Mead, Oklahoma

2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026

ALMANAC

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0–0.7% to the 150 homes here.

0–1

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count.Sources: Computed by the Almanac

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Population

Growing. Up 9.7% since 2020.

248

people, the 410th-largest of Oklahoma's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Oklahoma's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
The workday

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

98.4%

of 64 jobs located in Mead are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
Rent

Median rent is up 26% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$750

a month. Oklahoma's median is $1,014.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $242.

A $242 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Bryan County.
- $795 Tract 7962
- $1,037 Tract 7963
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
Room to build

The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.

$677–$1,016

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $750 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
Building

67% of the housing here was built before 2000.
- 67% of all homes were built before 2000
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0–0.7% to the 150 homes here.

0–1

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
Home value

A median home costs 62% less than Oklahoma's.

$76,900

median home value in Mead.
- $76,900 Mead
- $199,800 Oklahoma
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Mead, Oklahoma

Mead,
Oklahoma.

Growing. Up 9.7% since 2020.

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

Median rent is up 26% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $242.

The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.

67% of the housing here was built before 2000.

Closing the gap would add 0–0.7% to the 150 homes here.

A median home costs 62% less than Oklahoma's.

Every number came from a public source, with its date.

Growing. Up 9.7% since 2020.

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

Median rent is up 26% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $242.

The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.

67% of the housing here was built before 2000.

Closing the gap would add 0–0.7% to the 150 homes here.

A median home costs 62% less than Oklahoma's.

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