Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Mead is worth considering.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Mead spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 15.67 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
Mead is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Mead, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 98.25% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.
Being a small town, Mead does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Mead have a very low rate of college education: just 7.97% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Mead in 2022 was $24,785, which is middle income relative to Oklahoma, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $99,140 for a family of four. However, Mead contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Mead is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Mead home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mead residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Mead include Irish, German, English, Welsh, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Mead is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.
