Fairwood vs Lakeland North

A side-by-side comparison of Fairwood and Lakeland North: population, income, housing, and more.

Fairwood and Lakeland North 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 14,664 in Lakeland North). Fairwood has the higher median household income ($119,013 vs $111,681 in Lakeland North). Fairwood has the higher median home value ($658,000 vs $501,600 in Lakeland North).

Population, income & housing

	Fairwood	Lakeland North
Population	18,437	14,664
Median age	38.5 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$119,013	$111,681
Median home value	$658,000	$501,600
Median gross rent	$2,152	$2,227
Housing units	7,451	4,980
Homeownership rate	75.9%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.5%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairwood	Lakeland North
Population	19,962 → 18,437 (-7.6%)	12,867 → 14,664 (+14.0%)
Median household income	$97,398 → $119,013 (+22.2%)	$93,413 → $111,681 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$424,800 → $658,000 (+54.9%)	$319,800 → $501,600 (+56.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,719 → $2,152 (+25.2%)	$1,699 → $2,227 (+31.1%)

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

Lakeland North

Population

12,86714,664

Median household income

$93,413$111,681

Median home value

$319,800$501,600

Median gross rent

$1,699$2,227

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairwood	Lakeland North
Under 5	7.2%	4.1%
5 to 17	14.9%	18.8%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.2%
25 to 34	14.4%	11.2%
35 to 44	16.7%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.3%	15.5%
55 to 64	12.1%	15.2%
65 to 74	9.3%	9.3%
75 and over	6.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairwood	Lakeland North
White (non-Hispanic)	54.2%	43.3%
Black or African American	7.1%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	19.0%	16.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	4.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	9.0%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	18.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairwood	Lakeland North
No high school diploma	5.2%	11.7%
High school graduate	18.5%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairwood	Lakeland North
Drove alone	63.7%	67.9%
Carpooled	8.3%	17.0%
Public transit	2.3%	1.5%
Walked	0.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.4%	13.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairwood	Lakeland North
1-unit, detached	69.2%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	6.5%
20 or more units	7.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairwood	Lakeland North
Poverty rate	9.4%	10.0%
Average household size	2.60	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	34	30
Median year structure built	1981	1978