Country Homes vs Mead

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

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

Mead has the higher population (7,184 vs 5,979 in Country Homes). Country Homes has the higher median household income ($78,841 vs $76,010 in Mead). Country Homes has the higher median home value ($386,500 vs $379,600 in Mead).

Population, income & housing

	Country Homes	Mead
Population	5,979	7,184
Median age	31.0 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$78,841	$76,010
Median home value	$386,500	$379,600
Median gross rent	$1,193	$1,216
Housing units	1,905	2,699
Homeownership rate	55.5%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Country Homes	Mead
Population	6,117 → 5,979 (-2.3%)	7,114 → 7,184 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$49,296 → $78,841 (+59.9%)	$66,390 → $76,010 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$247,500 → $386,500 (+56.2%)	$238,500 → $379,600 (+59.2%)
Median gross rent	$811 → $1,193 (+47.1%)	$996 → $1,216 (+22.1%)

Country Homes

Population

6,1175,979

Median household income

$49,296$78,841

Median home value

$247,500$386,500

Median gross rent

$811$1,193

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)

	Country Homes	Mead
Under 5	3.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.1%	20.2%
18 to 24	27.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	7.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	11.2%	13.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	11.7%	13.4%
65 to 74	7.2%	11.3%
75 and over	7.3%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Country Homes	Mead
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	83.9%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Country Homes	Mead
No high school diploma	3.5%	7.3%
High school graduate	26.4%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Country Homes	Mead
Drove alone	64.6%	80.0%
Carpooled	7.6%	4.9%
Public transit	0.7%	1.7%
Walked	7.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.4%	11.8%
Other means	3.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Country Homes	Mead
1-unit, detached	59.2%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	17.5%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	27.3%

Poverty & households

	Country Homes	Mead
Poverty rate	14.8%	5.8%
Average household size	2.72	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1971	1988