Deer Park vs Fairchild AFB

A side-by-side comparison of Deer Park and Fairchild AFB: population, income, housing, and more.

Deer Park and Fairchild AFB are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Deer Park has the higher population (4,605 vs 3,016 in Fairchild AFB). Fairchild AFB has the higher median household income ($69,825 vs $57,294 in Deer Park). Since 2019, Deer Park's population has grown faster (+11.8% vs -9.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Deer Park	Fairchild AFB
Population	4,605	3,016
Median age	35.4 yrs	23.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,294	$69,825
Median home value	$317,500	—
Median gross rent	$890	$1,681
Housing units	1,834	808
Homeownership rate	74.7%	0.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	40.2%
Unemployment rate	17.2%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer Park	Fairchild AFB
Population	4,119 → 4,605 (+11.8%)	3,336 → 3,016 (-9.6%)
Median household income	$52,429 → $57,294 (+9.3%)	$67,656 → $69,825 (+3.2%)
Median home value	$190,000 → $317,500 (+67.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$760 → $890 (+17.1%)	$1,341 → $1,681 (+25.4%)

Deer Park

Population

4,1194,605

Median household income

$52,429$57,294

Median home value

$190,000$317,500

Median gross rent

$760$890

Fairchild AFB

Population

3,3363,016

Median household income

$67,656$69,825

Median gross rent

$1,341$1,681

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer Park	Fairchild AFB
Under 5	5.5%	18.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	12.5%
18 to 24	6.6%	26.6%
25 to 34	17.7%	29.0%
35 to 44	9.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	8.2%	2.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	0.7%
65 to 74	8.3%	0.0%
75 and over	10.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer Park	Fairchild AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	62.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	1.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	17.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer Park	Fairchild AFB
No high school diploma	10.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	35.4%	15.4%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer Park	Fairchild AFB
Drove alone	75.6%	67.6%
Carpooled	12.5%	10.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	7.5%	14.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	2.6%	6.3%
Other means	1.5%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer Park	Fairchild AFB
1-unit, detached	69.4%	54.8%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	22.8%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.2%
20 or more units	6.4%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Deer Park	Fairchild AFB
Poverty rate	19.7%	5.5%
Average household size	2.60	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	27	10
Median year structure built	1986	1976