Fairway vs Westwood Hills

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

Fairway and Westwood 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 484 in Westwood Hills). Westwood Hills has the higher median household income ($196,250 vs $159,821 in Fairway). Fairway has the higher median home value ($626,600 vs $548,900 in Westwood Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Fairway	Westwood Hills
Population	4,177	484
Median age	37.8 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$159,821	$196,250
Median home value	$626,600	$548,900
Median gross rent	$1,867	$2,125
Housing units	1,817	208
Homeownership rate	84.2%	97.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.2%	91.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairway	Westwood Hills
Population	3,960 → 4,177 (+5.5%)	463 → 484 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$111,995 → $159,821 (+42.7%)	$153,750 → $196,250 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$376,700 → $626,600 (+66.3%)	$423,700 → $548,900 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,363 → $1,867 (+37.0%)	$1,833 → $2,125 (+15.9%)

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 Hills

Population

463484

Median household income

$153,750$196,250

Median home value

$423,700$548,900

Median gross rent

$1,833$2,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairway	Westwood Hills
Under 5	7.0%	10.1%
5 to 17	17.3%	19.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	2.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	15.3%
35 to 44	16.6%	24.6%
45 to 54	14.4%	8.9%
55 to 64	12.7%	7.0%
65 to 74	5.4%	7.2%
75 and over	7.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairway	Westwood Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.8%
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%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairway	Westwood Hills
No high school diploma	0.3%	2.4%
High school graduate	9.6%	1.8%
Some college or associate's	6.9%	4.2%
Bachelor's degree	47.4%	42.4%
Graduate or professional degree	35.8%	49.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairway	Westwood Hills
Drove alone	80.3%	73.6%
Carpooled	1.8%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	2.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	13.3%	19.2%
Other means	2.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairway	Westwood Hills
1-unit, detached	95.5%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
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	Westwood Hills
Poverty rate	3.8%	0.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1951	1938