Fairchild AFB vs Medical Lake

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

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

Medical Lake has the higher population (4,927 vs 3,016 in Fairchild AFB). Medical Lake has the higher median household income ($74,426 vs $69,825 in Fairchild AFB). Since 2019, Medical Lake's population has grown faster (-0.2% vs -9.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairchild AFB	Medical Lake
Population	3,016	4,927
Median age	23.0 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,825	$74,426
Median home value	—	$333,000
Median gross rent	$1,681	$795
Housing units	808	1,877
Homeownership rate	0.7%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	31.2%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairchild AFB	Medical Lake
Population	3,336 → 3,016 (-9.6%)	4,938 → 4,927 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$67,656 → $69,825 (+3.2%)	$60,295 → $74,426 (+23.4%)
Median home value	—	$198,300 → $333,000 (+67.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,341 → $1,681 (+25.4%)	$692 → $795 (+14.9%)

Fairchild AFB

Population

3,3363,016

Median household income

$67,656$69,825

Median gross rent

$1,341$1,681

Medical Lake

Population

4,9384,927

Median household income

$60,295$74,426

Median home value

$198,300$333,000

Median gross rent

$692$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairchild AFB	Medical Lake
Under 5	18.0%	2.8%
5 to 17	12.5%	17.9%
18 to 24	26.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	29.0%	19.9%
35 to 44	11.0%	17.0%
45 to 54	2.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	0.7%	13.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	6.4%
75 and over	0.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairchild AFB	Medical Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	88.1%
Black or African American	10.1%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	17.8%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairchild AFB	Medical Lake
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.5%
High school graduate	15.4%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairchild AFB	Medical Lake
Drove alone	67.6%	76.6%
Carpooled	10.5%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	3.9%
Walked	14.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	10.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairchild AFB	Medical Lake
1-unit, detached	54.8%	63.0%
1-unit, attached	22.8%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	4.5%
20 or more units	4.1%	13.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Fairchild AFB	Medical Lake
Poverty rate	5.5%	6.9%
Average household size	3.14	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	10	21
Median year structure built	1976	1976