Population: 4,500. Estimated population in July 2020: 4,647 (+3.3% change)
Males: 3,261 (72.5%), Females: 1,239 (27.5%)
Spokane County
Zip code: 99001
Median resident age: 33.8 years
Median household income: $29,829
Median house value: $93,900
Races in Airway Heights:
- White Non-Hispanic (71.6%)
- Black (10.5%)
- Hispanic (9.9%)
- American Indian (4.4%)
- Two or more races (3.1%)
- Other race (1.6%)
- Korean (0.6%)
- Other Asian (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (13.4%), Irish (9.5%), United States (3.8%), English (3.6%), Italian (2.8%), Norwegian (2.4%).
Elevation: 2370 feet
Land area: 4.9 square miles
Population
For population 25 years and over in Airway Heights
- High school or higher: 80.3%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 7.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.2%
- Unemployed: 31.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 22.6 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Airway Heights city
- Never married: 10.1%
- Now married: 72.6%
- Separated: 2.7%
- Widowed: 7.4%
- Divorced: 7.3%
7.2% Foreign born (3.3% Asia, 2.0% Europe, 1.7% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +2,534 (+128.9%).
Hospitals
Hospitals/medical centers near Airway Heights:
- EASTERN STATE HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; MEDICAL LAKE, WA)
- DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER (about 11 miles; SPOKANE, WA)
- SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER (about 11 miles; SPOKANE, WA)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Airway Heights:
- SPOKANE INTL (about 5 miles; SPOKANE, WA; Abbreviation: GEG)
- FAIRCHILD AFB (about 6 miles; SPOKANE, WA; Abbreviation: SKA)
- COEUR D’ALENE AIR TERM (about 54 miles; COEUR D’ALENE, ID; Abbreviation: COE)
Other public-use airports nearest to Airway Heights:
- FELTS FIELD (about 19 miles; SPOKANE, WA; Abbreviation: SFF)
- MEAD FLYING SERVICE (about 19 miles; MEAD, WA; Abbreviation: 70S)
- CROSS WINDS (about 23 miles; CLAYTON, WA; Abbreviation: C72)
Amtrak station near Airway Heights:
- 13 miles: SPOKANE (W. 221 1ST AVE.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for taxi service, intercity bus service, public transit connection.
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Airway Heights:
- SPOKANE FALLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 7 miles; SPOKANE, WA; Full-time enrollment: 6,284)
- GONZAGA UNIVERSITY (about 11 miles; SPOKANE, WA; Full-time enrollment: 3,860)
- EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 13 miles; CHENEY, WA; Full-time enrollment: 7,852)
- SPOKANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 18 miles; SPOKANE, WA; Full-time enrollment: 5,564)
- WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 56 miles; PULLMAN, WA; Full-time enrollment: 18,110)
- NORTH IDAHO COLLEGE (about 57 miles; COEUR D’ALENE, ID; Full-time enrollment: 2,988)
- UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO (about 84 miles; MOSCOW, ID; Full-time enrollment: 9,823)
Public primary/middle school in Airway Heights:
- SUNSET ELEMENTARY (Students: 319; Location: 12824 W 12TH ST.; Grades: PK – 05)