.2%)	$79,300 → $92,900 (+17.2%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $840 (+10.8%)	$500 → $1,031 (+106.2%)

Meriden

Population

792798

Median household income

$59,375$74,297

Median home value

$107,600$143,300

Median gross rent

$758$840

Winchester

Population

578341

Median household income

$45,938$50,556

Median home value

$79,300$92,900

Median gross rent

$500$1,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meriden	Winchester
Under 5	7.6%	8.5%
5 to 17	14.8%	12.9%
18 to 24	10.0%	2.9%
25 to 34	20.6%	12.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	13.8%
45 to 54	9.5%	1.8%
55 to 64	17.0%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.1%	19.9%
75 and over	2.5%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meriden	Winchester
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	95.3%
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%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meriden	Winchester
No high school diploma	3.9%	8.5%
High school graduate	40.4%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meriden	Winchester
Drove alone	80.0%	79.7%
Carpooled	18.3%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meriden	Winchester
1-unit, detached	77.7%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	15.9%

Poverty & households

	Meriden	Winchester
Poverty rate	5.8%	8.8%
Average household size	2.35	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1974	1967