Fairway vs Roeland Park

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

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

Roeland Park has the higher population (6,800 vs 4,177 in Fairway). Fairway has the higher median household income ($159,821 vs $89,385 in Roeland Park). Fairway has the higher median home value ($626,600 vs $262,700 in Roeland Park).

Population, income & housing

	Fairway	Roeland Park
Population	4,177	6,800
Median age	37.8 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$159,821	$89,385
Median home value	$626,600	$262,700
Median gross rent	$1,867	$1,552
Housing units	1,817	3,303
Homeownership rate	84.2%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.2%	53.6%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairway	Roeland Park
Population	3,960 → 4,177 (+5.5%)	6,769 → 6,800 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$111,995 → $159,821 (+42.7%)	$75,965 → $89,385 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$376,700 → $626,600 (+66.3%)	$172,900 → $262,700 (+51.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,363 → $1,867 (+37.0%)	$1,182 → $1,552 (+31.3%)

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

Roeland Park

Population

6,7696,800

Median household income

$75,965$89,385

Median home value

$172,900$262,700

Median gross rent

$1,182$1,552

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairway	Roeland Park
Under 5	7.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.3%	9.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	26.0%
35 to 44	16.6%	13.9%
45 to 54	14.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.0%
65 to 74	5.4%	5.4%
75 and over	7.0%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairway	Roeland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	76.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	17.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairway	Roeland Park
No high school diploma	0.3%	4.1%
High school graduate	9.6%	10.3%
Some college or associate's	6.9%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	47.4%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	35.8%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairway	Roeland Park
Drove alone	80.3%	78.2%
Carpooled	1.8%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	14.4%
Other means	2.4%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairway	Roeland Park
1-unit, detached	95.5%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	5.4%
20 or more units	4.1%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairway	Roeland Park
Poverty rate	3.8%	11.5%
Average household size	2.49	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1951	1950