Fairway vs Westwood

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

Fairway and Westwood 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 1,851 in Westwood). Fairway has the higher median household income ($159,821 vs $102,500 in Westwood). Fairway has the higher median home value ($626,600 vs $384,500 in Westwood).

Population, income & housing

	Fairway	Westwood
Population	4,177	1,851
Median age	37.8 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$159,821	$102,500
Median home value	$626,600	$384,500
Median gross rent	$1,867	$1,900
Housing units	1,817	885
Homeownership rate	84.2%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.2%	73.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairway	Westwood
Population	3,960 → 4,177 (+5.5%)	1,657 → 1,851 (+11.7%)
Median household income	$111,995 → $159,821 (+42.7%)	$79,955 → $102,500 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$376,700 → $626,600 (+66.3%)	$250,500 → $384,500 (+53.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,363 → $1,867 (+37.0%)	$1,652 → $1,900 (+15.0%)

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

Westwood

Population

1,6571,851

Median household income

$79,955$102,500

Median home value

$250,500$384,500

Median gross rent

$1,652$1,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairway	Westwood
Under 5	7.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.3%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	5.9%
25 to 34	12.3%	14.9%
35 to 44	16.6%	15.9%
45 to 54	14.4%	9.5%
55 to 64	12.7%	9.2%
65 to 74	5.4%	10.4%
75 and over	7.0%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairway	Westwood
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	80.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairway	Westwood
No high school diploma	0.3%	1.5%
High school graduate	9.6%	4.1%
Some college or associate's	6.9%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	47.4%	44.1%
Graduate or professional degree	35.8%	29.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairway	Westwood
Drove alone	80.3%	60.7%
Carpooled	1.8%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	2.2%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	13.3%	28.4%
Other means	2.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairway	Westwood
1-unit, detached	95.5%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.2%
20 or more units	4.1%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairway	Westwood
Poverty rate	3.8%	2.3%
Average household size	2.49	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1951	1949