Editing Fairwood, King County, Washington

{{for|the [[Census-designated place|CDP]] in Spokane County|Fairwood, Spokane County, Washington}}
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'''Fairwood''' is an unincorporated community and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[King County, Washington|King County]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], United States. As of the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]] the population was 19,396.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Census Bureau Profile: Fairwood CDP (King County), Washington |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Fairwood_CDP_(King_County),_Washington?g=160XX00US5323160#populations-and-people |access-date=May 7, 2024 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>

== Geography ==
Fairwood is located {{convert|16|mi}} southeast of downtown [[Seattle]]. The Fairwood CDP is bordered to the north and west by the city of [[Renton, Washington|Renton]] and to the east by the [[Maple Heights-Lake Desire, Washington|Maple Heights-Lake Desire]] CDP, which shares a [[ZIP Code]] (Renton's 98058) with Fairwood. Population and demographic statistics in this article are only for the Fairwood CDP, not the larger mailing area.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|12.6|sqkm|order=flip}}.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Fairwood CDP (King County), Washington |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US5323160 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213090749/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US5323160 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |access-date=June 7, 2019 |work=American FactFinder |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>

The Fairwood area occupies a plateau which extends from the bluffs of the [[Cedar River (Washington)|Cedar River]] valley on the north down toward [[Washington State Route 167|State Route 167]] and the [[Kent Valley]] on the west.

=== Geographic location ===
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|Centre    = Fairwood
|North     = [[East Renton Highlands, Washington|East Renton Highlands]]
|Northeast = [[Issaquah, Washington|Issaquah]]
|East      = [[Hobart, Washington|Hobart]]
|Southeast = [[Maple Valley, Washington|Maple Valley]]
|South     = [[Covington, Washington|Covington]]
|Southwest = [[Kent, Washington|Kent]]
|West      = [[Renton, Washington|Renton]]/[[Kent, Washington|Kent]]
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== Parks and recreation ==
The following parks and recreation areas are within the Fairwood CDP:
* '''Fairwood Golf & Country Club''' – A large 18-hole golf course located in the Fairwood Greens neighborhood. It features 6,316 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 71. The country club includes a heated 8-lane junior Olympic sized pool, and fitness gym.<ref>{{cite web|title=Services > Swim & Fitnes|url=http://fairwood.memberstatements.com/tour/tours.cfm?ClubID=12013&TourID=12864|work=Fairwood Golf & Country Club|access-date=15 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Fairwood Golf & Country Club, Fairwood Golf Course|url=http://www.golflink.com/golf-courses/course.aspx?course=1158056|work=GolfLink|publisher=Demand Media, Inc.|access-date=15 February 2013}}</ref>
* '''Petrovitsky Park''' – Located just north of Petrovitsky Rd, an 88-acre park with 4 baseball fields and soccer fields, a playground, and picnic areas.<ref>{{cite web|last=Milan|first=Frana|title=Shiny new fields coming to Petrovitsky Park|url=http://kingcountyparks.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/shiny-new-fields-coming-to-petrovitsky-park/|work=King County Parks Plog|date=6 December 2011 |publisher=WordPress|access-date=15 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=PETROVITSKY PARK|url=http://thespotsport.com/petrovitskypark.html|work=thespotsport.com|publisher=The Spot Sport|access-date=15 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100916233131/http://www.thespotsport.com/petrovitskypark.html|archive-date=2010-09-16|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Other areas outside the CDP but still considered within the Fairwood area are:
* '''Spring Lake / Lake Desire Park''' – Located in eastern Fairwood between [[Lake Desire]] and Spring Lake. It features an 11-mile backcountry trail for hiking, horseback riding and mountain biking.<ref>{{cite web|title=Spring Lake / Lake Desire Park|url=http://your.kingcounty.gov/ftp/gis/web/vmc/recreation/BCT_SpringLkMcGarvey_brochure.pdf|work=your.kingcounty.gov|publisher=King County, Washington.|access-date=15 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127000041/http://your.kingcounty.gov/ftp/gis/Web/VMC/recreation/BCT_SpringLkMcGarvey_brochure.pdf|archive-date=2013-01-27|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* '''Soos Creek Trail and Park''' – In western Fairwood, home to a large riparian habitat great for birdwatching of ducks, [[song birds]], and [[Bird of prey|raptors]]. The 12 mile long [[Soos Creek]] trail was extended up to Fairwood in the late 2000s.
* '''McGarvey Park''' – Features a 1.2 mile hiking trail up Cedar Mountain (Echo Mountain) through evergreen forest, passing over Peterson Creek. It has views of [[Mount Rainier]] on the summit of Cedar Mountain.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hite|first=Will|title=McGarvey Park, Renton – Cedar Mountain|url=http://www.willhiteweb.com/puget_sound_hiking/mcgarvey_park/cedar_mountain_264.htm|work=WillhiteWeb.com|publisher=WillhiteWeb|access-date=15 February 2013}}</ref>
* '''Cedar River Trail''' – North of the Fairwood plateau the trail hugs the winding [[Cedar River (Washington)|Cedar River]] from Renton to Maple Valley.

