Mead vs Spokane Valley

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

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

Spokane Valley has the higher population (105,460 vs 7,184 in Mead). Mead has the higher median household income ($76,010 vs $70,722 in Spokane Valley). Mead has the higher median home value ($379,600 vs $344,300 in Spokane Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Mead	Spokane Valley
Population	7,184	105,460
Median age	40.1 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,010	$70,722
Median home value	$379,600	$344,300
Median gross rent	$1,216	$1,247
Housing units	2,699	45,263
Homeownership rate	89.5%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mead	Spokane Valley
Population	7,114 → 7,184 (+1.0%)	97,562 → 105,460 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$66,390 → $76,010 (+14.5%)	$51,961 → $70,722 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$238,500 → $379,600 (+59.2%)	$204,700 → $344,300 (+68.2%)
Median gross rent	$996 → $1,216 (+22.1%)	$946 → $1,247 (+31.8%)

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

Spokane Valley

Population

97,562105,460

Median household income

$51,961$70,722

Median home value

$204,700$344,300

Median gross rent

$946$1,247

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mead	Spokane Valley
Under 5	6.3%	6.7%
5 to 17	20.2%	15.1%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	9.7%	16.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.4%	12.2%
65 to 74	11.3%	10.1%
75 and over	5.0%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mead	Spokane Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	82.7%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.9%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.7%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mead	Spokane Valley
No high school diploma	7.3%	5.4%
High school graduate	26.0%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mead	Spokane Valley
Drove alone	80.0%	74.5%
Carpooled	4.9%	8.8%
Public transit	1.7%	1.3%
Walked	0.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.8%	12.8%
Other means	1.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mead	Spokane Valley
1-unit, detached	67.5%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.8%
20 or more units	0.3%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	27.3%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Mead	Spokane Valley
Poverty rate	5.8%	12.9%
Average household size	2.77	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1988	1978