Mead vs Valparaiso

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

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

Mead has the higher population (600 vs 553 in Valparaiso). Mead has the higher median household income ($73,500 vs $72,750 in Valparaiso). Valparaiso has the higher median home value ($190,500 vs $151,600 in Mead).

Population, income & housing

	Mead	Valparaiso
Population	600	553
Median age	32.3 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,500	$72,750
Median home value	$151,600	$190,500
Median gross rent	$1,077	$735
Housing units	265	268
Homeownership rate	85.1%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mead	Valparaiso
Population	608 → 600 (-1.3%)	605 → 553 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$59,911 → $73,500 (+22.7%)	$51,488 → $72,750 (+41.3%)
Median home value	$133,700 → $151,600 (+13.4%)	$132,900 → $190,500 (+43.3%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $1,077 (+44.8%)	$804 → $735 (-8.6%)

Mead

Population

608600

Median household income

$59,911$73,500

Median home value

$133,700$151,600

Median gross rent

$744$1,077

Valparaiso

Population

605553

Median household income

$51,488$72,750

Median home value

$132,900$190,500

Median gross rent

$804$735

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mead	Valparaiso
Under 5	8.5%	2.2%
5 to 17	17.5%	15.9%
18 to 24	6.0%	12.5%
25 to 34	20.8%	13.7%
35 to 44	5.8%	7.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.6%
65 to 74	10.5%	7.8%
75 and over	5.2%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mead	Valparaiso
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mead	Valparaiso
No high school diploma	6.9%	8.1%
High school graduate	27.9%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	53.2%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mead	Valparaiso
Drove alone	92.9%	83.3%
Carpooled	2.4%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mead	Valparaiso
1-unit, detached	85.3%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Mead	Valparaiso
Poverty rate	3.8%	4.0%
Average household size	2.48	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1961	1968