Country Homes vs Fairwood

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

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

Fairwood has the higher population (10,439 vs 5,979 in Country Homes). Fairwood has the higher median household income ($84,911 vs $78,841 in Country Homes). Fairwood has the higher median home value ($435,200 vs $386,500 in Country Homes).

Population, income & housing

	Country Homes	Fairwood
Population	5,979	10,439
Median age	31.0 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$78,841	$84,911
Median home value	$386,500	$435,200
Median gross rent	$1,193	$1,191
Housing units	1,905	4,036
Homeownership rate	55.5%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	45.0%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Country Homes	Fairwood
Population	6,117 → 5,979 (-2.3%)	8,669 → 10,439 (+20.4%)
Median household income	$49,296 → $78,841 (+59.9%)	$63,997 → $84,911 (+32.7%)
Median home value	$247,500 → $386,500 (+56.2%)	$275,500 → $435,200 (+58.0%)
Median gross rent	$811 → $1,193 (+47.1%)	$1,066 → $1,191 (+11.7%)

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

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)

	Country Homes	Fairwood
Under 5	3.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	15.1%	20.7%
18 to 24	27.4%	8.2%
25 to 34	7.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	9.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	11.7%	12.0%
65 to 74	7.2%	11.5%
75 and over	7.3%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Country Homes	Fairwood
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	86.3%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.7%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Country Homes	Fairwood
No high school diploma	3.5%	2.1%
High school graduate	26.4%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Country Homes	Fairwood
Drove alone	64.6%	68.8%
Carpooled	7.6%	7.9%
Public transit	0.7%	3.1%
Walked	7.9%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.5%
Worked from home	14.4%	14.5%
Other means	3.9%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Country Homes	Fairwood
1-unit, detached	59.2%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	8.7%
20 or more units	17.5%	16.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Country Homes	Fairwood
Poverty rate	14.8%	8.4%
Average household size	2.72	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1971	1987