Fairway vs Merriam

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

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

Merriam has the higher population (11,036 vs 4,177 in Fairway). Fairway has the higher median household income ($159,821 vs $71,665 in Merriam). Fairway has the higher median home value ($626,600 vs $242,400 in Merriam).

Population, income & housing

	Fairway	Merriam
Population	4,177	11,036
Median age	37.8 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$159,821	$71,665
Median home value	$626,600	$242,400
Median gross rent	$1,867	$1,161
Housing units	1,817	5,370
Homeownership rate	84.2%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.2%	41.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairway	Merriam
Population	3,960 → 4,177 (+5.5%)	11,185 → 11,036 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$111,995 → $159,821 (+42.7%)	$63,806 → $71,665 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$376,700 → $626,600 (+66.3%)	$169,400 → $242,400 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,363 → $1,867 (+37.0%)	$945 → $1,161 (+22.9%)

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

Merriam

Population

11,18511,036

Median household income

$63,806$71,665

Median home value

$169,400$242,400

Median gross rent

$945$1,161

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairway	Merriam
Under 5	7.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.3%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	20.0%
35 to 44	16.6%	11.6%
45 to 54	14.4%	9.4%
55 to 64	12.7%	15.4%
65 to 74	5.4%	10.6%
75 and over	7.0%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairway	Merriam
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	76.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairway	Merriam
No high school diploma	0.3%	3.6%
High school graduate	9.6%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	6.9%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	47.4%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	35.8%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairway	Merriam
Drove alone	80.3%	75.1%
Carpooled	1.8%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.3%	17.9%
Other means	2.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairway	Merriam
1-unit, detached	95.5%	62.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	21.0%
20 or more units	4.1%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Fairway	Merriam
Poverty rate	3.8%	8.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1951	1970