== Education ==
The Fairwood CDP is served by two school districts, [[Renton School District|Renton]] and [[Kent School District|Kent]]. The [[Tahoma School District]] covers parts of the Fairwood ZIP code area that are within the neighboring Maple Heights-Lake Desire CDP.

Schools serving the Fairwood area are:

=== High schools ===
*[[Lindbergh Senior High School (Renton, Washington)|Lindbergh High School]]
*[[Kentridge High School]]

=== Middle schools ===
*[[Nelsen Middle School]]
*Meeker Middle School
*Northwood Middle School

=== Elementary schools ===
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*Renton Park ES
*Carriage Crest ES
*Cascade Elementary
*Fairwood ES
*Glenridge ES
*Lake Youngs ES
*Ridgewood ES
*Springbrook ES
*Shadow Lake Elementary
*Benson Hill ES
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== Major roads ==
There are three major arterials that run through Fairwood. Petrovitsky Road runs east/west through Fairwood's commercial core and many of its neighborhoods. It stretches from downtown [[Renton, Washington|Renton]], near the [[Boeing Renton Factory]], and [[Boeing Commercial Airplanes|Boeing Commercial Aviation]]; where many Fairwood residents work, to [[Maple Valley, Washington|Maple Valley]], winding through the rural timberland, ranches, and farms of eastern Fairwood. 140th Avenue runs north–south adjacent to the Fairwood shopping centers and Soos Creek. It stretches from Maple Valley highway on the north and leads 9 miles to [[Green River Community College]] by way of Kent's east hill. [[Washington State Route 169|State Route 169]] (Maple Valley highway) on the northern end of Fairwood provides short access to [[Interstate 405 (Washington)|Interstate 405]].

== Public safety ==
Fairwood fire protection and emergency medical services are provided by Fire Districts 40 and 37. The Fire District 40 station is located on Petrovitsky Road in the center of Fairwood. The [[King County Sheriff's Office|King County Sheriff]] provides policing services to the area.

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
| footnote = US Decennial Census
| 2010 = 19102
| 2020 = 19396
}}

=== 2020 Census ===
As of the 2020 census, there were 19,396 people, 6,970 households, and a total of 7,338 housing units. The racial makeup of the CDP was; There were 136 who were American Indian/Alaska Native, 4,106 who were Asian, 1,559 who were Black/African American, 163 who were Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, 10,437 (10,088 alone) who were White, 731 who were of some other race, and 2,264 of two or more races. The Hispanic/Latino population was 1,757 of any race.<ref name=":0" />

=== 2010 Census ===
As of the census of 2010, there were 19,102 people, 7,101 households, and 5,235 families residing in the CDP. The [[population density]] was 3,927 people per square mile (1,516.4/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 7,367 housing units, of which 266, or 3.6%, were vacant. The racial makeup of the CDP was 65.3% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 7.4% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.5% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 17.6% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.6% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.4% [[Race (United States Census)|some other race]], and 6.3% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 6.5% of the population.<ref name="Census 2010 DP">{{cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/SF1DP1/1600000US5323160| title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (DP-1), Fairwood CDP (King County), Washington| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American FactFinder| access-date=June 7, 2019| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213152331/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/SF1DP1/1600000US5323160| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

