Cato vs Meridian

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

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

Cato has the higher population (400 vs 167 in Meridian). Meridian has the higher median household income ($83,333 vs $65,982 in Cato). Cato has the higher median home value ($154,600 vs $129,200 in Meridian).

Population, income & housing

	Cato	Meridian
Population	400	167
Median age	38.0 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,982	$83,333
Median home value	$154,600	$129,200
Median gross rent	$840	$914
Housing units	190	83
Homeownership rate	64.2%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cato	Meridian
Population	521 → 400 (-23.2%)	312 → 167 (-46.5%)
Median household income	$55,893 → $65,982 (+18.1%)	$86,563 → $83,333 (-3.7%)
Median home value	$109,600 → $154,600 (+41.1%)	$101,500 → $129,200 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $840 (+12.9%)	$692 → $914 (+32.1%)

Cato

Population

521400

Median household income

$55,893$65,982

Median home value

$109,600$154,600

Median gross rent

$744$840

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)

	Cato	Meridian
Under 5	4.8%	1.2%
5 to 17	21.0%	7.8%
18 to 24	5.3%	12.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	10.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	8.3%	7.2%
55 to 64	14.8%	25.7%
65 to 74	15.3%	15.6%
75 and over	4.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cato	Meridian
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cato	Meridian
No high school diploma	6.9%	5.3%
High school graduate	41.3%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cato	Meridian
Drove alone	78.3%	80.6%
Carpooled	10.6%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	9.7%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cato	Meridian
1-unit, detached	66.3%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	25.8%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Cato	Meridian
Poverty rate	8.1%	7.2%
Average household size	2.23	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1938	1941