Fairchild AFB vs Fairfield

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

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

Fairchild AFB has the higher population (3,016 vs 607 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $69,825 in Fairchild AFB). Since 2019, Fairfield's population has grown faster (+1.8% vs -9.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairchild AFB	Fairfield
Population	3,016	607
Median age	23.0 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,825	$75,000
Median home value	—	$233,500
Median gross rent	$1,681	$1,160
Housing units	808	210
Homeownership rate	0.7%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairchild AFB	Fairfield
Population	3,336 → 3,016 (-9.6%)	596 → 607 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$67,656 → $69,825 (+3.2%)	$51,696 → $75,000 (+45.1%)
Median home value	—	$155,300 → $233,500 (+50.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,341 → $1,681 (+25.4%)	$1,010 → $1,160 (+14.9%)

Fairchild AFB

Population

3,3363,016

Median household income

$67,656$69,825

Median gross rent

$1,341$1,681

Fairfield

Population

596607

Median household income

$51,696$75,000

Median home value

$155,300$233,500

Median gross rent

$1,010$1,160

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairchild AFB	Fairfield
Under 5	18.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	12.5%	23.7%
18 to 24	26.6%	4.6%
25 to 34	29.0%	12.4%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	2.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	0.7%	7.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	17.5%
75 and over	0.0%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairchild AFB	Fairfield
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	83.2%
Black or African American	10.1%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	4.9%
Asian	2.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	17.8%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairchild AFB	Fairfield
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.7%
High school graduate	15.4%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairchild AFB	Fairfield
Drove alone	67.6%	76.9%
Carpooled	10.5%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	10.1%
Other means	1.2%	6.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairchild AFB	Fairfield
1-unit, detached	54.8%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	22.8%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	3.3%
20 or more units	4.1%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Fairchild AFB	Fairfield
Poverty rate	5.5%	12.2%
Average household size	3.14	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	10	39
Median year structure built	1976	1951