Meriden, CT (Connecticut) Houses and Residents

Back to: Meriden, Connecticut main profile, Connecticut, Connecticut smaller cities, Connecticut small towns, Connecticut forum, All US cities.

Total population: 59,225 (Urban population: 58,819, Rural population: 406 (all nonfarm))

Meriden, Connecticut Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 24,631 (22,951 occupied: 13,732 owner occupied, 9,219 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	40%
State:	33%

Housing density: 1037 houses/condos per square mile

Recent posts about housing in Meriden, Connecticut on our local forum with over 600,000 registered users:

	Safe neighborhoods in Meriden? (10 replies)
	Tell me about Meriden, CT (13 replies)
	Meriden (8 replies)
	Opinions on Meriden? (15 replies)
	Good idea: philly area to meriden, ct area? (14 replies)
	I hate living here (195 replies)

Median contract rent in 2007: $715 (lower quartile is $581, upper quartile is $846)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $711

Median gross rent in Meriden, CT in 2007: $855

Housing units in Meriden with a mortgage: 7,600 (974 second mortgage, 852 home equity loan, 30 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,604

Meriden,CT index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $220,886 (it was $114,700 in 2000)

Meriden:	$220,886
Connecticut:	$309,200

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $171,186 - $269,795

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $248,958
Here: $248,958
State: $418,487

Townhouses or other attached units: $170,739
Here: $170,739
State: $295,130

In 2-unit structures: $219,491
Here: $219,491
State: $295,498

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $189,950
Here: $189,950
State: $253,799

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $122,396
Here: $122,396
State: $220,717

Mobile homes: $58,462
Here: $58,462
State: $51,379

Household type by relationship

Households: 57,098

In family households: 47,629 (10,211 male householders, 4,876 female householders)
10,866 spouses, 17,610 children (16,596 natural, 278 adopted, 736 stepchildren), 843 grandchildren, 507 brothers or sisters, 623 parents, 909 other relatives, 1,184 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 9,469 (3,656 male householders (2,873 living alone)), 4,215 female householders (3,749 living alone)), 1,598 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 1,146 (896 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 6,069 2-persons, 3,668 3-persons, 3,104 4-persons, 1,423 5-persons, 612 6-persons, 211 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 6,622 1-person, 1,094 2-persons, 105 3-persons, 25 4-persons, 7 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons.

8,570 married couples with children.
4,914 single-parent households (853 men, 4,061 women).

76.0% of residents of Meriden speak English at home.
17.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
5.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (48% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (59% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 3,762 (6.5%)
(50.1% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.9
State:	6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.1
State:	4.0

Home Value Estimate
Address:		Unit (optional):
City	State	Zip

Recent Home Sales
Address:
City	State	Zip
Min Price (optional)	Max Price (optional)
Prioritization: Sale Date Distance

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Meriden, Connecticut:
	1 room: 6 2 rooms: 83 3 rooms: 233 4 rooms: 1,222 5 rooms: 3,625 6 rooms: 3,808 7 rooms: 2,436 8 rooms: 1,339 9 or more rooms: 980

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Meriden, Connecticut:
	1 room: 234 2 rooms: 675 3 rooms: 1,960 4 rooms: 2,920 5 rooms: 2,071 6 rooms: 869 7 rooms: 264 8 rooms: 115 9 or more rooms: 111

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 212
1995 to 1998: 281
1990 to 1994: 692
1980 to 1989: 3,103
1970 to 1979: 3,744
1960 to 1969: 3,607
1950 to 1959: 4,109
1940 to 1949: 2,550
1939 or earlier: 6,333

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Meriden:
	no bedroom: 14 1 bedroom: 442 2 bedrooms: 3,730 3 bedrooms: 6,890 4 bedrooms: 2,148 5 or more bedrooms: 508

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Meriden:
	no bedroom: 265 1 bedroom: 2,765 2 bedrooms: 4,030 3 bedrooms: 1,752 4 bedrooms: 342 5 or more bedrooms: 65

