Fairwood vs Tukwila

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

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

Tukwila has the higher population (21,479 vs 18,437 in Fairwood). Fairwood has the higher median household income ($119,013 vs $80,534 in Tukwila). Fairwood has the higher median home value ($658,000 vs $462,800 in Tukwila).

Population, income & housing

	Fairwood	Tukwila
Population	18,437	21,479
Median age	38.5 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$119,013	$80,534
Median home value	$658,000	$462,800
Median gross rent	$2,152	$1,786
Housing units	7,451	8,431
Homeownership rate	75.9%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.5%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairwood	Tukwila
Population	19,962 → 18,437 (-7.6%)	20,196 → 21,479 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$97,398 → $119,013 (+22.2%)	$58,097 → $80,534 (+38.6%)
Median home value	$424,800 → $658,000 (+54.9%)	$315,000 → $462,800 (+46.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,719 → $2,152 (+25.2%)	$1,282 → $1,786 (+39.3%)

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

Tukwila

Population

20,19621,479

Median household income

$58,097$80,534

Median home value

$315,000$462,800

Median gross rent

$1,282$1,786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairwood	Tukwila
Under 5	7.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.9%	14.3%
18 to 24	6.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	14.4%	22.2%
35 to 44	16.7%	16.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	14.1%
55 to 64	12.1%	9.9%
65 to 74	9.3%	6.5%
75 and over	6.4%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairwood	Tukwila
White (non-Hispanic)	54.2%	27.9%
Black or African American	7.1%	17.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
Asian	19.0%	22.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	3.6%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	23.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairwood	Tukwila
No high school diploma	5.2%	17.8%
High school graduate	18.5%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairwood	Tukwila
Drove alone	63.7%	66.8%
Carpooled	8.3%	9.1%
Public transit	2.3%	9.2%
Walked	0.7%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	23.4%	12.1%
Other means	1.5%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairwood	Tukwila
1-unit, detached	69.2%	36.9%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	21.8%
20 or more units	7.0%	28.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Fairwood	Tukwila
Poverty rate	9.4%	12.3%
Average household size	2.60	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	34	26
Median year structure built	1981	1978