Airway Heights vs Spokane Valley

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

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

Spokane Valley has the higher population (105,460 vs 10,766 in Airway Heights). Spokane Valley has the higher median household income ($70,722 vs $64,659 in Airway Heights). Spokane Valley has the higher median home value ($344,300 vs $286,900 in Airway Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Airway Heights	Spokane Valley
Population	10,766	105,460
Median age	32.9 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,659	$70,722
Median home value	$286,900	$344,300
Median gross rent	$1,313	$1,247
Housing units	3,707	45,263
Homeownership rate	33.1%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Airway Heights	Spokane Valley
Population	8,560 → 10,766 (+25.8%)	97,562 → 105,460 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$52,579 → $64,659 (+23.0%)	$51,961 → $70,722 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$174,900 → $286,900 (+64.0%)	$204,700 → $344,300 (+68.2%)
Median gross rent	$966 → $1,313 (+35.9%)	$946 → $1,247 (+31.8%)

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

Spokane Valley

Population

97,562105,460

Median household income

$51,961$70,722

Median home value

$204,700$344,300

Median gross rent

$946$1,247

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Airway Heights	Spokane Valley
Under 5	7.8%	6.7%
5 to 17	15.2%	15.1%
18 to 24	10.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	20.9%	16.6%
35 to 44	16.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.4%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.2%	12.2%
65 to 74	7.2%	10.1%
75 and over	1.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Airway Heights	Spokane Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	59.0%	82.7%
Black or African American	6.4%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.4%	0.6%
Asian	5.6%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.9%	0.7%
Some other race	1.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	8.1%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Airway Heights	Spokane Valley
No high school diploma	8.5%	5.4%
High school graduate	26.9%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Airway Heights	Spokane Valley
Drove alone	83.8%	74.5%
Carpooled	6.7%	8.8%
Public transit	1.6%	1.3%
Walked	1.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.0%	12.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Airway Heights	Spokane Valley
1-unit, detached	34.0%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	26.2%	12.8%
20 or more units	18.9%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Airway Heights	Spokane Valley
Poverty rate	21.9%	12.9%
Average household size	2.48	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	2008	1978