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'''Town and Country''' (often referred to locally as 'Lynwood') is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Spokane County, Washington]], United States. The population was 5,068 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].
'''Town and Country''' (often referred to locally as 'Lynwood') is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Spokane County, Washington]], United States. The population was 5,068 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]],<ref name="2020 Census (CDP)">{{cite web|title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Airway_Heights_city,_Washington?g=160XX00US5300905 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=November 16, 2025}}</ref> and was estimated at 5,398 in 2023.<ref name="USCensusEst2023"/>


==Geography==
==Geography==
[[File:Linwood Park Spokane.png|thumb|left|Linwood Park showing the Five Mile Prairie bluff in the background.]]
[[File:Linwood Park Spokane.png|thumb|left|Linwood Park showing the Five Mile Prairie bluff in the background.]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|1.2|sqmi}}, all of it land.<ref name="CensusQF2020">{{cite web |title=QuickFacts Town and Country CDP, Washington |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/townandcountrycdpwashington |website=census.gov |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=21 August 2022}}</ref>
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|1.200|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2025"/>


The city of [[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]] surrounds the CDP on three sides: the east, south and west.<ref name="CityMap">{{cite web |title=City of Spokane Official City Map |url=https://static.spokanecity.org/download/gistransfer/pubmaps/citymap.pdf |website=spokanecity.org |publisher=City of Spokane |access-date=June 13, 2022}}</ref> The city's street grid continues into Town and Country uninterrupted in the east, though it breaks down in the west along the bluff leading up to [[Five Mile Prairie, Spokane|Five Mile Prairie]]. The bulk of the CDP lies on flat ground like the surrounding north side of Spokane. Along the west, however, the terrain rises rapidly from Town and Country's elevation of roughly 2,000 feet to over 2,300 at the crest over less than 1,000 feet of distance in places.<ref name="SpoNWQuad">{{cite web |title=Spokane NW Quadrangle |url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ht-bin/tv_browse.pl?id=79e7aa611db2d7d2e3ec7b211014750b |website=usgs.gov |publisher=U.S. Geological Survey |access-date=June 13, 2022}}</ref>
The city of [[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]] surrounds the CDP on three sides: the east, south and west.<ref name="CityMap">{{cite web|title=City of Spokane Official City Map |url=https://static.spokanecity.org/download/gistransfer/pubmaps/citymap.pdf |website=spokanecity.org |publisher=City of Spokane |access-date=June 13, 2022}}</ref> The city's street grid continues into Town and Country uninterrupted in the east, though it breaks down in the west along the bluff leading up to [[Five Mile Prairie, Spokane|Five Mile Prairie]]. The bulk of the CDP lies on flat ground like the surrounding north side of Spokane. Along the west, however, the terrain rises rapidly from Town and Country's elevation of roughly 2,000 feet to over 2,300 at the crest over less than 1,000 feet of distance in places.<ref name="SpoNWQuad">{{cite web|title=Spokane NW Quadrangle |url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ht-bin/tv_browse.pl?id=79e7aa611db2d7d2e3ec7b211014750b |website=usgs.gov |publisher=U.S. Geological Survey |access-date=June 13, 2022}}</ref>


