Meridian vs Zelienople

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

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

Zelienople has the higher population (3,870 vs 3,809 in Meridian). Meridian has the higher median household income ($70,250 vs $64,583 in Zelienople). Zelienople has the higher median home value ($272,500 vs $231,000 in Meridian).

Population, income & housing

	Meridian	Zelienople
Population	3,809	3,870
Median age	49.7 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,250	$64,583
Median home value	$231,000	$272,500
Median gross rent	$1,281	$1,166
Housing units	1,752	1,942
Homeownership rate	91.9%	51.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	43.7%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meridian	Zelienople
Population	3,970 → 3,809 (-4.1%)	3,651 → 3,870 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$80,474 → $70,250 (-12.7%)	$54,235 → $64,583 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$173,500 → $231,000 (+33.1%)	$201,400 → $272,500 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $1,281 (+53.0%)	$1,094 → $1,166 (+6.6%)

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

Zelienople

Population

3,6513,870

Median household income

$54,235$64,583

Median home value

$201,400$272,500

Median gross rent

$1,094$1,166

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meridian	Zelienople
Under 5	2.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	17.4%	14.8%
18 to 24	4.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	3.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	17.4%	14.5%
45 to 54	14.1%	10.1%
55 to 64	14.5%	10.8%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.5%
75 and over	17.8%	16.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meridian	Zelienople
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meridian	Zelienople
No high school diploma	4.0%	3.0%
High school graduate	38.0%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meridian	Zelienople
Drove alone	90.2%	72.2%
Carpooled	2.6%	9.5%
Public transit	0.8%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	6.5%	14.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meridian	Zelienople
1-unit, detached	96.9%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	18.9%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Meridian	Zelienople
Poverty rate	3.2%	3.6%
Average household size	2.27	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	23	33
Median year structure built	1964	1973