Fairwood vs Spokane

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

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

Spokane has the higher population (229,228 vs 10,439 in Fairwood). Fairwood has the higher median household income ($84,911 vs $65,745 in Spokane). Fairwood has the higher median home value ($435,200 vs $326,200 in Spokane).

Population, income & housing

	Fairwood	Spokane
Population	10,439	229,228
Median age	42.4 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$84,911	$65,745
Median home value	$435,200	$326,200
Median gross rent	$1,191	$1,141
Housing units	4,036	102,062
Homeownership rate	70.0%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.0%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairwood	Spokane
Population	8,669 → 10,439 (+20.4%)	217,353 → 229,228 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$63,997 → $84,911 (+32.7%)	$50,306 → $65,745 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$275,500 → $435,200 (+58.0%)	$187,600 → $326,200 (+73.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,066 → $1,191 (+11.7%)	$866 → $1,141 (+31.8%)

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

Spokane

Population

217,353229,228

Median household income

$50,306$65,745

Median home value

$187,600$326,200

Median gross rent

$866$1,141

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairwood	Spokane
Under 5	4.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	20.7%	15.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	9.4%
25 to 34	10.3%	17.3%
35 to 44	9.3%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.0%	11.6%
65 to 74	11.5%	10.0%
75 and over	12.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairwood	Spokane
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	78.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	3.9%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.5%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairwood	Spokane
No high school diploma	2.1%	6.6%
High school graduate	17.9%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.9%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairwood	Spokane
Drove alone	68.8%	68.3%
Carpooled	7.9%	9.5%
Public transit	3.1%	2.9%
Walked	3.1%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.6%
Worked from home	14.5%	13.8%
Other means	2.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairwood	Spokane
1-unit, detached	66.1%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	11.2%
20 or more units	16.6%	13.5%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Fairwood	Spokane
Poverty rate	8.4%	14.6%
Average household size	2.60	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1987	1961