Airway Heights, Washington Zip Code, Radio Stations, Crime Rate, Weather Forecast, Area Code

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Population (year 2000): 4,500. Estimated population in July 2006: 4,756 (+5.7% change)
 
Males: 3,261   (72.5%)
Females: 1,239   (27.5%)

Spokane County

Median resident age:   33.8 years
Washington median age:   35.3 years

Zip codes: 99001 .

Estimated median household income in 2005: $33,300 (it was $29,829 in 2000)
Airway Heights   $33,300
Washington:   $49,262

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $121,900 (it was $93,900 in 2000)
Airway Heights   $121,900
Washington:   $227,700

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Dragoon Morgan Horse Farm
Dachshund Rescue NW & Dachshund Club of Spokane

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%).

Current Local Time: PST time zone

Incorporated in 1955

Elevation: 2370 feet

Land area: 4.88 square miles.

Population density: 953 people per square mile 
 
 (low).


Airway Heights

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%

325 residents are foreign born (3.3% Asia, 2.0% Europe, 1.7% Latin America).

This city:   7.2%
Washington:   10.4%


According to our research there were 10 registered sex offenders living in Airway Heights, Washington in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Airway Heights to the number of sex offenders is 465 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Airway Heights:   1.2% ($1,122)
Washington:   1.1% ($1,915)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Spokane, WA (12.3 miles , pop. 195,629).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: East Seattle, WA (314.6 miles , pop. 480,100).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (939.2 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Fairchild AFB, WA (4.5 miles ), Medical Lake, WA (8.3 miles ), Cheney, WA (10.7 miles ), Marshall, WA (12.1 miles ), Spokane, WA (12.3 miles ), Town and Country, WA (12.6 miles ), Country Homes, WA (13.6 miles ), Fairwood, WA (14.5 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 2 buildings, average cost: $72,100
  • 1997: 9 buildings, average cost: $73,800
  • 1998: 0 buildings
  • 1999: 4 buildings, average cost: $72,300
  • 2000: 8 buildings, average cost: $74,700
  • 2001: 4 buildings, average cost: $92,500
  • 2002: 6 buildings, average cost: $101,700
  • 2003: 6 buildings, average cost: $101,700
  • 2004: 29 buildings, average cost: $87,700
  • 2005: 63 buildings, average cost: $108,600
  • 2006: 74 buildings, average cost: $118,200

Number of permits per 10,000 residents


Average cost (in 1000s)


Latitude: 47.64 N, Longitude: 117.59 W


People in group quarters in Airway Heights
  • 1822 people in state prisons
  • 211 people in other nonhousehold living situations
  • 16 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 6 people in other workers' dormitories
  • 3 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms

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Airway Heights, Washington business and economic data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...


Population change in the 1990s: +2,534 (+128.9%).

Most common industries for males:

  • Administrative and support and waste management services (10%)
  • Public administration (8%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Construction (7%)
  • Food and beverage stores (5%)
  • Health care (5%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)


Most common industries for females:

  • Health care (23%)
  • Accommodation and food services (9%)
  • Educational services (7%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Food and beverage stores (6%)
  • Personal and laundry services (5%)
  • Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)


Most common occupations for males

  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)


Most common occupations for females

  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (5%)
  • Cashiers (5%)
  • Registered nurses (4%)


 

Crime in Airway Heights by Year

Type 2004 2005 2006
Murders 0 0 0
    per 100,000 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rapes 0 1 3
    per 100,000 0.0 21.7 63.5
Robberies 2 1 1
    per 100,000 43.1 21.7 21.2
Assaults 4 17 20
    per 100,000 86.3 369.2 423.1
Burglaries 23 34 33
    per 100,000 496.0 738.5 698.1
Thefts 72 110 112
    per 100,000 1552.7 2389.2 2369.4
Auto thefts 9 14 21
    per 100,000 194.1 304.1 444.3
Arson 0 0 2
    per 100,000 0.0 0.0 42.3
usaelectionpolls.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 117.2) 142.5 269.3 320.9

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 13 (12 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:   2.58
US city average:   3.00

Average climate in Airway Heights, Washington

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

 

Hospitals/medical centers near Airway Heights:
  • ST LUKE'S REHABILITATION INSTITUTE (about 6 miles; SPOKANE, WA)
  • EASTERN STATE HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; MEDICAL LAKE, WA)
  • DEACONESS 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 elementary/middle school in Airway Heights:
  • SUNSET ELEMENTARY (Students: 319; Location: 12824 W 12TH ST.; Grades: PK - 05)

Tourist attraction: Trade A Game Fun Center (Amusement & Theme Parks; 12409 West Sunset Highway).

