Butler vs Meridian

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

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

Butler has the higher population (13,306 vs 3,809 in Meridian). Meridian has the higher median household income ($70,250 vs $41,705 in Butler). Meridian has the higher median home value ($231,000 vs $112,500 in Butler).

Population, income & housing

	Butler	Meridian
Population	13,306	3,809
Median age	37.5 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$41,705	$70,250
Median home value	$112,500	$231,000
Median gross rent	$815	$1,281
Housing units	7,230	1,752
Homeownership rate	44.4%	91.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler	Meridian
Population	13,092 → 13,306 (+1.6%)	3,970 → 3,809 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$31,361 → $41,705 (+33.0%)	$80,474 → $70,250 (-12.7%)
Median home value	$100,200 → $112,500 (+12.3%)	$173,500 → $231,000 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $815 (+22.6%)	$837 → $1,281 (+53.0%)

Butler

Population

13,09213,306

Median household income

$31,361$41,705

Median home value

$100,200$112,500

Median gross rent

$665$815

Meridian

Population

3,9703,809

Median household income

$80,474$70,250

Median home value

$173,500$231,000

Median gross rent

$837$1,281

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler	Meridian
Under 5	6.1%	2.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	17.4%
18 to 24	12.2%	4.0%
25 to 34	14.9%	3.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	17.4%
45 to 54	14.0%	14.1%
55 to 64	15.1%	14.5%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.6%
75 and over	4.1%	17.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler	Meridian
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	93.9%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler	Meridian
No high school diploma	7.2%	4.0%
High school graduate	40.5%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler	Meridian
Drove alone	72.4%	90.2%
Carpooled	10.0%	2.6%
Public transit	1.7%	0.8%
Walked	5.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	6.5%
Other means	3.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler	Meridian
1-unit, detached	52.7%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	24.1%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Butler	Meridian
Poverty rate	22.9%	3.2%
Average household size	2.13	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1938	1964