Fairwood vs Mead

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

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

Fairwood has the higher population (10,439 vs 7,184 in Mead). Fairwood has the higher median household income ($84,911 vs $76,010 in Mead). Fairwood has the higher median home value ($435,200 vs $379,600 in Mead).

Population, income & housing

	Fairwood	Mead
Population	10,439	7,184
Median age	42.4 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$84,911	$76,010
Median home value	$435,200	$379,600
Median gross rent	$1,191	$1,216
Housing units	4,036	2,699
Homeownership rate	70.0%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.0%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairwood	Mead
Population	8,669 → 10,439 (+20.4%)	7,114 → 7,184 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$63,997 → $84,911 (+32.7%)	$66,390 → $76,010 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$275,500 → $435,200 (+58.0%)	$238,500 → $379,600 (+59.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,066 → $1,191 (+11.7%)	$996 → $1,216 (+22.1%)

Fairwood

Population

8,66910,439

Median household income

$63,997$84,911

Median home value

$275,500$435,200

Median gross rent

$1,066$1,191

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)

	Fairwood	Mead
Under 5	4.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	20.7%	20.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.5%
25 to 34	10.3%	9.7%
35 to 44	9.3%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.0%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.3%
75 and over	12.5%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairwood	Mead
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	3.9%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairwood	Mead
No high school diploma	2.1%	7.3%
High school graduate	17.9%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.9%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairwood	Mead
Drove alone	68.8%	80.0%
Carpooled	7.9%	4.9%
Public transit	3.1%	1.7%
Walked	3.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	11.8%
Other means	2.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairwood	Mead
1-unit, detached	66.1%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	16.6%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	27.3%

Poverty & households

	Fairwood	Mead
Poverty rate	8.4%	5.8%
Average household size	2.60	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1987	1988