Aurora vs Meridian

A side-by-side comparison of Aurora and Meridian: population, income, housing, and more.

Aurora and Meridian are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Aurora has the higher population (672 vs 167 in Meridian). Meridian has the higher median household income ($83,333 vs $81,875 in Aurora). Aurora has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $129,200 in Meridian).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora	Meridian
Population	672	167
Median age	21.4 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,875	$83,333
Median home value	$275,000	$129,200
Median gross rent	$1,281	$914
Housing units	171	83
Homeownership rate	79.3%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.1%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora	Meridian
Population	661 → 672 (+1.7%)	312 → 167 (-46.5%)
Median household income	$80,833 → $81,875 (+1.3%)	$86,563 → $83,333 (-3.7%)
Median home value	$231,800 → $275,000 (+18.6%)	$101,500 → $129,200 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,281 (+18.3%)	$692 → $914 (+32.1%)

Aurora

Population

661672

Median household income

$80,833$81,875

Median home value

$231,800$275,000

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,281

Meridian

Population

312167

Median household income

$86,563$83,333

Median home value

$101,500$129,200

Median gross rent

$692$914

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora	Meridian
Under 5	1.0%	1.2%
5 to 17	4.9%	7.8%
18 to 24	62.9%	12.6%
25 to 34	3.6%	10.2%
35 to 44	2.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	1.6%	7.2%
55 to 64	5.4%	25.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	15.6%
75 and over	7.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora	Meridian
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	92.8%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.6%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora	Meridian
No high school diploma	2.4%	5.3%
High school graduate	10.0%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	30.1%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora	Meridian
Drove alone	43.8%	80.6%
Carpooled	0.3%	8.6%
Public transit	4.5%	0.0%
Walked	37.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	9.7%
Other means	5.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora	Meridian
1-unit, detached	94.7%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Aurora	Meridian
Poverty rate	10.9%	7.2%
Average household size	2.25	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	11	19
Median year structure built	1938	1941