De Soto vs Fairway

A side-by-side comparison of De Soto and Fairway: population, income, housing, and more.

De Soto and Fairway are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

De Soto has the higher population (6,333 vs 4,177 in Fairway). Fairway has the higher median household income ($159,821 vs $105,500 in De Soto). Fairway has the higher median home value ($626,600 vs $370,700 in De Soto).

Population, income & housing

	De Soto	Fairway
Population	6,333	4,177
Median age	38.1 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$105,500	$159,821
Median home value	$370,700	$626,600
Median gross rent	$1,097	$1,867
Housing units	2,387	1,817
Homeownership rate	73.0%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	83.2%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Soto	Fairway
Population	6,254 → 6,333 (+1.3%)	3,960 → 4,177 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$60,625 → $105,500 (+74.0%)	$111,995 → $159,821 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$227,800 → $370,700 (+62.7%)	$376,700 → $626,600 (+66.3%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $1,097 (+43.8%)	$1,363 → $1,867 (+37.0%)

De Soto

Population

6,2546,333

Median household income

$60,625$105,500

Median home value

$227,800$370,700

Median gross rent

$763$1,097

Fairway

Population

3,9604,177

Median household income

$111,995$159,821

Median home value

$376,700$626,600

Median gross rent

$1,363$1,867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	De Soto	Fairway
Under 5	4.1%	7.0%
5 to 17	23.6%	17.3%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.8%	12.3%
35 to 44	10.3%	16.6%
45 to 54	17.1%	14.4%
55 to 64	15.0%	12.7%
65 to 74	5.3%	5.4%
75 and over	6.0%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Soto	Fairway
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	84.5%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Soto	Fairway
No high school diploma	10.6%	0.3%
High school graduate	25.9%	9.6%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	6.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.4%	47.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	35.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Soto	Fairway
Drove alone	73.9%	80.3%
Carpooled	5.9%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	13.3%
Other means	0.6%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Soto	Fairway
1-unit, detached	69.3%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	De Soto	Fairway
Poverty rate	2.6%	3.8%
Average household size	2.72	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	29	17
Median year structure built	1990	1951