Meriden

Population & Demographics

Meriden, CT

Meriden is home to 60,545 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 30,127 resident workers commute each day.

ConnecticutCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
60,545
people
Population

60,545 residents

Median age 38.9 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Meriden population & demographics

Who lives in Meriden — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
60,545
Median age
38.9yrs
Median household income
$71,253
Median home value
$241,200
Median gross rent
$1,294/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
22.2%
Poverty rate
13.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Meriden

How Meriden breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White47.6%
Hispanic or Latino38.3%
Black7.5%
Two or more races3.8%
Asian2.4%
Some other race0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Meriden at a glance
Employed Residents
30,127
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
13.4mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
17.0%
Share working within the area
Work from home
8.6%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
New Haven
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Meriden proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Meriden commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Meriden

30,127 commutes, one dot at a time

Meriden

Where 30,127 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Meriden, by worker count.

1Meriden0.0 mi5,111
2New Haven16.7 mi1,920
3Middletown7.3 mi1,445
4Wallingford Center5.8 mi1,412
5North Haven11.0 mi1,312
6Hartford16.8 mi1,135
7New Britain9.7 mi829
8Waterbury12.5 mi816

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Meriden.

1Meriden0.0 mi5,111
2Waterbury12.5 mi952
3Middletown7.3 mi833
4New Britain9.7 mi761
5Bristol12.3 mi557
6New Haven16.7 mi527
7Wallingford Center5.8 mi427
8Hartford16.8 mi372

Top industries

The sectors that employ Meriden’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance24.7%
RTRetail Trade10.2%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services9.7%
MFManufacturing8.6%
EDEducational Services7.3%
AFAccommodation and Food Services4.8%
PAPublic Administration4.8%
FIFinance and Insurance4.2%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)4.0%
Connectivity

Internet options for Meriden

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps90% of homes
2 Gbps90%
5 Gbps90%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Meriden

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