As is the case with the city of Spokane to the east and south, Town and Country blends into its neighbor to the north, the CDP of [[Country Homes, Washington]], seamlessly.<ref name="SpoNWQuad"/>
As is the case with the city of Spokane to the east and south, Town and Country blends into its neighbor to the north, the CDP of [[Country Homes, Washington]], seamlessly.<ref name="SpoNWQuad"/>
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Francis Avenue, carrying [[Washington State Route 291]], serves as Town and Country's southern border, beyond which lies the [[North Hill, Spokane|North Hill]] neighborhood. Cedar Road is the western border, beginning on the flatland and then climbing the bluff towards the crest and into Five Mile Prairie. Most of the northern border with Country Homes runs along Country Homes Boulevard. Division Street, carrying [[U.S. Route 2 in Washington|U.S. Route 2]] was the eastern border until 2008, when the city of Spokane annexed some of Town and Country. Division is still the eastern border from Country Homes Boulevard south to Lincoln Road. South of Lincoln the border works its way around the Holy Cross Cemetery, which used to be part of Country Homes, before following Atlantic Street, which runs parallel to and one block to the west of Division, for the four southernmost blocks of the CDP.<ref name="CityMap"/>
Francis Avenue, carrying [[Washington State Route 291]], serves as Town and Country's southern border, beyond which lies the [[North Hill, Spokane|North Hill]] neighborhood. Cedar Road is the western border, beginning on the flatland and then climbing the bluff towards the crest and into Five Mile Prairie. Most of the northern border with Country Homes runs along Country Homes Boulevard. Division Street, carrying [[U.S. Route 2 in Washington|U.S. Route 2]] was the eastern border until 2008, when the city of Spokane annexed some of Town and Country. Division is still the eastern border from Country Homes Boulevard south to Lincoln Road. South of Lincoln the border works its way around the Holy Cross Cemetery, which used to be part of Country Homes, before following Atlantic Street, which runs parallel to and one block to the west of Division, for the four southernmost blocks of the CDP.<ref name="CityMap"/>


Most of Town and Country is zoned as low density residential, but there are commercial zones along Francis Avenue in the south and Division Street on the east.<ref name="Zoning">{{cite web |title=Spokane County Generalized Zoning Map |url=https://www.spokanecounty.org/DocumentCenter/View/126/Zoning-MapUrban-PDF?bidId= |website=spokanecounty.org |publisher=Spokane County |access-date=13 June 2022}}</ref>
Most of Town and Country is zoned as low density residential, but there are commercial zones along Francis Avenue in the south and Division Street on the east.<ref name="Zoning">{{cite web|title=Spokane County Generalized Zoning Map |url=https://www.spokanecounty.org/DocumentCenter/View/126/Zoning-MapUrban-PDF?bidId= |website=spokanecounty.org |publisher=Spokane County |access-date=June 13, 2022}}</ref>


==Demographics==
==Demographics==
As of the census<ref name="CensusQF2020" /> of 2020, there were 5,068 people and 2,109 households residing in the CDP, with an average of 2.56 persons per household. The population density was 4,223.3 people per square mile. The racial makeup of the CDP was 89.2% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.3% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.3% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.0% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], and 7.4% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 6.9% of the population.<ref name="CensusQF2020" />
{{US Census population
|1990= 4921
|2000= 4452
|2010= 4857
|2020= 5068
|estyear=2023
|estimate=5398
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|title=Town and Country Demographic Statistics |url=https://www.washington-demographics.com/town-and-country-demographics |publisher=Cubit |access-date=November 16, 2025}}</ref>
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |publisher=United States Census Bureau |website=www.census.gov |access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref><br>2020 Census<ref name="2020 Census (CDP)"/>
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In the CDP, the age distribution of the population showed 25.2% under the age of 18 and 16.1% who were 65 years of age or older. Females made up 51.4% of the population. Of those age 16 and above, 66.7% were in the workforce, with 57.3% of females age 16+ in the workforce.<ref name="CensusQF2020" />
As of the 2023 [[American Community Survey]], there are 2,074 estimated households in Town and Country with an average of 2.6 persons per household. The CDP has a median household income of $87,561. Approximately 8.6% of the CDP's population lives at or below the [[Poverty in the United States|poverty line]]. Town and Country has an estimated 60.8% employment rate, with 22.1% of the population holding a bachelor's degree or higher and 95.2% holding a high school diploma.<ref name="QF">{{Cite web|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Town and Country CDP, Washington |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/townandcountrycdpwashington/PST045224 |access-date=November 16, 2025 |website=www.census.gov |language=en}}</ref> There were 2,196 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1830.00|/sqmi|/km2|1}}.


The median income for a household in the CDP was $66,911. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $28,608. 9.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]]. Median value of owner-occupied homes was $212,300, with 75.0% of homes being owner-occupied. Median rent in the CDP was $1,143.<ref name="CensusQF2020" />
The top five reported languages (people were allowed to report up to two languages, thus the figures will generally add to more than 100%) were English (_%), Spanish (_%), Indo-European (_%), Asian and Pacific Islander (_%), and Other (_%).
 
The median age in the CDP was 40.7 years.
 
