Meridian VillageCO
2,699 people live in this town in Colorado.
Is Meridian Village a good place to live?
A good place to live, if you can afford it. Its strongest is health (A+). The drawback is cost of living (D−): the typical home is worth about $732K, 6.9 years of the Denver metro’s $106K median household income. Put together, the subjects come to a B+ overall, better than nearly three quarters of U.S. towns. It ranks 52nd of 158 in Colorado. 79% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Meridian Village, where Colorado’s towns sit at 44% and U.S. towns at 29%. On walkability, just 15 of Colorado’s 217 towns do worse. Meridian Village's schools outperform 92% of the state's.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · schools, state test and graduation results.
What makes Meridian Village stand out
Where Meridian Village beats most towns.
100% of working residents leave Meridian Village for work
Where Meridian Village’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Meridian Village grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Colorado), ordered by how far Meridian Village is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Red Rocks Amphitheatre and 55 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Meridian Village. Close and well known come first.
Big draw22 mi TheatreRed Rocks Amphitheatre
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaEmpower Field at Mile High
18 mi Stadium & arenaBall Arena
18 mi Stadium & arenaCoors Field
15 mi LandmarkColumbine Memorial
20 mi Stadium & arenaDick's Sporting Goods ParkPhoto credits
Red Rocks Amphitheatre: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Empower Field at Mile High: Thelastcanadian, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ball Arena: KM Newnham, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Coors Field: Matt Kozlowski, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Columbine Memorial: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 3.0 · Dick's Sporting Goods Park: Tom Pratt, CC BY 2.0
Moving to Meridian Village: who provides what
Meridian Village is unincorporated, so Douglas County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Meridian Village.
Meridian Village has less no health insurance than most of Colorado, sends most of its workers to Denver and beyond and has household incomes well above the Colorado norm.
In Meridian Village, 17.1% of the land is conserved
The trail network density for Meridian Village comes to 3.4 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Fewer of Meridian Village’s adults report frequent physical distress than in the typical Colorado or U.S. town
Its widest gap with Colorado is no health insurance: 5.4% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 11.1% statewide.
Only 8 of the 159 Colorado towns we compare have a lower share of adults who have diabetes than Meridian Village. For adults in the town, the share who say their health is fair or poor is 9.6%. On the CDC’s 26 measures, Meridian Village is ahead of Colorado on 17 and behind on 1.
| Meridian Village | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 27% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 8.5% | 12% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 5.5% | 8.5% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 25% |
| What stands out | Meridian Village | CO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.4% | 11.1% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.5% | 9.2% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 63.9% | 69.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Meridian Village stands out in Colorado and nationally: a smaller share of its working residents work locally
Meridian Village has 266 jobs for its 1,608 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. 38.7% of workers work from home, against 21% across Colorado.
Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Meridian Village rose by 248, to 266. Its typical household income stands at $191,000. The top destinations are Denver (24%), Centennial (8%) and Aurora (8%). Half the trips to work are shorter than 11 miles.
| Meridian Village | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $191,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.4% | 7.8% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers: that is Meridian Village’s year
July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 18° and about 64 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards: high risk in Meridian Village, mostly inland flooding
Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 66% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 63% of Meridian Village’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 12% to tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Homes in Meridian Village sell for about $720K
The median property tax bill is $5,998, against $2,602 across Colorado, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Among 151 Colorado towns, just 3 have a higher rent at the middle of the market than Meridian Village. In Meridian Village, 96% of households own their home.
| Meridian Village | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $3,071 a month | $1,807 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 96% | 71% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Meridian Village
Colleges nearby
10 within 15 miles of the center of Meridian Village
About 4 of every 100 Meridian Village residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Colorado.
About Meridian Village
Unincorporated community in Colorado, US
Meridian is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Douglas County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Meridian CDP was 4,786 at the United States Census 2020. The CDP lies in ZIP code 80112.
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- Area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 5,889 ft
Meridian Village’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Meridian Village.
| Town | CO rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meridian Village | #52 | B+ | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Sierra Ridge | #44 | A− | D | — | A | A+ |
| Stepping Stone | #5 | A | C | — | A | A+ |
| Lone Tree | #70 | B | D | D− | A | A+ |
Meridian Village, Sierra Ridge and Stepping Stone report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Meridian Village with a neighbor →
Questions about Meridian Village
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Meridian Village, CO a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Meridian Village grades B+ overall, better than 74% of U.S. towns and #52 of 158 in Colorado. It grades A+ for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Meridian Village, CO expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $732,000, 38% above the Colorado typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.