Fairway vs Mission Hills

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

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

Fairway has the higher population (4,177 vs 3,556 in Mission Hills). Mission Hills has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $159,821 in Fairway). Mission Hills has the higher median home value ($1,183,200 vs $626,600 in Fairway).

Population, income & housing

	Fairway	Mission Hills
Population	4,177	3,556
Median age	37.8 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$159,821	$250,001
Median home value	$626,600	$1,183,200
Median gross rent	$1,867	—
Housing units	1,817	1,365
Homeownership rate	84.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.2%	87.1%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairway	Mission Hills
Population	3,960 → 4,177 (+5.5%)	3,574 → 3,556 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$111,995 → $159,821 (+42.7%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$376,700 → $626,600 (+66.3%)	$963,600 → $1,183,200 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,363 → $1,867 (+37.0%)	—

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 Hills

Population

3,5743,556

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$963,600$1,183,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairway	Mission Hills
Under 5	7.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.3%	20.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	1.5%
25 to 34	12.3%	3.8%
35 to 44	16.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	14.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.7%	18.8%
65 to 74	5.4%	20.2%
75 and over	7.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairway	Mission Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairway	Mission Hills
No high school diploma	0.3%	0.2%
High school graduate	9.6%	2.5%
Some college or associate's	6.9%	10.1%
Bachelor's degree	47.4%	35.8%
Graduate or professional degree	35.8%	51.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairway	Mission Hills
Drove alone	80.3%	72.1%
Carpooled	1.8%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	25.9%
Other means	2.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairway	Mission Hills
1-unit, detached	95.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairway	Mission Hills
Poverty rate	3.8%	1.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	17	17
Median year structure built	1951	1953