Fairway vs Mission Woods

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

Fairway and Mission Woods 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 182 in Mission Woods). Mission Woods has the higher median household income ($196,250 vs $159,821 in Fairway). Mission Woods has the higher median home value ($741,700 vs $626,600 in Fairway).

Population, income & housing

	Fairway	Mission Woods
Population	4,177	182
Median age	37.8 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$159,821	$196,250
Median home value	$626,600	$741,700
Median gross rent	$1,867	—
Housing units	1,817	78
Homeownership rate	84.2%	97.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.2%	86.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairway	Mission Woods
Population	3,960 → 4,177 (+5.5%)	186 → 182 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$111,995 → $159,821 (+42.7%)	$180,000 → $196,250 (+9.0%)
Median home value	$376,700 → $626,600 (+66.3%)	$641,300 → $741,700 (+15.7%)
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 Woods

Population

186182

Median household income

$180,000$196,250

Median home value

$641,300$741,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairway	Mission Woods
Under 5	7.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.3%	19.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	2.2%
25 to 34	12.3%	5.5%
35 to 44	16.6%	13.2%
45 to 54	14.4%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	15.4%
65 to 74	5.4%	19.2%
75 and over	7.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairway	Mission Woods
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairway	Mission Woods
No high school diploma	0.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	9.6%	3.0%
Some college or associate's	6.9%	10.5%
Bachelor's degree	47.4%	42.1%
Graduate or professional degree	35.8%	44.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairway	Mission Woods
Drove alone	80.3%	78.0%
Carpooled	1.8%	1.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	13.2%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairway	Mission Woods
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 Woods
Poverty rate	3.8%	0.5%
Average household size	2.49	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1951	1945