Fairfield vs Four Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Fairfield and Four Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairfield has the higher population (607 vs 489 in Four Lakes). Four Lakes has the higher median household income ($79,913 vs $75,000 in Fairfield). Since 2019, Fairfield's population has grown faster (+1.8% vs -0.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Four Lakes
Population	607	489
Median age	39.8 yrs	60.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,000	$79,913
Median home value	$233,500	—
Median gross rent	$1,160	—
Housing units	210	246
Homeownership rate	74.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	44.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Four Lakes
Population	596 → 607 (+1.8%)	490 → 489 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$51,696 → $75,000 (+45.1%)	$70,408 → $79,913 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$155,300 → $233,500 (+50.4%)	$262,800 → $281,000 (+6.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,010 → $1,160 (+14.9%)	—

Fairfield

Population

596607

Median household income

$51,696$75,000

Median home value

$155,300$233,500

Median gross rent

$1,010$1,160

Four Lakes

Population

490489

Median household income

$70,408$79,913

Median home value

$262,800$281,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Four Lakes
Under 5	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.7%	16.8%
18 to 24	4.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.4%	2.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	26.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	2.7%
55 to 64	7.4%	13.7%
65 to 74	17.5%	37.4%
75 and over	5.4%	0.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Four Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	88.8%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Four Lakes
No high school diploma	5.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.6%	15.2%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	1.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	43.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Four Lakes
Drove alone	76.9%	75.7%
Carpooled	6.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	24.3%
Other means	6.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Four Lakes
1-unit, detached	81.4%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	26.8%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Four Lakes
Poverty rate	12.2%	0.0%
Average household size	3.08	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	39	—
Median year structure built	1951	1995