Airway Heights is a medium-sized city located in the state of Washington. With a population of 11,950 people and two associated neighborhoods, Airway Heights is the 90th largest community in Washington. Much of the housing stock in Airway Heights was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Airway Heights economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Airway Heights, where the median household income is $62,874.00.Airway Heights is a blue-collar town, with 38.65% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Airway Heights is a city of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Airway Heights who work in office and administrative support (11.85%), business and financial occupations (7.94%), and sales jobs (6.18%). There are many members of the armed forces living in Airway Heights. You will notice when you visit or live here that some of the people you meet or see around town are employed by the armed services - even if they are not always in uniform. Also of interest is that Airway Heights has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.97% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In terms of college education, the citizens of Airway Heights rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.98% of adults 25 and older in Airway Heights have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Airway Heights in 2022 was $29,126, which is low income relative to Washington, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,504 for a family of four. However, Airway Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Airway Heights is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Airway Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Airway Heights residents report their race to be White, followed by Native Hawaiian. Airway Heights also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.47% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Airway Heights include German, English, Irish, Other Arab, and European. The most common language spoken in Airway Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
