Airway Heights vs Fairwood

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

Airway Heights and Fairwood 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 10,439 in Fairwood). Fairwood has the higher median household income ($84,911 vs $64,659 in Airway Heights). Fairwood has the higher median home value ($435,200 vs $286,900 in Airway Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Airway Heights	Fairwood
Population	10,766	10,439
Median age	32.9 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,659	$84,911
Median home value	$286,900	$435,200
Median gross rent	$1,313	$1,191
Housing units	3,707	4,036
Homeownership rate	33.1%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	45.0%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Airway Heights	Fairwood
Population	8,560 → 10,766 (+25.8%)	8,669 → 10,439 (+20.4%)
Median household income	$52,579 → $64,659 (+23.0%)	$63,997 → $84,911 (+32.7%)
Median home value	$174,900 → $286,900 (+64.0%)	$275,500 → $435,200 (+58.0%)
Median gross rent	$966 → $1,313 (+35.9%)	$1,066 → $1,191 (+11.7%)

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

Fairwood

Population

8,66910,439

Median household income

$63,997$84,911

Median home value

$275,500$435,200

Median gross rent

$1,066$1,191

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Airway Heights	Fairwood
Under 5	7.8%	4.0%
5 to 17	15.2%	20.7%
18 to 24	10.3%	8.2%
25 to 34	20.9%	10.3%
35 to 44	16.3%	9.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	10.2%	12.0%
65 to 74	7.2%	11.5%
75 and over	1.7%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Airway Heights	Fairwood
White (non-Hispanic)	59.0%	86.3%
Black or African American	6.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.4%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.9%	0.2%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.1%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Airway Heights	Fairwood
No high school diploma	8.5%	2.1%
High school graduate	26.9%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Airway Heights	Fairwood
Drove alone	83.8%	68.8%
Carpooled	6.7%	7.9%
Public transit	1.6%	3.1%
Walked	1.9%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	6.0%	14.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Airway Heights	Fairwood
1-unit, detached	34.0%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	26.2%	8.7%
20 or more units	18.9%	16.6%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Airway Heights	Fairwood
Poverty rate	21.9%	8.4%
Average household size	2.48	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	2008	1987