Mead vs Medical Lake

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

Mead and Medical Lake 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 4,927 in Medical Lake). Mead has the higher median household income ($76,010 vs $74,426 in Medical Lake). Mead has the higher median home value ($379,600 vs $333,000 in Medical Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Mead	Medical Lake
Population	7,184	4,927
Median age	40.1 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,010	$74,426
Median home value	$379,600	$333,000
Median gross rent	$1,216	$795
Housing units	2,699	1,877
Homeownership rate	89.5%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	31.2%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mead	Medical Lake
Population	7,114 → 7,184 (+1.0%)	4,938 → 4,927 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$66,390 → $76,010 (+14.5%)	$60,295 → $74,426 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$238,500 → $379,600 (+59.2%)	$198,300 → $333,000 (+67.9%)
Median gross rent	$996 → $1,216 (+22.1%)	$692 → $795 (+14.9%)

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

Medical Lake

Population

4,9384,927

Median household income

$60,295$74,426

Median home value

$198,300$333,000

Median gross rent

$692$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mead	Medical Lake
Under 5	6.3%	2.8%
5 to 17	20.2%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.8%
25 to 34	9.7%	19.9%
35 to 44	13.9%	17.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.3%	6.4%
75 and over	5.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mead	Medical Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	1.9%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mead	Medical Lake
No high school diploma	7.3%	4.5%
High school graduate	26.0%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mead	Medical Lake
Drove alone	80.0%	76.6%
Carpooled	4.9%	7.5%
Public transit	1.7%	3.9%
Walked	0.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	10.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mead	Medical Lake
1-unit, detached	67.5%	63.0%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.3%	13.9%
Mobile home & other	27.3%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Mead	Medical Lake
Poverty rate	5.8%	6.9%
Average household size	2.77	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1988	1976