Cayuga vs Meridian

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

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

Cayuga has the higher population (513 vs 167 in Meridian). Cayuga has the higher median household income ($95,089 vs $83,333 in Meridian). Cayuga has the higher median home value ($142,000 vs $129,200 in Meridian).

Population, income & housing

	Cayuga	Meridian
Population	513	167
Median age	49.9 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$95,089	$83,333
Median home value	$142,000	$129,200
Median gross rent	$660	$914
Housing units	232	83
Homeownership rate	83.4%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.3%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cayuga	Meridian
Population	454 → 513 (+13.0%)	312 → 167 (-46.5%)
Median household income	$64,000 → $95,089 (+48.6%)	$86,563 → $83,333 (-3.7%)
Median home value	$112,800 → $142,000 (+25.9%)	$101,500 → $129,200 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $660 (-2.2%)	$692 → $914 (+32.1%)

Cayuga

Population

454513

Median household income

$64,000$95,089

Median home value

$112,800$142,000

Median gross rent

$675$660

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)

	Cayuga	Meridian
Under 5	2.1%	1.2%
5 to 17	18.7%	7.8%
18 to 24	7.4%	12.6%
25 to 34	8.0%	10.2%
35 to 44	6.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	17.0%	7.2%
55 to 64	19.3%	25.7%
65 to 74	9.0%	15.6%
75 and over	11.7%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cayuga	Meridian
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cayuga	Meridian
No high school diploma	9.0%	5.3%
High school graduate	28.3%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cayuga	Meridian
Drove alone	84.0%	80.6%
Carpooled	8.9%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cayuga	Meridian
1-unit, detached	84.9%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Cayuga	Meridian
Poverty rate	6.8%	7.2%
Average household size	2.36	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1938	1941