City safety & data profile
MeridianID
Meridian, ID is a 91K-resident city in Ada County with a median household income of $100,795.
Ada County, Idaho. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Meridian, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Meridian has a population larger than 91% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $531,600, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
- 91K
- Population (place)
- Top 9%
- By size
- $100,795
- Median income (place)
- $531,600
- Median home (place)
- 6%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Meridian
Meridian posts a median household income higher than 70% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Meridian area.
- Top 30%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Meridian
Composite score · Meridian, ID
74/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Curious how Meridian stacks up nationwide? See the full tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Meridian income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$100,795 Top 30% higher than 70% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Biggest cities by headcount in ID
Ranked by headcount across the 21 ID places Areazine tracks with both population and income data. Tooltip carries the income rank.
- Meridian
Meridian, ID
90,739 residents
- Nampa
Nampa, ID
89,839 residents
- Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls, ID
59,184 residents
- Pocatello
Pocatello, ID
54,441 residents
- Caldwell
Caldwell, ID
51,686 residents
- Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene, ID
49,122 residents
- Twin Falls
Twin Falls, ID
47,468 residents
- Lewiston 32,544
Lewiston, ID
32,544 residents
- Post Falls 30,453
Post Falls, ID
30,453 residents
- Rexburg 27,663
Rexburg, ID
27,663 residents
What this shows By headcount, Meridian ranks #1 here -- income honors go to Eagle.
Income ranking: ID
Median household income among the same 21-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Eagle
Eagle, ID
$122,894 median
- Meridian
Meridian, ID
$100,795 median
- Kuna
Kuna, ID
$96,219 median
- Ammon
Ammon, ID
$86,121 median
- Chubbuck
Chubbuck, ID
$82,977 median
- Hayden
Hayden, ID
$82,958 median
- Post Falls
Post Falls, ID
$82,183 median
- Nampa
Nampa, ID
$74,279 median
- Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls, ID
$73,110 median
- Caldwell
Caldwell, ID
$73,058 median
What this shows Eagle leads this pool on median income; Meridian is the population leader instead.
The quick read
Reading Meridian, ID beyond the headline numbers
Meridian sits inside Ada County, Idaho, at roughly 43.61°N, -116.39°W. Population 90,739, $100,795 median household income. Median home value $531,600, median rent $1,805. Poverty rate 6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Meridian, 0 with an ER. Climate: 53.2°F annual average, 11.5" precipitation.
Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 30.5% in Meridian, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.
Meridian's labor market runs tight: 2.7% unemployment, in the lowest quarter of reporting cities.
The median home in Meridian costs around 5.3 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.
19.4% of Meridian workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.
Hardship is low by national standards: 6% of Meridian, ID residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.
Median rent in Meridian, ID runs $1,805/month, above the midpoint for reporting cities -- worth weighing against the income figures on this page.
44.2% of Meridian adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Public transit carries 0.1% of Meridian workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Meridian from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
The 10-Year Trend 2013–2024
County-level trend (Ada County): Meridian's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Money & Work
What stands out most about Meridian's economic profile: poverty rate at 6.0%, 52% below the average across tracked places. A second figure worth noting: median rent at $1,805/mo, 17% above the tracked-city average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 6% -52% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 2.7% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 44.2% |
| Work From Home | 19.4% |
| Public Transit | 0.1% |
By the Numbers
Health Snapshot 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsCost of Living
BEA 20241.6% below national average
Metro area: Boise City, ID (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
Flood Claims on Record
FEMA NFIP, county-level55 flood insurance claims have been filed in Ada County since 2016, with $307K paid out by the NFIP.
Most claims in this county are not tied to a single named storm or hurricane in the NFIP record.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Meridian?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Meridian right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet ID-MERIDIAN-ID · Meridian
Meridian: no area-tagged alerts on record. State hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Meridian; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Idaho state hubs · Methodology
Questions & Answers 9
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Similar poverty or income, nationwide 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Meridian, both outside Idaho so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside ID (6% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside ID ($100,795 here).
Compare Meridian with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Cities 8
What to do with Meridian's numbers
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Meridian area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Meridian against Idaho peers on any ranking lens. Explore Idaho
Place-level figures for population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) come from U.S. Census ACS; health data is CDC PLACES; hospital counts cover facilities in and around the city. Any county-level trend is labeled as such.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Ada County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.