===2020 census===
As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], there were 5,068 people, 2,029 households, _ families residing in the CDP.<ref>{{Cite web|title=U.S. Census Bureau, Table P16: Household Type |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Town%20and%20Country%20CDP,%20Washington%20p16&y=2020 |access-date=November 16, 2025 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> The [[population density]] was {{convert|4223.33|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}} with an average of 2.56 persons per household. There were 2,087 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1739.17|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 81.93% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.82% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.52% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.99% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.73% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.01% from some other races and 10.00% from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] people of any race were 7.16% of the population.<ref>{{Cite web|title=How many people live in Town and Country CDP, Washington |url=https://data.usatoday.com/census/total-population/total-population-change/town-and-country-cdp-washington/160-5372170/ |publisher=[[USA Today]] |access-date=November 16, 2025}}</ref>
 
In the CDP, the age distribution of the population showed 25.2% under the age of 18 and 16.1% who were 65 years of age or older. Females made up 51.4% of the population. Of those age 16 and above, 66.7% were in the workforce, with 57.3% of females age 16+ in the workforce.
 
The median income for a household in the CDP was $66,911. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $28,608. 9.2% of the population were below the [[Poverty threshold|poverty line]]. Median value of owner-occupied homes was $212,300, with 75.0% of homes being owner-occupied. Median rent in the CDP was $1,143.


==Education==
==Education==
Town and Country is split between two school districts, with [[Spokane Public Schools]] serving the southern half of the CDP and the [[Mead School District]] serving the north. Linwood Elementary, part of Spokane Public Schools, is located in Town and Country.<ref name="SPSHSMap">{{cite web |title=High School Boundary Map |url=https://www.spokaneschools.org/cms/lib/WA50000187/Centricity/Domain/8/063021%20High_Schools_Recommended_boundarymap.pdf |website=spokanepublicschools.org |publisher=Spokane Public Schools |access-date=13 June 2022}}</ref><ref name="SPSElem">{{cite web |title=Elementary School Boundary Map |url=https://www.spokaneschools.org/cms/lib/WA50000187/Centricity/Domain/8/063021%20Elementary_Schools_Recommended_boundarymap.pdf |website=spokanepublicschools.org |publisher=Spokane Public Schools |access-date=13 June 2022}}</ref> It feeds into Salk Middle School and then into [[Shadle Park High School]]. Evergreen Elementary, part of the Mead School District, is also located in Town and Country. It feeds into Highland Middle School and then into [[Mead High School]].<ref name="MeadElem">{{cite web |title=Mead #354 School District Map &ndash; Attendance Boundary Detail |url=https://4.files.edl.io/2d1a/07/27/21/210318-8f0a4b58-2971-46d4-9ba0-bfe278e7f87f.pdf |website=mead354.org |publisher=Mead School District |access-date=13 June 2022}}</ref><ref name="MeadHSMap">{{cite web |title=Mead #354 School District Map &ndash; High School Attendance Boundaries |url=https://4.files.edl.io/17c8/01/28/21/005745-d430b422-30a1-4456-a779-672522c9a8ba.pdf |website=Mead354.org |publisher=Mead School District |access-date=13 June 2022}}</ref>
Town and Country is split between two school districts, with [[Spokane Public Schools]] serving the southern half of the CDP and the [[Mead School District]] serving the north. Linwood Elementary, part of Spokane Public Schools, is located in Town and Country.<ref name="SPSHSMap">{{cite web|title=High School Boundary Map |url=https://www.spokaneschools.org/cms/lib/WA50000187/Centricity/Domain/8/063021%20High_Schools_Recommended_boundarymap.pdf |website=spokanepublicschools.org |publisher=Spokane Public Schools |access-date=June 13, 2022}}</ref><ref name="SPSElem">{{cite web|title=Elementary School Boundary Map |url=https://www.spokaneschools.org/cms/lib/WA50000187/Centricity/Domain/8/063021%20Elementary_Schools_Recommended_boundarymap.pdf |website=spokanepublicschools.org |publisher=Spokane Public Schools |access-date=June 13, 2022}}</ref> It feeds into Salk Middle School and then into [[Shadle Park High School]]. Evergreen Elementary, part of the Mead School District, is also located in Town and Country. It feeds into Highland Middle School and then into [[Mead High School]].<ref name="MeadElem">{{cite web|title=Mead #354 School District Map &ndash; Attendance Boundary Detail |url=https://4.files.edl.io/2d1a/07/27/21/210318-8f0a4b58-2971-46d4-9ba0-bfe278e7f87f.pdf |website=mead354.org |publisher=Mead School District |access-date=June 13, 2022}}</ref><ref name="MeadHSMap">{{cite web|title=Mead #354 School District Map &ndash; High School Attendance Boundaries |url=https://4.files.edl.io/17c8/01/28/21/005745-d430b422-30a1-4456-a779-672522c9a8ba.pdf |website=Mead354.org |publisher=Mead School District |access-date=June 13, 2022}}</ref>