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Meriden in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 563 1 vehicle: 4,090 2 vehicles: 6,325 3 vehicles: 2,065 4 vehicles: 508 5 or more vehicles: 181

Cars and other vehicles available in Meriden in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 2,206 1 vehicle: 4,559 2 vehicles: 2,101 3 vehicles: 280 4 vehicles: 51 5 or more vehicles: 22

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Meriden, CT:

Less than $10,000: 9
$10,000 to $14,999: 4
$15,000 to $19,999: 6
$20,000 to $24,999: 18
$25,000 to $29,999: 19
$30,000 to $34,999: 23
$35,000 to $39,999: 29
$40,000 to $49,999: 77
$50,000 to $59,999: 45
$60,000 to $69,999: 58
$70,000 to $79,999: 71
$80,000 to $89,999: 100
$90,000 to $99,999: 102
$100,000 to $124,999: 445
$125,000 to $149,999: 853
$150,000 to $174,999: 1414
$175,000 to $199,999: 2098
$200,000 to $249,999: 3706
$250,000 to $299,999: 2657
$300,000 to $399,999: 1660
$400,000 to $499,999: 354
$500,000 to $749,999: 146
$750,000 to $999,999: 20
$1,000,000 or more: 48

Meriden rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Meriden:

Less than $100: 113 people
$100 to $149: 112
$150 to $199: 244
$200 to $249: 171
$250 to $299: 167
$300 to $349: 178
$350 to $399: 209
$400 to $449: 345
$450 to $499: 294
$500 to $549: 315
$550 to $599: 695
$600 to $649: 713
$650 to $699: 725
$700 to $749: 741
$750 to $799: 792
$800 to $899: 1,363
$900 to $999: 775
$1,000 to $1,249: 887
$1,250 to $1,499: 108
$1,500 to $1,999: 62
$2,000 or more: 0
No cash rent: 327

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 675 1990 to 1994: 657 1985 to 1989: 492 1980 to 1984: 328 1975 to 1979: 177 1970 to 1974: 205 1970 to 1974: 302 1965 to 1969: 926

Meriden, CT Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 72.7%
Number of people working at home: 509 (1.9% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 954
5 to 9 minutes: 3785
10 to 14 minutes: 5805
15 to 19 minutes: 5169
20 to 24 minutes: 3962
25 to 29 minutes: 1581
30 to 34 minutes: 2766
35 to 39 minutes: 473
40 to 44 minutes: 631
45 to 59 minutes: 941
60 to 89 minutes: 483
90 or more minutes: 286

Meriden mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 22,818 (83%)
Carpooled: 2,832 (10%)
Bus or trolley bus: 272 (1%)
Railroad: 26 (0%)
Taxi: 34 (0%)
Motorcycle: 19 (0%)
Bicycle: 29 (0%)
Walked: 692 (3%)
Other means: 114 (0%)
Worked at home: 509 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 2159
$10,000 to $14,999: 1398
$15,000 to $19,999: 1505
$20,000 to $24,999: 1339
$25,000 to $29,999: 1253
$30,000 to $34,999: 1524
$35,000 to $39,999: 1419
$40,000 to $44,999: 1260
$45,000 to $49,999: 1224
$50,000 to $59,999: 2123
$60,000 to $74,999: 2659
$75,000 to $99,999: 2846
$100,000 to $124,999: 1266
$125,000 to $149,999: 500
$150,000 to $199,999: 271
$200,000 or more: 212

