Mead vs Otis Orchards-East Farms

A side-by-side comparison of Mead and Otis Orchards-East Farms: population, income, housing, and more.

Mead and Otis Orchards-East Farms 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 5,486 in Otis Orchards-East Farms). Otis Orchards-East Farms has the higher median household income ($90,750 vs $76,010 in Mead). Mead has the higher median home value ($379,600 vs $355,400 in Otis Orchards-East Farms).

Population, income & housing

	Mead	Otis Orchards-East Farms
Population	7,184	5,486
Median age	40.1 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$76,010	$90,750
Median home value	$379,600	$355,400
Median gross rent	$1,216	$1,322
Housing units	2,699	2,079
Homeownership rate	89.5%	92.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mead	Otis Orchards-East Farms
Population	7,114 → 7,184 (+1.0%)	6,466 → 5,486 (-15.2%)
Median household income	$66,390 → $76,010 (+14.5%)	$73,996 → $90,750 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$238,500 → $379,600 (+59.2%)	$231,200 → $355,400 (+53.7%)
Median gross rent	$996 → $1,216 (+22.1%)	$1,336 → $1,322 (-1.0%)

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

Otis Orchards-East Farms

Population

6,4665,486

Median household income

$73,996$90,750

Median home value

$231,200$355,400

Median gross rent

$1,336$1,322

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mead	Otis Orchards-East Farms
Under 5	6.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	20.2%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.5%	1.6%
25 to 34	9.7%	11.1%
35 to 44	13.9%	17.4%
45 to 54	13.6%	9.7%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.0%
65 to 74	11.3%	16.6%
75 and over	5.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mead	Otis Orchards-East Farms
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	85.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.9%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.4%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mead	Otis Orchards-East Farms
No high school diploma	7.3%	6.8%
High school graduate	26.0%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mead	Otis Orchards-East Farms
Drove alone	80.0%	78.3%
Carpooled	4.9%	2.5%
Public transit	1.7%	2.0%
Walked	0.6%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	13.2%
Other means	1.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mead	Otis Orchards-East Farms
1-unit, detached	67.5%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.3%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Mead	Otis Orchards-East Farms
Poverty rate	5.8%	5.4%
Average household size	2.77	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1988	1978