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Mead Valley, California.

A community in Riverside County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Riverside County’s.

Living in Mead Valley, Riverside County, California

Mead Valley, in Riverside County, had 19,819 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $86,795 a year and half less, against $93,074 across Riverside County; 10% of its people live below the poverty line. 72% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 28% are rented. Unemployment in Riverside County was 6.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then construction.

People 19,819 in the 2020 census; median age 31.2
Household income $86,795 the median, give or take $13,333 · Riverside County: $93,074
Unemployment 6.2% Riverside County, August 2026; 6.3% a year before
Homes 72% lived in by their owners; 28% rented
  • 4,140households
  • 10%of adults have a degree
  • 10%below the poverty line
  • 32 mintypical commute
  • 9%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care17%
  • Building trades15%
  • Shops (retail)14%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities12%
  • Professional and business services11%
  • Manufacturing9%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Riverside County had 846,070 jobs in 2025, 0.7% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 69° and 42°; warmest in August, 97° and 64° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J F M A M J J A 97° 64° S O N D 69° 42°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 69° and 42°; warmest in August, 97° and 64° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J F M A M J J A 97° 64° S O N D 69° 42°

Coldest in December, with highs near 69° and lows near 42°; warmest in August, with highs near 97° and lows near 64°. About 10 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Riverside Fire Station weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Mead Valley

  1. GreenBeePoured concrete foundation and structure contractors500
  2. Builders FirstSourceEngineered wood member manufacturing230
  3. Living Spaces179
  4. FedEx FreightLess than truckload general freight trucking123
  5. DHL Supply ChainMotor freight transportation and warehousing68
  6. Fluidra Distribution Center WestSporting goods and supplies merchant wholesalers60
  7. The Salvation ArmyResidential mental health and substance abuse facilities41
  8. Whitehouse Sanitation - PerrisPortable toilet pumping services34

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 11 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,320 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. WildfireVery high
  2. EarthquakesRelatively high
  3. Inland floodingRelatively high
  4. Heat wavesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Mead Valley’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Riverside County.