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 13690

Italian: 8502

Polish: 5891

Irish: 4832

German: 3418

English: 2755

French (except Basque): 2671

United States or American: 1895

French Canadian: 1874

Russian: 450

Hungarian: 403

Swedish: 386

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 363

Scottish: 346

Jamaican: 278

Portuguese: 261

Scotch-Irish: 234

Subsaharan African:: 210

Welsh: 198

Greek: 197

Lithuanian: 177

Dutch: 162

Canadian: 157

African: 149

Arab:: 147

Slovak: 115

Ukrainian: 111

British: 105

West Indian: 76

Norwegian: 74

Czechoslovakian: 56

European: 52

Czech: 50

Northern European: 46

Lebanese: 45

Danish: 42

Syrian: 34

Palestinian: 33

Yugoslavian: 33

Latvian: 31

Romanian: 30

Austrian: 30

Albanian: 28

Belgian: 28

Nigerian: 24

Brazilian: 22

Croatian: 22

Finnish: 20

Cape Verdean: 17

Egyptian: 16

Armenian: 16

Slavic: 14

Eastern European: 13

Celtic: 12

Basque: 11

Arab/Arabic: 10

Moroccan: 9

British West Indian: 9

Slovene: 8

Maltese: 8

Ethiopian: 8

Swiss: 7

Iranian: 7

South African: 6

Bulgarian: 6

Ghanian: 6

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (13%)
Canada (11%)
Italy (9%)
Poland (8%)
Jamaica (8%)
Ecuador (6%)
Philippines (3%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 38014
Northeast: 8031
Midwest: 738
South: 2083
West: 596

59% of Meriden residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Connecticut.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 176
Nursery to 4th grade: 102
5th and 6th grade: 328
7th and 8th grade: 744
9th grade: 601
10th grade: 868
11th grade: 567
12th grade, no diploma: 693
High school graduate (or equivalency): 6,365
Less than 1 year of college: 1,129
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,147
Associate degree: 1,247
Bachelor's degree: 2,070
Master's degree: 682
Professional school degree: 163
Doctorate degree: 131

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 184
Nursery to 4th grade: 147
5th and 6th grade: 283
7th and 8th grade: 856
9th grade: 746
10th grade: 833
11th grade: 702
12th grade, no diploma: 786
High school graduate (or equivalency): 7,102
Less than 1 year of college: 1,652
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,544
Associate degree: 1,393
Bachelor's degree: 2,057
Master's degree: 927
Professional school degree: 237
Doctorate degree: 42

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 4.1%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.4%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 4.3%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 4.5%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 10.1%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 5.9%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 12.1%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 10.4%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 11.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 7.3%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 10.8%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 9.3%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $59,341
Black householders: $52,530
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $56,281
Asian householders: $35,866
Some other race householders: $40,380
Two or more races householders: $68,011
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $38,411

Meriden household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Meriden household income for Black householders

Meriden household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Meriden household income for Asian householders

Meriden household income for Some other race householders

Meriden household income for Two or more races householders

Meriden household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Meriden marital status for males

Meriden marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $232,055
Black or African American householders: $188,725
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $252,854
Asian householders: $235,136
Some other race householders: $217,804
Two or more races householders: $222,234
Hispanic or Latino householders: $212,797

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 11,914
One, attached: 1,361
Two: 3,467
3 or 4: 2,962
5 to 9: 1,346
10 to 19: 834
20 to 49: 862
50 or more: 1,743
Mobile homes: 142

Median worth of mobile homes: $54,480

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Meriden:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (58%) Utility gas (35%) Electricity (6%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Wood (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (35%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (33%) Electricity (27%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%) No fuel used (1%) Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 724

Here:	10.2%
Connecticut:	9.9%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 175

Here:	5.2%
Connecticut:	11.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 520

Here:	25.4%
Connecticut:	33.4%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Back to the top

Discuss this and other local issues on our hugely popular Connecticut forum.

Back to: Meriden, CT (don't miss, contains a wealth of additional information), Connecticut, All US cities.

Recent home sales, price trends, and home value evaluator powered by Onboard Informatics
© 2008 Onboard Informatics. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

City-data.com does not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of any information on this site. Use at your own risk.
Some parts © 2003-2008 Advameg, Inc.