Mead vs Town and Country

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

Mead and Town and Country 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 5,398 in Town and Country). Town and Country has the higher median household income ($87,561 vs $76,010 in Mead). Mead has the higher median home value ($379,600 vs $310,000 in Town and Country).

Population, income & housing

	Mead	Town and Country
Population	7,184	5,398
Median age	40.1 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,010	$87,561
Median home value	$379,600	$310,000
Median gross rent	$1,216	$1,377
Housing units	2,699	2,196
Homeownership rate	89.5%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mead	Town and Country
Population	7,114 → 7,184 (+1.0%)	5,090 → 5,398 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$66,390 → $76,010 (+14.5%)	$63,704 → $87,561 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$238,500 → $379,600 (+59.2%)	$186,600 → $310,000 (+66.1%)
Median gross rent	$996 → $1,216 (+22.1%)	$1,127 → $1,377 (+22.2%)

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

Town and Country

Population

5,0905,398

Median household income

$63,704$87,561

Median home value

$186,600$310,000

Median gross rent

$1,127$1,377

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mead	Town and Country
Under 5	6.3%	3.2%
5 to 17	20.2%	21.4%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.6%
25 to 34	9.7%	9.8%
35 to 44	13.9%	17.9%
45 to 54	13.6%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	11.3%	10.7%
75 and over	5.0%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mead	Town and Country
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	83.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.9%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.9%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mead	Town and Country
No high school diploma	7.3%	4.8%
High school graduate	26.0%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mead	Town and Country
Drove alone	80.0%	73.7%
Carpooled	4.9%	4.8%
Public transit	1.7%	2.2%
Walked	0.6%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	15.6%
Other means	1.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mead	Town and Country
1-unit, detached	67.5%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.3%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	27.3%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Mead	Town and Country
Poverty rate	5.8%	8.6%
Average household size	2.77	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1988	1959