2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Cheshire, CT vs Meridian, ID

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Highlights
- Household income in Meridian, is 36% less than it is in Cheshire and is 19% above the National Average.
- Cheshire unemployment rate is 5.2%.
- Meridian unemployment rate is 3.4%.
 Cheshire, CTMeridian, IDUnited States
 Unemployment Rate5.2%3.4%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth-0.4%3.6%1.6%
 Future Job Growth31.3%57.5%33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.4%6.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes5.0%6.9%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$57,009$40,063$37,638
 Household Income$132,682$85,201$69,021
 Family Median Income$160,302$98,979$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Cheshire, CTMeridian, IDUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K4.5%5.3%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K1.0%2.5%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K2.8%3.8%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K4.8%6.1%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K4.2%6.6%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K6.2%8.2%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K6.9%11.0%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K9.3%15.6%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K17.1%21.6%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K15.5%9.2%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K27.8%10.1%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Cheshire, CTMeridian, IDUnited States
 Management, business, finance25.1%19.0%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science8.6%8.0%6.5%
 Community, social services1.1%2.5%1.8%
 Legal2.3%0.7%1.2%
 Education, library9.7%6.9%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment2.3%2.2%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology12.0%6.7%6.2%
 Healthcare support1.3%2.9%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement2.1%1.3%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving2.7%4.4%5.4%
 Building maintenance1.7%1.6%3.6%
 Personal care3.0%2.0%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support18.0%25.9%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.3%0.2%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair3.0%8.4%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving6.7%7.3%13.1%
Reviews for Cheshire    2 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Overall excellent town for raising kids. When comparing towns look at the numbers, they take out any biases. You get the most for your family in  More

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Over 14 years ago

I love Cheshire because the people there are friendly,mind their own business and the town is so pretty! I live in Meriden and I go to Cheshire often just to relax.  More

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Reviews for Meridian    18 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

New to the area and so far we think it's a great place to live compared to Denver, where we moved from. Quality of life is so much better here! A lot less traffic than  More

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I have been here since 2013 and have watched child after child be diagnosed with Cancer. Many of the children have been diagnosed with "rare" Cancers. It has been  More

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Over 6 years ago

It has changed a lot over the years... Crime rates are still low and people are overall still nice HOWEVER way too many people are moving to my wonderful town! All the  More

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