Of the 7,101 households, 37.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.5% were headed by [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.3% were non-families. 19.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.7% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68, and the average family size was 3.10.<ref name="Census 2010 DP"/>

In the CDP, 24.6% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.6% were from 18 to 24, 28.0% were from 25 to 44, 29.6% were from 45 to 64, and 10.3% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.3 years. For every 100 females there were 97.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.1 males.<ref name="Census 2010 DP"/>

For the period 2013–17, the estimated median annual income for a household in the CDP was $93,810, and the median income for a family was $102,333. Male full-time workers had a median income of $67,019 versus $49,907 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $41,134. About 3.5% of families and 4.8% of the total population were below the [[poverty line]], including 9.4% of those under age 18 and 2.3% of those age 65 or over.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/DP03/1600000US5323160| title=Selected Economic Characteristics: 2013-2017 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (DP03), Fairwood CDP (King County), Washington| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American FactFinder| access-date=June 7, 2019| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213112654/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/DP03/1600000US5323160| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Economy ==
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Residents are employed at a slightly higher rate than the rest of the county and the median income is $85,000 (versus $69,000 for King County). More than half of the workers in the Fairwood area work in south King County with less than a 30-minute commute. A significant number of Fairwood workers are in professional, management and sales jobs (70%).

== Politics ==
On the national level, Cascade-Fairwood leans towards candidates of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. Democrat [[John Kerry]] received about 56 percent of the vote in 2004 to [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[George W. Bush]]'s 43 percent. Despite this, there are a number of pockets where the Republican Party often wins marginal majorities.

The Cascade area (approximately a population of 17,000), which included much of unincorporated Benson Hill north of SE 200 Street and west of 128th Avenue SE, voted to be annexed by the city of Renton in 2007, effective March 1, 2008. The remaining unincorporated area of King County, which is primarily the Fairwood community, has the option of annexing to the city of Renton or incorporating as a city.

In February 2005, the Fairwood Task Force filed a Notice of Intent to Incorporation with [[King County, Washington|King County]], to establish a new City of Fairwood. This attempt to incorporate was narrowly defeated in the election held on September 19, 2006. In that election, 48.22% of the votes were for incorporation; a swing of only 136 votes in the election would have changed the result.

The process to form a City of Fairwood was restarted by the Fairwood Municipal Initiative when it filed another Notice of Proposed Incorporation with [[King County, Washington]] on April 16, 2007.<ref>[http://www.fairwoodmi.org Fairwood Municipal Initiative] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820080331/http://fairwoodmi.org/ |date=2008-08-20 }}</ref> As of October 2008, the incorporation effort is now under the jurisdiction of the King County Boundary Review Board (BRB)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kingcounty.gov/property/annexations/About.aspx |title=King County Boundary Review Board |access-date=2008-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120075846/http://www.kingcounty.gov/property/annexations/About.aspx |archive-date=2008-11-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and a consulting firm hired by the BRB is conducting an economic feasibility study for the proposed city of Fairwood.

On November 3, 2009, Proposition 1 to incorporate a city of Fairwood failed again, as it did in 2006.

Efforts are also ongoing to annex the Fairwood area into the city of Renton.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chooserenton.com/ |title=Choose Renton |access-date=2018-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914110340/http://chooserenton.com/ |archive-date=2017-09-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Additionally, the Red Mill area of the Fairwood PAA is presently undertaking a separate petition-method annexation.<ref>[http://rentonwa.gov/uploadedFiles/Government/AJLS/Annexation/annexations_june2008_11x17.pdf Red Mill Annexation Map]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

On November 2, 2010, 57.6% of voters voted against a proposition to annex Fairwood to Renton.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://your.kingcounty.gov/elections/elections/201011/Respage28.aspx |title=Results – King County Elections |access-date=2011-05-20 |archive-date=2011-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907052931/http://your.kingcounty.gov/elections/elections/201011/Respage28.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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