Meridian

City Commute Profile

Meridian, ID

Where Meridian’s 60,627 resident workers go each day — 23.8% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Boise City.

IdahoLODES 2023 data
66
Commute Score

66 / 100

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

Meridian at a glance
Employed Residents
60,627
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
8.1mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
23.8%
Share working within the area
Work from home
19.4%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Boise City
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Meridian 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 Meridian 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.

Meridian

60,627 commutes, one dot at a time

Meridian

Where 60,627 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

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

1Boise City8.1 mi26,510
2Meridian0.0 mi14,447
3Nampa9.0 mi5,295
4Eagle6.0 mi2,269
5Caldwell13.8 mi1,639
6Garden City6.7 mi1,400
7Kuna8.3 mi460
8Twin Falls121.8 mi309

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Meridian.

1Meridian0.0 mi14,447
2Boise City8.1 mi13,938
3Nampa9.0 mi6,921
4Caldwell13.8 mi3,612
5Kuna8.3 mi2,588
6Eagle6.0 mi2,009
7Star7.2 mi1,013
8Garden City6.7 mi595

Top industries

The sectors that employ Meridian’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 Assistance14.5%
RTRetail Trade13.9%
AFAccommodation and Food Services10.3%
COConstruction9.7%
FIFinance and Insurance8.5%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services7.7%
EDEducational Services6.6%
WSWholesale Trade5.5%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.4%

Meridian city profile

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

Population
130,138
Median age
37.5yrs
Median household income
$100,795
Median home value
$531,600
Median gross rent
$1,805/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
44.1%
Poverty rate
6.0%

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

Connectivity

Internet options for Meridian

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

6 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps12%
8 Gbps12%
See all internet providers in Meridian

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