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A town of 5,919 people in Colorado
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Conserved land0.7%71 of 9,909 acres
Trails3.4 mi0.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves112 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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About Mead

Town in Colorado, United States
1906Established
4,781Population
12.3 sq miArea
5,003 ftElevation

The Town of Mead is a Statutory Town in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 4,781 at the 2020 United States census.

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From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

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ZIP code80542
Area code970
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Housing in Mead

$552K▼ 3.5% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Mead home is worth about $552,000, down 3.5% in a year, close to the Colorado typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market43
Sale-to-list98.7%
Sold in May15
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Safety in Mead

B

Safety Grade B

Mead reports less crime per resident than 58% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000
Mead 2.3
Colorado 4.4
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Mead 4.9
Colorado 22.3
U.S. 15.5
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A−

School Grade A-

The public schools Mead’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 77% of Colorado’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

#45Best public schoolsof 142 in CO
DistrictSt. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1JSchools3

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within CO. Ratings are from neighbors.

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