Mead Valley vs Valle Vista

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

Mead Valley and Valle Vista 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 19,263 in Valle Vista). Mead Valley has the higher median household income ($90,358 vs $61,799 in Valle Vista). Mead Valley has the higher median home value ($417,700 vs $315,400 in Valle Vista).

Population, income & housing

	Mead Valley	Valle Vista
Population	19,588	19,263
Median age	32.7 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$90,358	$61,799
Median home value	$417,700	$315,400
Median gross rent	$1,673	$1,666
Housing units	4,732	6,918
Homeownership rate	73.8%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mead Valley	Valle Vista
Population	20,145 → 19,588 (-2.8%)	17,663 → 19,263 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$59,079 → $90,358 (+52.9%)	$53,327 → $61,799 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$268,900 → $417,700 (+55.3%)	$184,600 → $315,400 (+70.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,265 → $1,673 (+32.3%)	$1,173 → $1,666 (+42.0%)

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

Valle Vista

Population

17,66319,263

Median household income

$53,327$61,799

Median home value

$184,600$315,400

Median gross rent

$1,173$1,666

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mead Valley	Valle Vista
Under 5	6.5%	7.2%
5 to 17	18.1%	21.0%
18 to 24	13.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.6%	15.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.3%
55 to 64	12.3%	9.5%
65 to 74	5.0%	7.6%
75 and over	3.9%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mead Valley	Valle Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	10.3%	42.0%
Black or African American	3.3%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.2%
Asian	1.8%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	82.5%	48.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mead Valley	Valle Vista
No high school diploma	37.3%	21.0%
High school graduate	30.8%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mead Valley	Valle Vista
Drove alone	78.1%	73.1%
Carpooled	8.7%	13.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.1%
Walked	0.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.3%	9.6%
Other means	2.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mead Valley	Valle Vista
1-unit, detached	57.1%	54.8%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	39.4%	37.8%

Poverty & households

	Mead Valley	Valle Vista
Poverty rate	12.8%	18.3%
Average household size	4.50	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	33	38
Median year structure built	1979	1982