Meridian vs Port Byron

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

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

Port Byron has the higher population (994 vs 167 in Meridian). Meridian has the higher median household income ($83,333 vs $51,528 in Port Byron). Meridian has the higher median home value ($129,200 vs $100,000 in Port Byron).

Population, income & housing

	Meridian	Port Byron
Population	167	994
Median age	51.8 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$83,333	$51,528
Median home value	$129,200	$100,000
Median gross rent	$914	$991
Housing units	83	448
Homeownership rate	82.5%	56.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meridian	Port Byron
Population	312 → 167 (-46.5%)	1,035 → 994 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$86,563 → $83,333 (-3.7%)	$54,318 → $51,528 (-5.1%)
Median home value	$101,500 → $129,200 (+27.3%)	$86,300 → $100,000 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $914 (+32.1%)	$667 → $991 (+48.6%)

Meridian

Population

312167

Median household income

$86,563$83,333

Median home value

$101,500$129,200

Median gross rent

$692$914

Port Byron

Population

1,035994

Median household income

$54,318$51,528

Median home value

$86,300$100,000

Median gross rent

$667$991

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meridian	Port Byron
Under 5	1.2%	7.2%
5 to 17	7.8%	20.9%
18 to 24	12.6%	2.1%
25 to 34	10.2%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	16.4%
45 to 54	7.2%	9.6%
55 to 64	25.7%	12.7%
65 to 74	15.6%	12.1%
75 and over	6.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meridian	Port Byron
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	86.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meridian	Port Byron
No high school diploma	5.3%	18.9%
High school graduate	48.1%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meridian	Port Byron
Drove alone	80.6%	81.6%
Carpooled	8.6%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.4%
Worked from home	9.7%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meridian	Port Byron
1-unit, detached	79.5%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	15.7%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Meridian	Port Byron
Poverty rate	7.2%	17.6%
Average household size	2.09	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1941	1938