Meade vs Plains

A side-by-side comparison of Meade and Plains: population, income, housing, and more.

Meade and Plains are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Plains has the higher population (1,308 vs 1,274 in Meade). Plains has the higher median household income ($75,500 vs $73,990 in Meade). Plains has the higher median home value ($127,700 vs $97,100 in Meade).

Population, income & housing

	Meade	Plains
Population	1,274	1,308
Median age	38.0 yrs	26.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,990	$75,500
Median home value	$97,100	$127,700
Median gross rent	$739	$785
Housing units	659	491
Homeownership rate	70.0%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meade	Plains
Population	1,466 → 1,274 (-13.1%)	1,161 → 1,308 (+12.7%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $73,990 (+28.7%)	$64,783 → $75,500 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$82,800 → $97,100 (+17.3%)	$87,400 → $127,700 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $739 (+22.1%)	$640 → $785 (+22.7%)

Meade

Population

1,4661,274

Median household income

$57,500$73,990

Median home value

$82,800$97,100

Median gross rent

$605$739

Plains

Population

1,1611,308

Median household income

$64,783$75,500

Median home value

$87,400$127,700

Median gross rent

$640$785

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meade	Plains
Under 5	4.1%	11.6%
5 to 17	16.6%	22.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	11.6%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.5%
35 to 44	9.6%	14.1%
45 to 54	15.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.4%	9.1%
65 to 74	10.4%	3.2%
75 and over	8.3%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meade	Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	45.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	48.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meade	Plains
No high school diploma	8.1%	29.0%
High school graduate	28.1%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	44.7%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meade	Plains
Drove alone	80.9%	85.9%
Carpooled	6.7%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	3.0%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meade	Plains
1-unit, detached	88.3%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Meade	Plains
Poverty rate	3.4%	10.4%
Average household size	2.17	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	16	15
Median year structure built	1959	1968