==Transportation==
==Transportation==
===Highway===
===Highway===
[[File:Country Homes Boulevard.png|thumb|Country Homes Boulevard in Town and Country, showing the swale running through the road.]]
[[File:Country Homes Boulevard.png|thumb|Country Homes Boulevard in Town and Country, showing the swale running through the road.]]
* [[File:US 2.svg|25px]] - [[U.S. Route 2 in Washington|U.S. 2]] - to [[Newport, Washington|Newport]] (north) and [[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]] (south)
* [[File:US 2.svg|25px]] – [[U.S. Route 2 in Washington|U.S. 2]] – to [[Newport, Washington|Newport]] (north) and [[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]] (south)


U.S. 2 passes north–south along the eastern boundary of Town and Country on Division Street.<ref name="SpoNWQuad" />
U.S. 2 passes north–south along the eastern boundary of Town and Country on Division Street.<ref name="SpoNWQuad" />


* [[File:US 395.svg|25px]] - [[U.S. Route 395 in Washington|U.S. 395]] - to [[Colville, Washington|Colville]] (north) and [[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]] (south)
* [[File:US 395.svg|25px]] – [[U.S. Route 395 in Washington|U.S. 395]] – to [[Colville, Washington|Colville]] (north) and [[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]] (south)


U.S. 395 passes north–south along the eastern boundary of Town and Country along Division Street.<ref name="SpoNWQuad" />
U.S. 395 passes north–south along the eastern boundary of Town and Country along Division Street.<ref name="SpoNWQuad" />


* [[File:WA-291.svg|25px]] - [[Washington State Route 291|State Route 291]] - to [[Tumtum, Washington|Tumtum]] (north) and [[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]] (south)
* [[File:WA-291.svg|25px]] – [[Washington State Route 291|State Route 291]] – to [[Tumtum, Washington|Tumtum]] (north) and [[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]] (south)


State Route 291 passes along the southern boundary of Town and Country on Francis Avenue.<ref name="SpoNWQuad" />
State Route 291 passes along the southern boundary of Town and Country on Francis Avenue.<ref name="SpoNWQuad" />


