Mead vs Platteville

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

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

Mead has the higher population (5,503 vs 2,924 in Platteville). Mead has the higher median household income ($116,074 vs $87,642 in Platteville). Mead has the higher median home value ($552,100 vs $376,600 in Platteville).

Population, income & housing

	Mead	Platteville
Population	5,503	2,924
Median age	38.1 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$116,074	$87,642
Median home value	$552,100	$376,600
Median gross rent	$1,583	$1,669
Housing units	1,867	996
Homeownership rate	93.5%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.8%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mead	Platteville
Population	4,631 → 5,503 (+18.8%)	2,754 → 2,924 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$103,393 → $116,074 (+12.3%)	$69,583 → $87,642 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$366,200 → $552,100 (+50.8%)	$243,200 → $376,600 (+54.9%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $1,583 (+93.3%)	$1,002 → $1,669 (+66.6%)

Mead

Population

4,6315,503

Median household income

$103,393$116,074

Median home value

$366,200$552,100

Median gross rent

$819$1,583

Platteville

Population

2,7542,924

Median household income

$69,583$87,642

Median home value

$243,200$376,600

Median gross rent

$1,002$1,669

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mead	Platteville
Under 5	4.3%	7.6%
5 to 17	26.5%	13.1%
18 to 24	6.1%	11.5%
25 to 34	7.9%	20.9%
35 to 44	17.3%	9.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.4%
55 to 64	14.2%	7.8%
65 to 74	7.5%	8.1%
75 and over	3.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mead	Platteville
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	49.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	21.6%	40.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mead	Platteville
No high school diploma	8.0%	18.5%
High school graduate	15.8%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	21.3%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mead	Platteville
Drove alone	71.9%	74.6%
Carpooled	4.6%	16.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	6.5%
Other means	4.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mead	Platteville
1-unit, detached	90.8%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.5%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Mead	Platteville
Poverty rate	1.0%	8.8%
Average household size	2.95	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	2003	1993