Airway Heights vs Country Homes

A side-by-side comparison of Airway Heights and Country Homes: population, income, housing, and more.

Airway Heights and Country Homes are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Airway Heights has the higher population (10,766 vs 5,979 in Country Homes). Country Homes has the higher median household income ($78,841 vs $64,659 in Airway Heights). Country Homes has the higher median home value ($386,500 vs $286,900 in Airway Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Airway Heights	Country Homes
Population	10,766	5,979
Median age	32.9 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,659	$78,841
Median home value	$286,900	$386,500
Median gross rent	$1,313	$1,193
Housing units	3,707	1,905
Homeownership rate	33.1%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Airway Heights	Country Homes
Population	8,560 → 10,766 (+25.8%)	6,117 → 5,979 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$52,579 → $64,659 (+23.0%)	$49,296 → $78,841 (+59.9%)
Median home value	$174,900 → $286,900 (+64.0%)	$247,500 → $386,500 (+56.2%)
Median gross rent	$966 → $1,313 (+35.9%)	$811 → $1,193 (+47.1%)

Airway Heights

Population

8,56010,766

Median household income

$52,579$64,659

Median home value

$174,900$286,900

Median gross rent

$966$1,313

Country Homes

Population

6,1175,979

Median household income

$49,296$78,841

Median home value

$247,500$386,500

Median gross rent

$811$1,193

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Airway Heights	Country Homes
Under 5	7.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	15.2%	15.1%
18 to 24	10.3%	27.4%
25 to 34	20.9%	7.0%
35 to 44	16.3%	11.2%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.1%
55 to 64	10.2%	11.7%
65 to 74	7.2%	7.2%
75 and over	1.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Airway Heights	Country Homes
White (non-Hispanic)	59.0%	78.4%
Black or African American	6.4%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.4%	0.1%
Asian	5.6%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.9%	0.3%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.1%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Airway Heights	Country Homes
No high school diploma	8.5%	3.5%
High school graduate	26.9%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Airway Heights	Country Homes
Drove alone	83.8%	64.6%
Carpooled	6.7%	7.6%
Public transit	1.6%	0.7%
Walked	1.9%	7.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	6.0%	14.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Airway Heights	Country Homes
1-unit, detached	34.0%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	26.2%	10.5%
20 or more units	18.9%	17.5%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Airway Heights	Country Homes
Poverty rate	21.9%	14.8%
Average household size	2.48	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	2008	1971