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Population (year 2000): 4,500. Estimated
population in July 2005: 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 (year 2000)
Median house value: $93,900 (year 2000)
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
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/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 certified for carrier operations nearest to
Airway Heights:
- SPOKANE INTL (about 5 miles; SPOKANE, WA; ID: GEG)
- FAIRCHILD AFB (about 6 miles; SPOKANE, WA; ID: SKA)
- COEUR D'ALENE AIR TERM (about 54 miles; COEUR
D'ALENE, ID; ID: COE)
Other public-use airports nearest to Airway Heights:
- FELTS FIELD (about 19 miles; SPOKANE, WA; ID: SFF)
- MEAD FLYING SERVICE (about 19 miles; MEAD, WA; ID:
70S)
- CROSS WINDS (about 23 miles; CLAYTON, WA; ID: 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/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; FT
enrollment: 3,860)
- EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 13 miles;
CHENEY, WA; FT enrollment: 7,852)
- SPOKANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 18 miles; SPOKANE,
WA; FT enrollment: 5,564)
- WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 56 miles;
PULLMAN, WA; FT enrollment: 18,110)
- NORTH IDAHO COLLEGE (about 57 miles; COEUR D'ALENE,
ID; FT enrollment: 2,988)
- UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO (about 84 miles; MOSCOW, ID; FT
enrollment: 9,823)
Public primary/middle school in Airway Heights:
- SUNSET ELEMENTARY (Students: 319; Location:
12824 W 12TH ST.; Grades: PK - 05)
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