Mead Valley

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Mead Valley

Total population

19,286

Median home value

$446,200

10.5%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$86,795

Mead Valley$87k

National$74k

Air quality index

62Moderate

Elevation1663 m

Land area49.42 km²

Weather95°F · Sunny

Coordinates33.83°, -117.29°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Mead Valley is a census-designated place in the Inland Empire region of Riverside County, California. Mead Valley sits at an elevation of 1,663 feet (507 m). The 2020 United States census reported Mead Valley's population was 19,819.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Mead Valley, CA from NOAA NWS API.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Notable people from here

Alfred Edward Green

American film director (1889-1960)

Karen Maruyama

American actress and comedian (born 1958)

Elmer Rieger

American baseball player

Michelle J. Howard

United States Navy vice admiral

Dorothy Ford

actor and model (1922-2010)

Aishah Sutherland

American basketball player

S

Shaun Brown

American television and film actor

D

Damore'ea Stringfellow

American football player (born 1994)

T

Txunamy Ortiz

American actress

Corey Jackson

politician in California

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in California

• Nuevo
  8.5 mi away
• Canyon Lake
  10.1 mi away
• El Sobrante
  10.5 mi away
• Home Gardens
  13.4 mi away
• Grand Terrace
  13.8 mi away
• Loma Linda
  14.6 mi away · pop. 25,122
• Norco
  16.6 mi away · pop. 26,316
• Bloomington
  17 mi away · pop. 25,698
• Mentone
  18.5 mi away
• East Hemet
  21 mi away
• Modjeska
  21.6 mi away
• Muscoy
  22.5 mi away

Browse all places in California →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Mead Valley

Typee

Herman Melville · 1840

Report of irrigation investigations in California

United States. Office of Experiment Stations. · 1901

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain · 1876

White Fang

Jack London · 1905

Two years before the mast

Richard Henry Dana · 1000

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain · 1817

1001 Questions Answered About Natural Land Disasters

Barbara Tufty · 1969

American music

Lorenzo F. Candelaria · 2006

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire RIDGE, Los Angeles, California
  Wildfires · 2026-08-07 · 110 mi
• Wildfire BUZZARD, Kern, California
  Wildfires · 2026-08-05 · 119 mi
• Wildfire PLAINS, San Luis Obispo, California
  Wildfires · 2026-08-12 · 189 mi
• Prescribed Fire CRAWFORD CORRAL RX, Tulare, California
  Wildfires · 2026-09-19 · 214 mi
• Wildfire Campwood, Yavapai, Arizona
  Wildfires · 2026-08-23 · 245 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Rock Pigeon

Columba livia

Seen 2026-09-25

Granite Spiny Lizard

Sceloporus orcutti

Seen 2026-09-24

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Seen 2026-09-24

Fiery Skipper

Hylephila phyleus

Seen 2026-09-24

Orange-throated Whiptail

Aspidoscelis hyperythrus

Seen 2026-09-24

Choreutis sexfasciella

Choreutis sexfasciella

Seen 2026-09-23

Monotoma picipes

Monotoma picipes

Seen 2026-09-23

Salticus palpalis

Salticus palpalis

Seen 2026-09-23

California Quail

Callipepla californica

Seen 2026-09-23

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).