Deer Park vs Mead

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

Deer Park 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 4,605 in Deer Park). Mead has the higher median household income ($76,010 vs $57,294 in Deer Park). Mead has the higher median home value ($379,600 vs $317,500 in Deer Park).

Population, income & housing

	Deer Park	Mead
Population	4,605	7,184
Median age	35.4 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,294	$76,010
Median home value	$317,500	$379,600
Median gross rent	$890	$1,216
Housing units	1,834	2,699
Homeownership rate	74.7%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	17.2%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer Park	Mead
Population	4,119 → 4,605 (+11.8%)	7,114 → 7,184 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$52,429 → $57,294 (+9.3%)	$66,390 → $76,010 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$190,000 → $317,500 (+67.1%)	$238,500 → $379,600 (+59.2%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $890 (+17.1%)	$996 → $1,216 (+22.1%)

Deer Park

Population

4,1194,605

Median household income

$52,429$57,294

Median home value

$190,000$317,500

Median gross rent

$760$890

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)

	Deer Park	Mead
Under 5	5.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	19.7%	20.2%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	17.7%	9.7%
35 to 44	9.6%	13.9%
45 to 54	8.2%	13.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.4%
65 to 74	8.3%	11.3%
75 and over	10.9%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer Park	Mead
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.6%	0.6%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.8%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer Park	Mead
No high school diploma	10.9%	7.3%
High school graduate	35.4%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer Park	Mead
Drove alone	75.6%	80.0%
Carpooled	12.5%	4.9%
Public transit	0.2%	1.7%
Walked	7.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	11.8%
Other means	1.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer Park	Mead
1-unit, detached	69.4%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	27.3%

Poverty & households

	Deer Park	Mead
Poverty rate	19.7%	5.8%
Average household size	2.60	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1986	1988