Demographics of Meriden city, Connecticut

Meriden city, Connecticut had 60,810 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +194 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Meriden city, in four figures

60,810
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 60,545 ±45.; +0.3%
Change since July 2020: +194 people.; 38.9 ±1.3
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $71,253 ±$4,299
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Meriden city, Connecticut's population grew 0.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Meriden city, Connecticut's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Meriden city, Connecticut's population grew 0.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Meriden city, Connecticut's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	60,616	100.0	100.0
2021	60,451	99.7	100.2
2022	60,344	99.6	100.7
2023	60,364	99.6	101.6
2024	60,862	100.4	102.5
2025	60,810	100.3	103.1

Population of Meriden city, Connecticut on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	60,616	—
2021	60,451	−165
2022	60,344	−107
2023	60,364	+20
2024	60,862	+498
2025	60,810	−52

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 38.9 ±1.3: for men 37.0 ±1.5 and for women 41.2 ±2.3. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Meriden city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Connecticut	United States
Under 5	3,817 ±543	6.3% ±0.9	5.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	9,442 ±837	15.6% ±1.4	15.2% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	5,007 ±587	8.3% ±1.0	9.3% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	16,146 ±1,056	26.7% ±1.7	25.3% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	16,351 ±1,059	27.0% ±1.7	26.7% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	9,782 ±727	16.2% ±1.2	18.5% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $71,253 ±$4,299, and income per person $37,538 ±$1,973, in 2024 dollars. The median is $95,781 ±$732 in Connecticut and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Meriden city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Connecticut	United States
Under $25,000	3,927 ±541	15.9% ±2.1	12.9% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	4,572 ±563	18.6% ±2.2	13.7% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	4,531 ±629	18.4% ±2.5	13.3% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	3,308 ±465	13.4% ±1.8	11.9% ±0.3	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	4,294 ±620	17.4% ±2.5	17.7% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,981 ±343	8.0% ±1.4	11.3% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	2,018 ±399	8.2% ±1.6	19.2% ±0.3	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Meriden city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Connecticut	United States
All ages	7,893 ±1,478	13.2% ±2.5	10.0% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	2,537 ±703	19.4% ±5.1	13.0% ±0.5	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	3,726 ±696	11.7% ±2.1	9.4% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,630 ±333	10.9% ±2.1	8.9% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Meriden city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Meriden city	Connecticut	United States
Housing units	26,585 ±767	1,541,822 ±276	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	92.6% ±0.7	93.0% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	7.4% ±1.3	7.0% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	60.1% ±2.2	66.5% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	39.9% ±2.5	33.5% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$241,200 ±$6,880	$366,900 ±$1,621	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,294 ±$72	$1,488 ±$10	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1960 ±3	1967 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Meriden city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Connecticut	United States
Hispanic or Latino	23,217 ±1,664	38.3% ±2.7	18.3% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	28,845 ±1,620	47.6% ±2.7	61.9% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	4,517 ±681	7.5% ±1.1	9.8% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	1,477 ±506	2.4% ±0.8	4.7% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	19 to 113	< 0.1% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 32	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	34 to 264	0.1% to 0.4%	0.9% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	2,274 ±592	3.8% ±1.0	4.3% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Meriden city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Connecticut	United States
Born in the state	37,875 ±1,460	62.6% ±2.4	53.3% ±0.3	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	10,286 ±1,041	17.0% ±1.7	27.1% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	5,883 ±742	9.7% ±1.2	3.9% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	6,501 ±962	10.7% ±1.6	15.7% ±0.2	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	3,041 ±658	5.0% ±1.1	8.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	3,460 ±833	5.7% ±1.4	7.1% ±0.2	6.8% ±<0.1

Meriden city among the places and towns of Connecticut

14th of 168 places and towns of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Connecticut page.

Places of Connecticut near Meriden city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Greenwich town	63,856 ±58
West Hartford CDP	63,620 ±37
Fairfield town	63,416 ±52
Bristol city	61,462 ±29
Hamden town	61,045 ±50
Meriden city	60,545 ±45
Manchester town	59,635 ±37
West Haven city	55,351 ±38
Stratford town	52,790 ±58
Milford town	52,684 ±32
Milford city (balance)	51,023 ±278

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Meriden city, Connecticut

Rankings this appears in

No. 4 Places in Connecticut by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 12 Places in Connecticut by poverty rate
No. 44 Places in Connecticut by foreign-born share
No. 77 Places in Connecticut by median rent
No. 93 Places in Connecticut by median age
No. 123 Places in Connecticut by median household income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026