Airway Heights is a somewhat small city located in the state of Washington. With a population of 10,842 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 $57,857.00.

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.

The percentage of adults in Airway Heights who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.27% of the adults in Airway Heights have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Airway Heights in 2018 was $25,908, 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 $103,632 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 Black or African-American. 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 11.84% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Airway Heights include German, Irish, English, Italian, and European.

The most common language spoken in Airway Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.