Hotel: All Seasons Motel (12525 West Sunset Highway).

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Airway Heights and their reported violations in the past:
AIRWAY HEIGHTS, CITY OF (Population served: 4725, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-2005, Contaminant: Coliform
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUL-2000, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif received (JUL-31-2000), St Public Notif requested (JUL-31-2000), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUL-31-2000)
Past monitoring violations:
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between OCT-19-1999 and JUN-01-2000, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: Fed Violation/Reminder Notice (MAR-30-2000), Fed Compliance achieved (JUN-01-2000)
  • Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between JAN-1998 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule
  • One regular monitoring violation

Average household size:
This city:   2.5 people
Washington:   2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:   68.5%
Whole state:   66.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:   7.7%
Whole state:   6.1%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:   22.0%
Whole state:   10.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:   8.8%
Whole state:   4.6%

Airway Heights compared to Washington state average:
  • Median household income below state average.
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage significantly above state average.
  • Black race population percentage above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
  • Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
Banks with branches in Airway Heights (2007 data):
  • Inland Northwest Bank: Airway Heights Branch at West 12825 14th, branch established on 1993-05-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $278.5 mil, Deposits: $213.7 mil, headquarters in Spokane, WA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 11 total offices, Holding Company: Northwest Bancorporation, Inc.


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School Enrollment by Level of School


Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Water Supply 2 $5,369 $32,214 0 $0
Other and Unallocable 1 $3,091 $37,092 1 $126
Financial Administration 3 $8,591 $34,364 0 $0
Solid Waste Management 1 $2,588 $31,056 0 $0
Parks and Recreation 4 $10,972 $32,916 1 $420
Sewerage 1 $4,223 $50,676 0 $0
Streets and Highways 2 $6,381 $38,286 0 $0
Firefighters 3 $8,336 $33,344 0 $0
Police - Other 1 $2,151 $25,812 0 $0
Police Protection - Officers 7 $22,593 $38,731 0 $0
Judicial and Legal 1 $2,421 $29,052 2 $996
Other Government Administration 0 $0   13 $20,928
Totals for Government 26 $76,716 $35,407 17 $22,470

Airway Heights government finances in 2002:
  • Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $105,000
  • Charges - Sewerage: $686,000
    Parks & Recreation: $342,000
    All Other: $109,000
    Solid Waste Management: $80,000
  • Current Operations - Police Protection: $413,000
    Water Utilities: $277,000
    Fire Protection: $267,000
    Central Staff Services: $244,000
    Regular Highways: $197,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $183,000
    General - Other: $147,000
    Sewerage: $122,000
    Housing & Community Development: $114,000
    Financial Administration: $76,000
    Parks & Recreation: $58,000
    Solid Waste Management: $51,000
    Welfare - Other: $17,000
    Corrections - Other: $13,000
    Health Services - Other: $7,000
    General Public Buildings: $2,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $83,000
  • Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Sewerage: $459,000
    Water Utilities: $171,000
    Libraries: $57,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $830,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $1,562,000
  • Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $1,639,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $1,484,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $1,403,000
    Water Utilities: $780,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $314,000
    Water Utilities: $50,000
  • Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $123,000
    General Revenue, NEC: $118,000
    Rents: $27,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Water Utilities: $1,296,000
    Fire Protection: $169,000
    Police Protection: $106,000
    Parks & Recreation: $50,000
    Regular Highways: $39,000
    General - Other: $11,000
    Corrections - Other: $2,000
    Central Staff: $1,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $5,009,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $714,000
  • Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $80,000
  • State Intergovernmental - All Other: $163,000
    Highways: $142,000
    General Support: $40,000
    Health & Hospitals: $1,000
  • Tax - Property: $511,000
    Total General Sales: $474,000
    Public Utilities: $320,000
    NEC: $64,000
    Other Selective Sales: $10,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $1,036,000
  • Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $42,000

