Fairchild AFB vs Town and Country

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

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

Town and Country has the higher population (5,398 vs 3,016 in Fairchild AFB). Town and Country has the higher median household income ($87,561 vs $69,825 in Fairchild AFB). Since 2019, Town and Country's population has grown faster (+6.1% vs -9.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairchild AFB	Town and Country
Population	3,016	5,398
Median age	23.0 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,825	$87,561
Median home value	—	$310,000
Median gross rent	$1,681	$1,377
Housing units	808	2,196
Homeownership rate	0.7%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairchild AFB	Town and Country
Population	3,336 → 3,016 (-9.6%)	5,090 → 5,398 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$67,656 → $69,825 (+3.2%)	$63,704 → $87,561 (+37.4%)
Median home value	—	$186,600 → $310,000 (+66.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,341 → $1,681 (+25.4%)	$1,127 → $1,377 (+22.2%)

Fairchild AFB

Population

3,3363,016

Median household income

$67,656$69,825

Median gross rent

$1,341$1,681

Town and Country

Population

5,0905,398

Median household income

$63,704$87,561

Median home value

$186,600$310,000

Median gross rent

$1,127$1,377

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairchild AFB	Town and Country
Under 5	18.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	12.5%	21.4%
18 to 24	26.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	29.0%	9.8%
35 to 44	11.0%	17.9%
45 to 54	2.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	0.7%	11.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	10.7%
75 and over	0.0%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairchild AFB	Town and Country
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	83.0%
Black or African American	10.1%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.6%
Asian	2.9%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.1%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	17.8%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairchild AFB	Town and Country
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.8%
High school graduate	15.4%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairchild AFB	Town and Country
Drove alone	67.6%	73.7%
Carpooled	10.5%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	14.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	15.6%
Other means	1.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairchild AFB	Town and Country
1-unit, detached	54.8%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	22.8%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	5.7%
20 or more units	4.1%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairchild AFB	Town and Country
Poverty rate	5.5%	8.6%
Average household size	3.14	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	10	22
Median year structure built	1976	1959