Cheney vs Fairwood

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

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

Cheney has the higher population (12,830 vs 10,439 in Fairwood). Fairwood has the higher median household income ($84,911 vs $47,039 in Cheney). Fairwood has the higher median home value ($435,200 vs $330,300 in Cheney).

Population, income & housing

	Cheney	Fairwood
Population	12,830	10,439
Median age	23.9 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,039	$84,911
Median home value	$330,300	$435,200
Median gross rent	$1,075	$1,191
Housing units	5,051	4,036
Homeownership rate	31.0%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.8%	45.0%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheney	Fairwood
Population	12,165 → 12,830 (+5.5%)	8,669 → 10,439 (+20.4%)
Median household income	$40,573 → $47,039 (+15.9%)	$63,997 → $84,911 (+32.7%)
Median home value	$203,500 → $330,300 (+62.3%)	$275,500 → $435,200 (+58.0%)
Median gross rent	$893 → $1,075 (+20.4%)	$1,066 → $1,191 (+11.7%)

Cheney

Population

12,16512,830

Median household income

$40,573$47,039

Median home value

$203,500$330,300

Median gross rent

$893$1,075

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)

	Cheney	Fairwood
Under 5	5.6%	4.0%
5 to 17	8.7%	20.7%
18 to 24	41.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	15.9%	10.3%
35 to 44	7.5%	9.3%
45 to 54	5.2%	11.5%
55 to 64	5.4%	12.0%
65 to 74	6.0%	11.5%
75 and over	4.6%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheney	Fairwood
White (non-Hispanic)	74.5%	86.3%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.3%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheney	Fairwood
No high school diploma	5.9%	2.1%
High school graduate	18.5%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheney	Fairwood
Drove alone	67.6%	68.8%
Carpooled	7.3%	7.9%
Public transit	3.3%	3.1%
Walked	11.3%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	10.2%	14.5%
Other means	0.1%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheney	Fairwood
1-unit, detached	37.7%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	19.9%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	19.4%	8.7%
20 or more units	17.1%	16.6%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Cheney	Fairwood
Poverty rate	34.6%	8.4%
Average household size	2.37	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1989	1987