Meadow GladeWA
A town of 2,281.
Is Meadow Glade a good place to live?
The best of Meadow Glade’s subject grades are an A+ for incomes and an A− for health; the weakest is a D for cost of living. 35% of residents are 65 or older in Meadow Glade, above both Washington’s towns (16%) and U.S. towns (18%). Only 13 of Washington’s 396 towns score higher on incomes. Meadow Glade has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
99% of working residents leave Meadow Glade for work
Where Meadow Glade’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Meadow Glade grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Meadow Glade is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Mount St. Helens and 161 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Meadow Glade. Close and well known come first.
Big draw36 mi MountainMount St. Helens
16 mi Stadium & arenaModa Center
25 mi WaterfallMultnomah Falls
17 mi Stadium & arenaProvidence Park
17 mi GardenForest Park
17 mi MuseumPittock MansionPhoto credits
Mount St. Helens: U.S. Forest Service- Pacific Northwest Region, Public domain · Moda Center: Lugnuts, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Multnomah Falls: John Fowler from Placitas, NM, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Providence Park: Pdx.rollingthunder, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Forest Park: EncMstr, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pittock Mansion: PittockBack.jpg: Cacophony derivative work: Tiptoety talk, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Meadow Glade: who provides what
Meadow Glade is unincorporated, so Clark County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Meadow Glade.
Meadow Glade stands out in Washington and nationally: the median age there is higher
Meadow Glade’s median age is 56.6 years, where Washington’s towns sit at 38.5 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. 13% of Meadow Glade residents are under 18. People 65 and older are 35% of residents (17% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (24% statewide).
| Meadow Glade | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 56.6 years | 38.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 13% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 30% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±7 points. Across Washington, 49.6% of residents are women.
| Meadow Glade | WA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.2% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5.8% | 9.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.3% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 4.7% | 15.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 7.8% | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.5% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.9% | 12% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 24.4% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.5% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.7% | 7.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 13.8% | 21.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 41.5% | 21% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 3.6% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.2% | 24% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 17.3% | 15.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,300, single groups can be off by several points
On state tests, Meadow Glade’s schools beat 54% of Washington districts
Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow Glade Adventist Elementary School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 308 | – |
| Columbia Adventist Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 130 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
Meadow Glade ranks healthier than 79% of the country’s towns
Meadow Glade beats the Washington average on 10 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 30% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Meadow Glade.
| Meadow Glade | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 72% | 71% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.7% | 11% | 14% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 7% | 10% | 14% |
| What stands out | Meadow Glade | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.7% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7% | 10.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.6% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most of Meadow Glade’s workers commute out: the town has 0.5 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Meadow Glade for work: only 1% work in town. The median household income in Meadow Glade is $129,000. Since 2013, Meadow Glade has added 428 jobs, to 557 in 2023.
| Meadow Glade | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $129,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.4% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 4.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and pleasant summers in Meadow Glade
Meadow Glade has mild winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. Meadow Glade’s July high is 80°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in Meadow Glade, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 60% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0.1% of Meadow Glade is conserved land
1.7 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Only 10 of the 273 Washington towns we compare have a lower share of conserved land than Meadow Glade.
| Meadow Glade | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.1% | 4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Gordy Jolma Family Natural Area | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median home in Meadow Glade sells for about $960K
Among 286 Washington towns, just 10 have a higher share of households owning their home than Meadow Glade.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Meadow Glade
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Meadow Glade
About 8 of every 100 Meadow Glade residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
About Meadow Glade
Census-designated place in Washington, United States
Meadow Glade is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 2,758 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 3.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 282 ft
- Area code
- 360
Meadow Glade’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Meadow Glade.
| Town | WA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow Glade | — | — | D | — | B− | A− |
| Brush Prairie | #106 | B | C− | — | B− | B+ |
| Battle Ground | #99 | B | C− | B | B− | B |
| Dollars Corner | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Meadow Glade has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Meadow Glade and Brush Prairie report no FBI crime data of their own. Dollars Corner isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Meadow Glade with a neighbor →
Questions about Meadow Glade
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Meadow Glade, WA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $650,000, 11% above the Washington typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.