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.
Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 15.67 minutes getting to work every day.
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.
Mead is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In Mead, just 7.97% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
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.
