Glade Spring vs Meadowview

A side-by-side comparison of Glade Spring and Meadowview: population, income, housing, and more.

Glade Spring and Meadowview are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Glade Spring has the higher population (2,224 vs 922 in Meadowview). Glade Spring has the higher median household income ($76,736 vs $70,078 in Meadowview). Meadowview has the higher median home value ($173,800 vs $170,700 in Glade Spring).

Population, income & housing

	Glade Spring	Meadowview
Population	2,224	922
Median age	37.2 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,736	$70,078
Median home value	$170,700	$173,800
Median gross rent	$758	$984
Housing units	755	444
Homeownership rate	81.7%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glade Spring	Meadowview
Population	1,616 → 2,224 (+37.6%)	921 → 922 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$47,900 → $76,736 (+60.2%)	$35,809 → $70,078 (+95.7%)
Median home value	$119,400 → $170,700 (+43.0%)	$127,600 → $173,800 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$746 → $758 (+1.6%)	$714 → $984 (+37.8%)

Glade Spring

Population

1,6162,224

Median household income

$47,900$76,736

Median home value

$119,400$170,700

Median gross rent

$746$758

Meadowview

Population

921922

Median household income

$35,809$70,078

Median home value

$127,600$173,800

Median gross rent

$714$984

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glade Spring	Meadowview
Under 5	9.0%	8.1%
5 to 17	20.1%	14.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.4%
35 to 44	6.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	16.5%	10.6%
55 to 64	9.8%	17.2%
65 to 74	11.4%	13.9%
75 and over	7.3%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glade Spring	Meadowview
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	95.4%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glade Spring	Meadowview
No high school diploma	10.4%	17.0%
High school graduate	33.1%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glade Spring	Meadowview
Drove alone	83.0%	86.6%
Carpooled	13.2%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	3.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glade Spring	Meadowview
1-unit, detached	89.9%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Glade Spring	Meadowview
Poverty rate	10.1%	7.8%
Average household size	3.43	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1971	1985