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Population (year 2000): 4,357
Males: 2,445 (56.1%), Females: 1,912 (43.9%)
Zip code:
99022
Median resident age: 22.6 years
Median household income: $33,512 (year 2000)
Median house value: $55,000 (year 2000)
Races in Fairchild AFB:
- White Non-Hispanic (75.1%)
- Hispanic (8.5%)
- Black (7.9%)
- Two or more races (5.7%)
- Other race (3.8%)
- Filipino (1.7%)
- American Indian (1.5%)
- Korean (0.7%)
- Other Asian (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (19.6%), Irish (13.1%),
English (10.3%), United States (6.6%), French (4.5%), Italian
(4.0%).
Land area: 6.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Fairchild AFB
- High school or higher: 95.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.1%
- Unemployed: 8.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 11.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Fairchild AFB CDP
- Never married: 27.7%
- Now married: 68.6%
- Separated: 0.5%
- Widowed: 1.0%
- Divorced: 2.2%
3.8% Foreign born (2.5% Asia, 0.6% Latin
America, 0.4% Europe).
Hospitals/medical centers near Fairchild AFB:
- EASTERN STATE HOSPITAL (about 4 miles; MEDICAL LAKE,
WA)
- DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER (about 15 miles; SPOKANE,
WA)
- SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER (about 15 miles;
SPOKANE, WA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Fairchild AFB:
- FAIRCHILD AFB (about 1 miles; SPOKANE, WA; ID: SKA)
- SPOKANE INTL (about 8 miles; SPOKANE, WA; ID: GEG)
- COEUR D'ALENE AIR TERM (about 59 miles; COEUR
D'ALENE, ID; ID: COE)
Other public-use airports nearest to Fairchild AFB:
- FELTS FIELD (about 23 miles; SPOKANE, WA; ID: SFF)
- MEAD FLYING SERVICE (about 24 miles; MEAD, WA; ID:
70S)
- CROSS WINDS (about 26 miles; CLAYTON, WA; ID: C72)
Amtrak station near Fairchild AFB:
- 17 miles: SPOKANE (W. 221 1ST AVE.). Services:
ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones,
vending machines, paid short-term parking, paid
long-term parking, call for taxi service, intercity bus
service, public transit connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Fairchild AFB:
- EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 11 miles;
CHENEY, WA; Full-time enrollment: 7,852)
- SPOKANE FALLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 11 miles;
SPOKANE, WA; FT enrollment: 6,284)
- GONZAGA UNIVERSITY (about 15 miles; SPOKANE, WA; FT
enrollment: 3,860)
- SPOKANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 23 miles; SPOKANE,
WA; FT enrollment: 5,564)
- WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 54 miles;
PULLMAN, WA; FT enrollment: 18,110)
- NORTH IDAHO COLLEGE (about 61 miles; COEUR D'ALENE,
ID; FT enrollment: 2,988)
- UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO (about 86 miles; MOSCOW, ID; FT
enrollment: 9,823)
Public primary/middle school in Fairchild AFB:
- MICHAEL ANDERSON ELEMENTARY (Students: 651;
Location: 400 W. FAIRCHILD HIGHWAY; Grades: PK - 06)
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