About Cascade-Fairwood

Cascade-Fairwood is a medium-sized town located in the state of Washington. With a population of 34,433 people and just one neighborhood, Cascade-Fairwood is the 24th largest community in Washington.

Cascade-Fairwood is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Cascade-Fairwood is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cascade-Fairwood who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.76%), sales jobs (12.42%), and management occupations (10.56%).

Also of interest is that Cascade-Fairwood has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Cascade-Fairwood is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Cascade-Fairwood is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Cascade-Fairwood's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in Cascade-Fairwood is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Cascade-Fairwood, the average commute to work is 30.29 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Cascade-Fairwood Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Cascade-Fairwood citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.31% of adults in Cascade-Fairwood have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Cascade-Fairwood in 2000 was $25,752, which is upper middle income relative to Washington, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $103,008 for a family of four. However, Cascade-Fairwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Cascade-Fairwood is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Cascade-Fairwood home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Cascade-Fairwood is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Cascade-Fairwood include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, Italian, and Scottish.

The languages spoken by people in Cascade-Fairwood are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Cascade-Fairwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Chinese, and Tagalog.