Households in Meadow Glade earn more than those in 91% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 2.4% of residents; Washington has 9.9%. The two grades for Meadow Glade are A+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Only 2% work in Meadow Glade itself; outside it, Vancouver draws the most (28%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Meadow Glade, in brief
Meadow Glade is a place people come home to
There are 233 jobs based in Meadow Glade, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Meadow Glade has about 1,200 people in it, 47% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Meadow Glade and Vancouver trade workers both ways
Vancouver is the top workplace for Meadow Glade residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Meadow Glade come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Meadow Glade’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Meadow Glade is better than 97% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 66% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Meadow Glade could be anywhere from A to A+.
The daily commute in and out of Meadow Glade
On a workday 1,291 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 212 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Meadow Glade on a workday afternoon, 47% fewer than live here.
0.18 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Meadow Glade’s residents
Where Meadow Glade clocks in
28% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What work there is in Meadow Glade: 233 jobs
233 jobs are based in Meadow Glade.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Meadow Glade, 2014 → 2024: 136 → 233. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Meadow Glade’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Meadow Glade: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Meadow Glade workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 897 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Meadow Glade to work
About 19% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Meadow Glade: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Meadow Glade is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.9% across Washington, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,050 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 44% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.0% of Meadow Glade households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Meadow Glade’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Meadow Glade is 107th among 5,328 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 89 | Medina WA | 2,974 | $250K | 4.7% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 100 | Cathcart WA | 2,064 | $130K | 3.2% | 1.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 105 | Warren WI | 1,830 | $154K | 2.6% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
| 106 | Avery Creek NC | 2,887 | $113K | 1.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 107 | Meadow Glade WA | 2,281 | $129K | 2.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 108 | West Amwell Township NJ | 3,037 | $151K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
| 109 | Fairbanks Ranch CA | 2,703 | $250K | 5.5% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 120 | Fall City WA | 1,618 | $177K | 2.2% | 3.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Meadow Glade, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
Next door to Meadow Glade
The biggest share goes to Battle Ground (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Meadow Glade workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow Glade | – | A+ | B− | 28 min | $129,427 |
| Brush Prairie | 2% | A− | B− | 18 min | $122,827 |
| Battle Ground | 5% | A− | B+ | 27 min | $104,977 |
| Dollars Corner | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dollars Corner: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Meadow Glade’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Meadow Glade: questions
What is the median household income in Meadow Glade?
$129,427 (±$21,412) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Meadow Glade?
2.4%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Meadow Glade?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Meadow Glade work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vancouver (28%, 8 mi), Portland (12%, 16 mi), Battle Ground (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Meadow Glade walkable?
Meadow Glade is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Meadow Glade without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Meadow Glade, from the people who make the trip.
More of Meadow Glade
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.