Bryn Mawr-Skyway vs Fairwood

A side-by-side comparison of Bryn Mawr-Skyway and Fairwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Bryn Mawr-Skyway and Fairwood are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fairwood has the higher population (18,437 vs 17,577 in Bryn Mawr-Skyway). Fairwood has the higher median household income ($119,013 vs $90,258 in Bryn Mawr-Skyway). Fairwood has the higher median home value ($658,000 vs $622,000 in Bryn Mawr-Skyway).

Population, income & housing

	Bryn Mawr-Skyway	Fairwood
Population	17,577	18,437
Median age	40.0 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$90,258	$119,013
Median home value	$622,000	$658,000
Median gross rent	$1,721	$2,152
Housing units	6,870	7,451
Homeownership rate	60.2%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bryn Mawr-Skyway	Fairwood
Population	18,414 → 17,577 (-4.5%)	19,962 → 18,437 (-7.6%)
Median household income	$70,968 → $90,258 (+27.2%)	$97,398 → $119,013 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$393,800 → $622,000 (+57.9%)	$424,800 → $658,000 (+54.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,402 → $1,721 (+22.8%)	$1,719 → $2,152 (+25.2%)

Bryn Mawr-Skyway

Population

18,41417,577

Median household income

$70,968$90,258

Median home value

$393,800$622,000

Median gross rent

$1,402$1,721

Fairwood

Population

19,96218,437

Median household income

$97,398$119,013

Median home value

$424,800$658,000

Median gross rent

$1,719$2,152

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bryn Mawr-Skyway	Fairwood
Under 5	6.8%	7.2%
5 to 17	15.9%	14.9%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.8%
25 to 34	12.3%	14.4%
35 to 44	15.7%	16.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.1%
65 to 74	12.7%	9.3%
75 and over	7.2%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bryn Mawr-Skyway	Fairwood
White (non-Hispanic)	29.7%	54.2%
Black or African American	23.3%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	27.7%	19.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.6%
Some other race	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	8.2%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bryn Mawr-Skyway	Fairwood
No high school diploma	11.9%	5.2%
High school graduate	17.8%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bryn Mawr-Skyway	Fairwood
Drove alone	63.1%	63.7%
Carpooled	8.8%	8.3%
Public transit	9.7%	2.3%
Walked	0.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.1%
Worked from home	17.2%	23.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bryn Mawr-Skyway	Fairwood
1-unit, detached	63.9%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	16.0%
20 or more units	13.2%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Bryn Mawr-Skyway	Fairwood
Poverty rate	12.9%	9.4%
Average household size	2.65	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	31	34
Median year structure built	1966	1981