Fern Prairie vs Meadow Glade

A side-by-side comparison of Fern Prairie and Meadow Glade: population, income, housing, and more.

Fern Prairie and Meadow Glade are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Meadow Glade has the higher population (2,534 vs 2,132 in Fern Prairie). Meadow Glade has the higher median household income ($129,167 vs $110,476 in Fern Prairie). Meadow Glade has the higher median home value ($626,500 vs $550,000 in Fern Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Fern Prairie	Meadow Glade
Population	2,132	2,534
Median age	46.1 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$110,476	$129,167
Median home value	$550,000	$626,500
Median gross rent	$1,482	$1,439
Housing units	710	962
Homeownership rate	85.9%	94.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fern Prairie	Meadow Glade
Population	1,958 → 2,132 (+8.9%)	2,859 → 2,534 (-11.4%)
Median household income	$80,563 → $110,476 (+37.1%)	$118,409 → $129,167 (+9.1%)
Median home value	$371,800 → $550,000 (+47.9%)	$484,200 → $626,500 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,317 → $1,482 (+12.5%)	$1,600 → $1,439 (-10.1%)

Fern Prairie

Population

1,9582,132

Median household income

$80,563$110,476

Median home value

$371,800$550,000

Median gross rent

$1,317$1,482

Meadow Glade

Population

2,8592,534

Median household income

$118,409$129,167

Median home value

$484,200$626,500

Median gross rent

$1,600$1,439

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fern Prairie	Meadow Glade
Under 5	0.6%	3.9%
5 to 17	28.8%	14.0%
18 to 24	4.7%	9.0%
25 to 34	3.7%	5.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	8.2%
45 to 54	20.9%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	15.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	22.7%
75 and over	6.2%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fern Prairie	Meadow Glade
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	6.3%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fern Prairie	Meadow Glade
No high school diploma	9.3%	4.4%
High school graduate	29.7%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fern Prairie	Meadow Glade
Drove alone	75.3%	64.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	5.1%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.7%	10.1%
Other means	1.3%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fern Prairie	Meadow Glade
1-unit, detached	85.2%	96.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Fern Prairie	Meadow Glade
Poverty rate	6.3%	2.0%
Average household size	3.00	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1984	1992