Mead Valley vs Rancho Mirage

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

Mead Valley and Rancho Mirage 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 17,375 in Rancho Mirage). Rancho Mirage has the higher median household income ($109,943 vs $90,358 in Mead Valley). Rancho Mirage has the higher median home value ($747,800 vs $417,700 in Mead Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Mead Valley	Rancho Mirage
Population	19,588	17,375
Median age	32.7 yrs	65.0 yrs
Median household income	$90,358	$109,943
Median home value	$417,700	$747,800
Median gross rent	$1,673	$1,575
Housing units	4,732	14,936
Homeownership rate	73.8%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	46.5%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mead Valley	Rancho Mirage
Population	20,145 → 19,588 (-2.8%)	18,193 → 17,375 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$59,079 → $90,358 (+52.9%)	$78,682 → $109,943 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$268,900 → $417,700 (+55.3%)	$498,700 → $747,800 (+49.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,265 → $1,673 (+32.3%)	$1,191 → $1,575 (+32.2%)

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

Rancho Mirage

Population

18,19317,375

Median household income

$78,682$109,943

Median home value

$498,700$747,800

Median gross rent

$1,191$1,575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mead Valley	Rancho Mirage
Under 5	6.5%	2.3%
5 to 17	18.1%	7.3%
18 to 24	13.0%	3.0%
25 to 34	15.6%	3.7%
35 to 44	12.8%	6.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	9.1%
55 to 64	12.3%	18.3%
65 to 74	5.0%	23.4%
75 and over	3.9%	26.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mead Valley	Rancho Mirage
White (non-Hispanic)	10.3%	76.8%
Black or African American	3.3%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	1.8%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	82.5%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mead Valley	Rancho Mirage
No high school diploma	37.3%	5.1%
High school graduate	30.8%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mead Valley	Rancho Mirage
Drove alone	78.1%	64.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	4.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.5%
Walked	0.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.3%	26.9%
Other means	2.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mead Valley	Rancho Mirage
1-unit, detached	57.1%	57.2%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	26.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.6%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	39.4%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Mead Valley	Rancho Mirage
Poverty rate	12.8%	10.9%
Average household size	4.50	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	1979	1987