===Surface streets===
===Surface streets===
The three highways serving Town and Country all travel along surface streets and none are classified as limited-access in the area. Francis Avenue and Division Street are classified by the city of Spokane as major arterials, the city's highest classification for a surface street. While the city does not classify streets that lie entirely within Town and Country, it does consider the streets which connect to and serve as extensions of Country Homes Boulevard once it passes into the city limits to be major arterials as well.<ref name="OASM">{{cite web |title=City of Spokane Arterial Street Map SMC 12.08.040|url=https://static.spokanecity.org/documents/smc/maps/official-arterial-street-map-2021-01-05.pdf |publisher=City of Spokane |access-date=June 13, 2022}}</ref> Country Homes Boulevard links the Maple/Ash couplet in the southwest with Division Street at a major intersection known as "the Y" in the northeast, making it a major thoroughfare in the neighborhood. It carried 26,400 vehicles per day in 2018, making Country Homes Boulevard one of unincorporated Spokane County's busiest roadways.<ref name="Deshais19">{{cite news |last1=Deshais |first1=Nicholas |title=Getting There: Country Homes was a 'route through empty fields,' now it's major thoroughfare being repaired |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/jul/29/getting-there-country-homes-was-a-route-through-em/ |access-date=June 13, 2022 |work=The Spokesman-Review |date=July 29, 2019}}</ref>
The three highways serving Town and Country all travel along surface streets and none are classified as limited-access in the area. Francis Avenue and Division Street are classified by the city of Spokane as major arterials, the city's highest classification for a surface street. While the city does not classify streets that lie entirely within Town and Country, it does consider the streets which connect to and serve as extensions of Country Homes Boulevard once it passes into the city limits to be major arterials as well.<ref name="OASM">{{cite web|title=City of Spokane Arterial Street Map SMC 12.08.040|url=https://static.spokanecity.org/documents/smc/maps/official-arterial-street-map-2021-01-05.pdf |publisher=City of Spokane |access-date=June 13, 2022}}</ref> Country Homes Boulevard links the Maple/Ash couplet in the southwest with Division Street at a major intersection known as "the Y" in the northeast, making it a major thoroughfare in the neighborhood. It carried 26,400 vehicles per day in 2018, making Country Homes Boulevard one of unincorporated Spokane County's busiest roadways.<ref name="Deshais19">{{cite news |last1=Deshais |first1=Nicholas |title=Getting There: Country Homes was a 'route through empty fields,' now it's major thoroughfare being repaired |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/jul/29/getting-there-country-homes-was-a-route-through-em/ |access-date=June 13, 2022 |work=The Spokesman-Review |date=July 29, 2019}}</ref>


Dedicated bike lanes run on Wall Street, Country Homes Boulevard and Lincoln Road, and Cedar Road is classified as a shared roadway bike route.<ref name="Bike">{{cite web |title=Spokane Regional Bike Map |url=https://srtc.maps.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=a9c8901a015b4aea8c5e23a927a7fc41 |website=srtc.maps.arcgis.com |publisher=Spokane Regional Transportation Council |access-date=June 13, 2022}}</ref>
Dedicated bike lanes run on Wall Street, Country Homes Boulevard and Lincoln Road, and Cedar Road is classified as a shared roadway bike route.<ref name="Bike">{{cite web |title=Spokane Regional Bike Map |url=https://srtc.maps.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=a9c8901a015b4aea8c5e23a927a7fc41 |website=srtc.maps.arcgis.com |publisher=Spokane Regional Transportation Council |access-date=June 13, 2022}}</ref>
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Town and Country (often referred to locally as 'Lynwood') is a census-designated place (CDP) in Spokane County, Washington, United States. The population was 5,068 at the 2020 census,[1] and was estimated at 5,398 in 2023.[2]

Geography

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Linwood Park showing the Five Mile Prairie bluff in the background.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of Template:Convert, all land.[3]

The city of Spokane surrounds the CDP on three sides: the east, south and west.[4] The city's street grid continues into Town and Country uninterrupted in the east, though it breaks down in the west along the bluff leading up to Five Mile Prairie. The bulk of the CDP lies on flat ground like the surrounding north side of Spokane. Along the west, however, the terrain rises rapidly from Town and Country's elevation of roughly 2,000 feet to over 2,300 at the crest over less than 1,000 feet of distance in places.[5]

As is the case with the city of Spokane to the east and south, Town and Country blends into its neighbor to the north, the CDP of Country Homes, Washington, seamlessly.[5]

Francis Avenue, carrying Washington State Route 291, serves as Town and Country's southern border, beyond which lies the North Hill neighborhood. Cedar Road is the western border, beginning on the flatland and then climbing the bluff towards the crest and into Five Mile Prairie. Most of the northern border with Country Homes runs along Country Homes Boulevard. Division Street, carrying U.S. Route 2 was the eastern border until 2008, when the city of Spokane annexed some of Town and Country. Division is still the eastern border from Country Homes Boulevard south to Lincoln Road. South of Lincoln the border works its way around the Holy Cross Cemetery, which used to be part of Country Homes, before following Atlantic Street, which runs parallel to and one block to the west of Division, for the four southernmost blocks of the CDP.[4]

Most of Town and Country is zoned as low density residential, but there are commercial zones along Francis Avenue in the south and Division Street on the east.[6]

Demographics

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As of the 2023 American Community Survey, there are 2,074 estimated households in Town and Country with an average of 2.6 persons per household. The CDP has a median household income of $87,561. Approximately 8.6% of the CDP's population lives at or below the poverty line. Town and Country has an estimated 60.8% employment rate, with 22.1% of the population holding a bachelor's degree or higher and 95.2% holding a high school diploma.[7] There were 2,196 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert.

