Fairway vs Mission

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

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

Mission has the higher population (9,928 vs 4,177 in Fairway). Fairway has the higher median household income ($159,821 vs $74,396 in Mission). Fairway has the higher median home value ($626,600 vs $268,500 in Mission).

Population, income & housing

	Fairway	Mission
Population	4,177	9,928
Median age	37.8 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$159,821	$74,396
Median home value	$626,600	$268,500
Median gross rent	$1,867	$1,181
Housing units	1,817	5,600
Homeownership rate	84.2%	45.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.2%	52.6%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairway	Mission
Population	3,960 → 4,177 (+5.5%)	9,523 → 9,928 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$111,995 → $159,821 (+42.7%)	$61,144 → $74,396 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$376,700 → $626,600 (+66.3%)	$179,700 → $268,500 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,363 → $1,867 (+37.0%)	$984 → $1,181 (+20.0%)

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

Mission

Population

9,5239,928

Median household income

$61,144$74,396

Median home value

$179,700$268,500

Median gross rent

$984$1,181

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairway	Mission
Under 5	7.0%	7.8%
5 to 17	17.3%	5.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	11.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	25.5%
35 to 44	16.6%	10.8%
45 to 54	14.4%	9.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.7%
65 to 74	5.4%	12.4%
75 and over	7.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairway	Mission
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairway	Mission
No high school diploma	0.3%	1.6%
High school graduate	9.6%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	6.9%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	47.4%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	35.8%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairway	Mission
Drove alone	80.3%	77.3%
Carpooled	1.8%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	19.6%
Other means	2.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairway	Mission
1-unit, detached	95.5%	44.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	25.4%
20 or more units	4.1%	16.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Fairway	Mission
Poverty rate	3.8%	10.6%
Average household size	2.49	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1951	1973