Airway Heights vs Mead

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

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

Airway Heights has the higher population (10,766 vs 7,184 in Mead). Mead has the higher median household income ($76,010 vs $64,659 in Airway Heights). Mead has the higher median home value ($379,600 vs $286,900 in Airway Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Airway Heights	Mead
Population	10,766	7,184
Median age	32.9 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,659	$76,010
Median home value	$286,900	$379,600
Median gross rent	$1,313	$1,216
Housing units	3,707	2,699
Homeownership rate	33.1%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Airway Heights	Mead
Population	8,560 → 10,766 (+25.8%)	7,114 → 7,184 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$52,579 → $64,659 (+23.0%)	$66,390 → $76,010 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$174,900 → $286,900 (+64.0%)	$238,500 → $379,600 (+59.2%)
Median gross rent	$966 → $1,313 (+35.9%)	$996 → $1,216 (+22.1%)

Airway Heights

Population

8,56010,766

Median household income

$52,579$64,659

Median home value

$174,900$286,900

Median gross rent

$966$1,313

Mead

Population

7,1147,184

Median household income

$66,390$76,010

Median home value

$238,500$379,600

Median gross rent

$996$1,216

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Airway Heights	Mead
Under 5	7.8%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.2%	20.2%
18 to 24	10.3%	6.5%
25 to 34	20.9%	9.7%
35 to 44	16.3%	13.9%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.6%
55 to 64	10.2%	13.4%
65 to 74	7.2%	11.3%
75 and over	1.7%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Airway Heights	Mead
White (non-Hispanic)	59.0%	83.9%
Black or African American	6.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.4%	1.0%
Asian	5.6%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.9%	0.6%
Some other race	1.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Airway Heights	Mead
No high school diploma	8.5%	7.3%
High school graduate	26.9%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Airway Heights	Mead
Drove alone	83.8%	80.0%
Carpooled	6.7%	4.9%
Public transit	1.6%	1.7%
Walked	1.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Airway Heights	Mead
1-unit, detached	34.0%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	26.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	18.9%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	27.3%

Poverty & households

	Airway Heights	Mead
Poverty rate	21.9%	5.8%
Average household size	2.48	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	2008	1988