Blythe vs Mead Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Blythe and Mead Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Blythe and Mead Valley are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mead Valley has the higher population (19,588 vs 17,824 in Blythe). Mead Valley has the higher median household income ($90,358 vs $51,984 in Blythe). Mead Valley has the higher median home value ($417,700 vs $203,800 in Blythe).

Population, income & housing

	Blythe	Mead Valley
Population	17,824	19,588
Median age	36.6 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,984	$90,358
Median home value	$203,800	$417,700
Median gross rent	$900	$1,673
Housing units	5,144	4,732
Homeownership rate	59.7%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blythe	Mead Valley
Population	19,643 → 17,824 (-9.3%)	20,145 → 19,588 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$45,385 → $51,984 (+14.5%)	$59,079 → $90,358 (+52.9%)
Median home value	$150,000 → $203,800 (+35.9%)	$268,900 → $417,700 (+55.3%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $900 (+17.0%)	$1,265 → $1,673 (+32.3%)

Blythe

Population

19,64317,824

Median household income

$45,385$51,984

Median home value

$150,000$203,800

Median gross rent

$769$900

Mead Valley

Population

20,14519,588

Median household income

$59,079$90,358

Median home value

$268,900$417,700

Median gross rent

$1,265$1,673

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blythe	Mead Valley
Under 5	5.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	14.7%	18.1%
18 to 24	8.4%	13.0%
25 to 34	18.6%	15.6%
35 to 44	19.2%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	11.4%	12.3%
65 to 74	5.5%	5.0%
75 and over	4.4%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blythe	Mead Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	24.4%	10.3%
Black or African American	11.2%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.2%
Asian	2.4%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	58.6%	82.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blythe	Mead Valley
No high school diploma	30.3%	37.3%
High school graduate	26.2%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blythe	Mead Valley
Drove alone	77.7%	78.1%
Carpooled	14.7%	8.7%
Public transit	1.0%	0.5%
Walked	2.6%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	2.8%	10.3%
Other means	1.2%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blythe	Mead Valley
1-unit, detached	61.4%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	0.7%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	39.4%

Poverty & households

	Blythe	Mead Valley
Poverty rate	19.5%	12.8%
Average household size	2.78	4.50
Mean commute (minutes)	17	33
Median year structure built	1979	1979