6.39% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($39,237 average adjusted gross income)

Here:   6.39%
Washington average:   7.86%

0.15% of residents moved from foreign countries ($672 average AGI)
Spokane County:   0.15%
Washington average:   0.26%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Kootenai County, ID  0.44% ($39,436 average AGI)
from King County, WA  0.43% ($42,564)
from Stevens County, WA  0.34% ($34,122)

5.72% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($35,258 average adjusted gross income)

Here:   5.72%
Washington average:   7.07%

0.15% of residents moved to foreign countries ($840 average AGI)
Spokane County:   0.15%
Washington average:   0.16%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to King County, WA  0.52% ($34,350 average AGI)
to Kootenai County, ID  0.33% ($37,218)
to Stevens County, WA  0.26% ($36,067)

Strongest AM radio stations in Airway Heights:
  • KGA (1510 AM; 50 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KXLY (920 AM; 20 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: SPOKANE RADIO, INC.)
  • KMJY (700 AM; 10 kW; NEWPORT, WA; Owner: JAMES E. AND HELEN G. STARGEL)
  • KJRB (790 AM; 5 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KTRW (970 AM; 5 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: KTRW, LLC)
  • KDRK (1050 AM; 5 kW; DISHMAN, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KAQQ (1280 AM; 5 kW; SPOKANE, WA)
  • KMBI (1330 AM; daytime; 5 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)
  • KQNT (590 AM; 5 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KSBN (1230 AM; 1 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: KSBN RADIO, INC.)
  • KQQQ (1150 AM; 25 kW; PULLMAN, WA; Owner: RADIO PALOUSE, INC.)
  • KMAX (840 AM; 10 kW; COLFAX, WA; Owner: PALOUSE COUNTRY, INC.)
  • KXLI (630 AM; 1 kW; OPPORTUNITY, WA; Owner: QUEENB RADIO, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Airway Heights:
  • KTSL (101.9 FM; MEDICAL LAKE, WA; Owner: PAMPLIN BROADCASTING-WASHINGTON, INC)
  • KAGU (88.7 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: GONZAGA UNIVERSITY TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION)
  • KZZU-FM (92.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: QUEENB)
  • KISC (98.1 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KEYF-FM (101.1 FM; CHENEY, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KZBD (105.7 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KSFC (91.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: SPOKANE PUBLIC RADIO)
  • KKZX (98.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KEEH (104.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: UPPER COLUMBIA MEDIA ASSOCIATION)
  • KYWL (103.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KEWU-FM (89.5 FM; CHENEY, WA; Owner: EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY)
  • KEZE (96.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: QUEENB RADIO, INC.)
  • KXLY-FM (99.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: SPOKANE RADIO, INC.)
  • KIXZ-FM (96.1 FM; OPPORTUNITY, WA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KDRK-FM (93.7 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KMBI-FM (107.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)
  • KPBX-FM (91.1 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: SPOKANE PUBLIC RADIO, INC.)
  • KCDA (103.1 FM; POST FALLS, ID; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KMJY-FM (104.5 FM; NEWPORT, WA; Owner: ALC COMMUNICATIONS)
  • KKRS (97.3 FM; DAVENPORT, WA; Owner: CSN INTERNATIONAL)

TV broadcast stations around Airway Heights:
  • KREM-TV (Channel 2; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: KING BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KHQ-TV (Channel 6; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: KHQ, INCORPORATED)
  • KAYU-TV (Channel 28; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: MOUNTAIN LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KSPS-TV (Channel 7; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: SPOKANE SCHOOL DISTRICT #81)
  • K59BW (Channel 59; BONNERS FERRY, ID; Owner: STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION (IEPBS))
  • KSKN (Channel 22; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: KSKN TELEVISION, INC.)
  • K14IF (Channel 14; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: VENTANA TELEVISION, INC.)
  • K09FZ (Channel 9; SPOKANE, ETC., WA; Owner: SPOKANE TELEVISION, INC.)
  • KGPX (Channel 34; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: PAXSON SPOKANE LICENSE, INC.)
  • K11UK (Channel 11; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: SPOKANE TELEVISION, INC.)
  • KHBA-LP (Channel 52; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: HE'S ALIVE BROADCASTING ASSOCIATION)

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