Fairwood vs Spokane Valley

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

Fairwood 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 10,439 in Fairwood). Fairwood has the higher median household income ($84,911 vs $70,722 in Spokane Valley). Fairwood has the higher median home value ($435,200 vs $344,300 in Spokane Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Fairwood	Spokane Valley
Population	10,439	105,460
Median age	42.4 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$84,911	$70,722
Median home value	$435,200	$344,300
Median gross rent	$1,191	$1,247
Housing units	4,036	45,263
Homeownership rate	70.0%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.0%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairwood	Spokane Valley
Population	8,669 → 10,439 (+20.4%)	97,562 → 105,460 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$63,997 → $84,911 (+32.7%)	$51,961 → $70,722 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$275,500 → $435,200 (+58.0%)	$204,700 → $344,300 (+68.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,066 → $1,191 (+11.7%)	$946 → $1,247 (+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 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)

	Fairwood	Spokane Valley
Under 5	4.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	20.7%	15.1%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.3%	16.6%
35 to 44	9.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	12.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	10.1%
75 and over	12.5%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairwood	Spokane Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	82.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	3.9%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.5%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairwood	Spokane Valley
No high school diploma	2.1%	5.4%
High school graduate	17.9%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.9%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairwood	Spokane Valley
Drove alone	68.8%	74.5%
Carpooled	7.9%	8.8%
Public transit	3.1%	1.3%
Walked	3.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	14.5%	12.8%
Other means	2.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairwood	Spokane Valley
1-unit, detached	66.1%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	12.8%
20 or more units	16.6%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Fairwood	Spokane Valley
Poverty rate	8.4%	12.9%
Average household size	2.60	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1987	1978