Liberty Lake vs Mead

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

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

Liberty Lake has the higher population (12,435 vs 7,184 in Mead). Liberty Lake has the higher median household income ($105,599 vs $76,010 in Mead). Liberty Lake has the higher median home value ($506,000 vs $379,600 in Mead).

Population, income & housing

	Liberty Lake	Mead
Population	12,435	7,184
Median age	37.4 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$105,599	$76,010
Median home value	$506,000	$379,600
Median gross rent	$1,782	$1,216
Housing units	5,045	2,699
Homeownership rate	68.1%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.2%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Liberty Lake	Mead
Population	9,836 → 12,435 (+26.4%)	7,114 → 7,184 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$76,353 → $105,599 (+38.3%)	$66,390 → $76,010 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$286,200 → $506,000 (+76.8%)	$238,500 → $379,600 (+59.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,132 → $1,782 (+57.4%)	$996 → $1,216 (+22.1%)

Liberty Lake

Population

9,83612,435

Median household income

$76,353$105,599

Median home value

$286,200$506,000

Median gross rent

$1,132$1,782

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)

	Liberty Lake	Mead
Under 5	7.8%	6.3%
5 to 17	22.9%	20.2%
18 to 24	5.2%	6.5%
25 to 34	9.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	17.3%	13.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	11.8%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.5%	11.3%
75 and over	5.4%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Liberty Lake	Mead
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	1.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Liberty Lake	Mead
No high school diploma	2.2%	7.3%
High school graduate	18.7%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.9%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Liberty Lake	Mead
Drove alone	57.8%	80.0%
Carpooled	14.4%	4.9%
Public transit	0.3%	1.7%
Walked	0.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.4%	11.8%
Other means	0.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Liberty Lake	Mead
1-unit, detached	65.3%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	18.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	27.3%

Poverty & households

	Liberty Lake	Mead
Poverty rate	5.2%	5.8%
Average household size	2.65	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	2005	1988