Airway Heights, Washington Airway Heights, Washington Location of Airway Heights, Washington Location of Airway Heights, Washington Water 0 sq mi (0 km2) Airway Heights is a town/city in Spokane County, Washington, United States, just west of Spokane.
The city's name was taken from its close adjacency to the runways at Fairchild Air Force Base and Spokane International Airport. Airway Heights was officially incorporated on June 28, 1955.
Growth in the City was spurred by the opening of the Airway Heights Corrections Center by the Washington State Department of Corrections in 1992 and the opening of the Northern Quest Resort & Casino by the Kalispel Indian Tribe in 2000.
More recently, with the addition of a new Wal-Mart Supercenter, a several new apartment buildings and housing developments, and the expansion of the Northern Quest Casino, Airway Heights is closing to grow.
Also, the Spokane County Raceway Park is positioned in Airway Heights, and features primary automobile affairs, including drag racing, stock car racing, and occasional monster truck shows.
Airway Heights is positioned at 47 38 37 N 117 35 11 W (47.643648, -117.586491). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 5.63 square miles (14.58 km2), all of it land. The "heights" in the city's name references its locale at a higher altitude than the town/city center of Spokane.
Traveling into Airway Heights along Highway 2, the chief road into the city, from Downtown Spokane, one will climb over 500 feet.
Highway 2 is the chief east-west thoroughfare in the city.
It joins Airway Heights with Fairchild to the west and Spokane to the east.
Interstate 90 runs just a several miles south of the city.
Climate data for Airway Heights, Washington (Spokane Int'l), 1981 2010 normals (0) 0 (0) 0 Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 8.9 5.1 4.1 1.1 0.3 0 0 0 0 0.2 4.7 9.8 34.2 As of the census of 2010, there were 6,114 citizens , 1,547 homeholds, and 1,035 families living in the city.
There were 1,727 housing units at an average density of 306.7 per square mile (118.4/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 78.5% White, 7.2% African American, 3.7% Native American, 3.5% Asian, 0.9% Pacific Islander, 1.8% from other competitions, and 4.4% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,547 homeholds of which 37.4% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 43.6% were married couples residing together, 16.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 6.7% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 33.1% were non-families.
25.1% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 5.4% had someone residing alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.01.
The median age in the town/city was 34.6 years.
17.3% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 11.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 40.9% were from 25 to 44; 25.2% were from 45 to 64; and 5.6% were 65 years of age or older.
The gender makeup of the town/city was 67.7% male and 32.3% female.
As of the census of 2000, there were 4,500 citizens , 958 homeholds, and 656 families living in the city.
The populace density was 923.0 citizens per square mile (356.0/km ).
There were 1,095 housing units at an average density of 224.6 per square mile (86.6/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 69.51% White, 10.47% African American, 3.20% Native American, 1.84% Asian, 0.38% Pacific Islander, 1.56% from other competitions, and 3.11% from two or more competitions.
There were 958 homeholds out of which 40.7% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 45.7% were married couples residing together, 18.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 31.5% were non-families.
25.3% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 6.2% had someone residing alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.02.
In the city, the age distribution of the populace shows 16.9% under the age of 18, 11.6% from 18 to 24, 46.8% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 4.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $29,829, and the median income for a family was $31,344.
About 14.8% of families and 22.0% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 21.0% of those under age 18 and 3.0% of those age 65 or over.
They have oval track racing, drag racing, and road course racing.
In July 2015 Mayor Patrick Rushing was asked to resign by the town/city council because he called President Barack Obama a "monkey man" and First Lady Michelle Obama a "gorilla" on his Facebook page.
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"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
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United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Mayor in Washington Refuses to Resign over Alleged Racist Post about Obamas".
"Airway Heights Mayor Says Bus Incident Tied to Politics".
"Embattled Airway Heights Mayor Patrick Rushing resigns".
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