Best PlacesFairchild Air Force Base, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fairchild Air Force Base, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Fairchild Air Force Base ranks 18,817th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on population health, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Fairchild Air Force Base
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Fairchild Air Force Base's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fairchild Air Force Base ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 88% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 86% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 85% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 84% of towns
- Short commute21.1 minutes each way, better than 84% of towns
Where Fairchild Air Force Base ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 14% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,197 a month, better than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fairchild Air Force Base
A household needs to earn about $127,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fairchild Air Force Base home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $77,417, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Fairchild Air Force Base's effective rate of 0.81%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Fairchild Air Force Base
Fairchild Air Force Base's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fairchild Air Force Base.
Who works in Fairchild Air Force Base, and how
Work in Fairchild Air Force Base centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Fairchild Air Force Base
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fairchild Air Force Base.
What the weather is like in Fairchild Air Force Base, month by month
Fairchild Air Force Base sees roughly 83 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 29° | 23° |
| April | 59° | 46° | 34° |
| July | 88° | 72° | 55° |
| October | 60° | 47° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Fairchild Air Force Base
The nearest airport, Spokane International, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 217 miles away.
Fairchild Air Force Base measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Fairchild Air Force Base against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fairchild Air Force Base
Is Fairchild Air Force Base a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fairchild Air Force Base ranks 18,817th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, low taxes, and cell coverage, and lowest on internet speeds and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fairchild Air Force Base expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $484,474. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $77,417 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is Fairchild Air Force Base safe?
Yes, Fairchild Air Force Base is safer than 69% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $346 per resident a year.
Compare Fairchild Air Force Base with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fairchild Air Force Base. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fairchild Air Force Base represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Fairchild Air Force Base detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fairchild Air Force Base: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fairchild Air Force Base: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fairchild Air Force Base: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fairchild Air Force Base: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fairchild Air Force Base detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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