The top five reported languages (people were allowed to report up to two languages, thus the figures will generally add to more than 100%) were English (_%), Spanish (_%), Indo-European (_%), Asian and Pacific Islander (_%), and Other (_%).

The median age in the CDP was 40.7 years.

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, there were 5,068 people, 2,029 households, _ families residing in the CDP.[8] The population density was Template:Convert with an average of 2.56 persons per household. There were 2,087 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the CDP was 81.93% White, 1.82% African American, 1.52% Native American, 1.99% Asian, 0.73% Pacific Islander, 2.01% from some other races and 10.00% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 7.16% of the population.[9]

In the CDP, the age distribution of the population showed 25.2% under the age of 18 and 16.1% who were 65 years of age or older. Females made up 51.4% of the population. Of those age 16 and above, 66.7% were in the workforce, with 57.3% of females age 16+ in the workforce.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $66,911. The per capita income for the CDP was $28,608. 9.2% of the population were below the poverty line. Median value of owner-occupied homes was $212,300, with 75.0% of homes being owner-occupied. Median rent in the CDP was $1,143.

Education

Town and Country is split between two school districts, with Spokane Public Schools serving the southern half of the CDP and the Mead School District serving the north. Linwood Elementary, part of Spokane Public Schools, is located in Town and Country.[10][11] It feeds into Salk Middle School and then into Shadle Park High School. Evergreen Elementary, part of the Mead School District, is also located in Town and Country. It feeds into Highland Middle School and then into Mead High School.[12][13]

Transportation

Highway

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Country Homes Boulevard in Town and Country, showing the swale running through the road.

U.S. 2 passes north–south along the eastern boundary of Town and Country on Division Street.[5]

U.S. 395 passes north–south along the eastern boundary of Town and Country along Division Street.[5]

State Route 291 passes along the southern boundary of Town and Country on Francis Avenue.[5]

Surface streets

The three highways serving Town and Country all travel along surface streets and none are classified as limited-access in the area. Francis Avenue and Division Street are classified by the city of Spokane as major arterials, the city's highest classification for a surface street. While the city does not classify streets that lie entirely within Town and Country, it does consider the streets which connect to and serve as extensions of Country Homes Boulevard once it passes into the city limits to be major arterials as well.[14] Country Homes Boulevard links the Maple/Ash couplet in the southwest with Division Street at a major intersection known as "the Y" in the northeast, making it a major thoroughfare in the neighborhood. It carried 26,400 vehicles per day in 2018, making Country Homes Boulevard one of unincorporated Spokane County's busiest roadways.[15]

Dedicated bike lanes run on Wall Street, Country Homes Boulevard and Lincoln Road, and Cedar Road is classified as a shared roadway bike route.[16]

Public transit

Town and Country is served by the Spokane area's public transit provider, the Spokane Transit Authority, which runs four fixed-route bus lines through the CDP. The Country Homes Park & Ride is located across the street to the north of the CDP and the Five Mile Park & Ride is one block to the south of the CDP.[17]

Route Termini Service operation and notes Streets traveled
4
Monroe
 Downtown Spokane
STA Plaza
 ↔ Balboa/South Indian Trail
Five Mile Park and Ride
 High-frequency route Francis Avenue west of Monroe
25
Division
 Downtown Spokane
STA Plaza
 ↔ Fairwood
Hastings Park and Ride
 High-frequency route Division Street
27
Hillyard
 Downtown Spokane
STA Plaza
 ↔ Balboa/South Indian Trail
Five Mile Park and Ride
 Basic-frequency route; Downtown Spokane via Hillyard Francis Avenue
124
North Express
 Downtown Spokane
STA Plaza
 ↔ Fairwood
Hastings Park and Ride 		Express route during peak weekday hours Monroe Street

References

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