Meridian vs Shanor-Northvue

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

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

Shanor-Northvue has the higher population (5,183 vs 3,809 in Meridian). Shanor-Northvue has the higher median household income ($98,878 vs $70,250 in Meridian). Shanor-Northvue has the higher median home value ($243,600 vs $231,000 in Meridian).

Population, income & housing

	Meridian	Shanor-Northvue
Population	3,809	5,183
Median age	49.7 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,250	$98,878
Median home value	$231,000	$243,600
Median gross rent	$1,281	$1,272
Housing units	1,752	2,287
Homeownership rate	91.9%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	41.9%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meridian	Shanor-Northvue
Population	3,970 → 3,809 (-4.1%)	5,068 → 5,183 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$80,474 → $70,250 (-12.7%)	$74,070 → $98,878 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$173,500 → $231,000 (+33.1%)	$219,700 → $243,600 (+10.9%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $1,281 (+53.0%)	$810 → $1,272 (+57.0%)

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

Shanor-Northvue

Population

5,0685,183

Median household income

$74,070$98,878

Median home value

$219,700$243,600

Median gross rent

$810$1,272

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meridian	Shanor-Northvue
Under 5	2.0%	7.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	17.1%
18 to 24	4.0%	4.8%
25 to 34	3.0%	11.4%
35 to 44	17.4%	14.9%
45 to 54	14.1%	11.0%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.4%
65 to 74	9.6%	10.8%
75 and over	17.8%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meridian	Shanor-Northvue
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meridian	Shanor-Northvue
No high school diploma	4.0%	4.1%
High school graduate	38.0%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meridian	Shanor-Northvue
Drove alone	90.2%	79.1%
Carpooled	2.6%	8.5%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meridian	Shanor-Northvue
1-unit, detached	96.9%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Meridian	Shanor-Northvue
Poverty rate	3.2%	3.9%
Average household size	2.27	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1964	1974