Mead Valley vs Norco

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

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

Norco has the higher population (25,211 vs 19,588 in Mead Valley). Norco has the higher median household income ($125,117 vs $90,358 in Mead Valley). Norco has the higher median home value ($731,900 vs $417,700 in Mead Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Mead Valley	Norco
Population	19,588	25,211
Median age	32.7 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$90,358	$125,117
Median home value	$417,700	$731,900
Median gross rent	$1,673	$1,893
Housing units	4,732	7,046
Homeownership rate	73.8%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mead Valley	Norco
Population	20,145 → 19,588 (-2.8%)	26,670 → 25,211 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$59,079 → $90,358 (+52.9%)	$102,817 → $125,117 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$268,900 → $417,700 (+55.3%)	$544,900 → $731,900 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,265 → $1,673 (+32.3%)	$1,892 → $1,893 (+0.1%)

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

Norco

Population

26,67025,211

Median household income

$102,817$125,117

Median home value

$544,900$731,900

Median gross rent

$1,892$1,893

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mead Valley	Norco
Under 5	6.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	18.1%	15.5%
18 to 24	13.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	15.6%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.7%
65 to 74	5.0%	9.5%
75 and over	3.9%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mead Valley	Norco
White (non-Hispanic)	10.3%	49.4%
Black or African American	3.3%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	1.8%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.8%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	82.5%	40.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mead Valley	Norco
No high school diploma	37.3%	14.3%
High school graduate	30.8%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mead Valley	Norco
Drove alone	78.1%	74.8%
Carpooled	8.7%	9.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.3%
Walked	0.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.3%	12.0%
Other means	2.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mead Valley	Norco
1-unit, detached	57.1%	94.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.6%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	39.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Mead Valley	Norco
Poverty rate	12.8%	5.7%
Average household size	4.50	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	1979	1974