Spokane County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 42.8. This is worse than average.
Carbon Monoxide (CO) [ppm] level in 2010 was 0.476. This is significantly worse than average. There were 21 monitors within city limits.
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 19.7. This is about average. There were 12 monitors within city limits.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 13.1. This is worse than average. There were 11 monitors within city limits.
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 8.4%
(8.5% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This town: | 2.6 people | | Washington: | 2.4 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 68.0% | | Whole state: | 65.6% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 2.9% | | Whole state: | 6.1% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Fairfield, WA
49 people in nursing homes
3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Fairfield compared to Washington state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage above state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in above state average.
- House age significantly above state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Fairfield (2011 data):
- Bank of Fairfield: Bank Of Fairfield at 213 Main Street, branch established on 1908/01/01. Info updated 2006/11/03: Bank assets: $127.0 mil, Deposits: $113.1 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Agricultural Specialization, 9 total offices, Holding Company: Fairfield Financial Holdings Corp.
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (45%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (33%)
- Wood (10%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Other fuel (5%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
Religion statistics for Fairfield (based on Spokane County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 36.11%
| Here |  | 36.1% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | LDS (Mormon) Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Southern Baptist Convention | Presbyterian Church (USA) |
| Adherents | 37.9% | 9.4% | 7.1% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| Congregations | 8.4% | 12.3% | 6.8% | 5.2% | 5.8% |
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| Name | Non-Charismatic Churches Independent | United Methodist Church | Lutheran Church | Assemblies of God | Other |
| Adherents | 3.9% | 3.7% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 21.1% |
| Congregations | 1.9% | 5.8% | 2.9% | 4.9% | 45.8% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 82 | Spokane County: | 1.80 / 10,000 pop. | | Washington: | 2.06 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 8 | This county: | 0.18 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.19 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 28 | Spokane County: | 0.61 / 10,000 pop. | | Washington: | 1.18 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 118 | Spokane County: | 2.59 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 2.67 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 281 | Here: | 6.16 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 8.26 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 8.2% | | Washington: | 7.7% |
Adult obesity rate: | Spokane County: | 27.2% | | Washington: | 25.7% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 9.7% | | State: | 13.9% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Other Government Administration |
1 | $2,036 | $24,432 | 1 | $263 |
| Water Supply |
2 | $5,882 | $35,292 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
3 | $7,918 | $31,672 | 1 | $263 |
Fairfield government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $101,000 ($165.03)
- Construction - Regular Highways: $152,000 ($248.37)
Sewerage: $58,000 ($94.77)
- Current Operations - Financial Administration: $68,000 ($111.11)
Water Utilities: $49,000 ($80.07)
Sewerage: $46,000 ($75.16)
Regular Highways: $24,000 ($39.22)
General - Other: $19,000 ($31.05)
Parks & Recreation: $16,000 ($26.14)
Central Staff Services: $14,000 ($22.88)
Libraries: $11,000 ($17.97)
Fire Protection: $7,000 ($11.44)
Police Protection: $7,000 ($11.44)
Health Services - Other: $1,000 ($1.63)
- General - Interest on Debt: $8,000 ($13.07)
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $5,000 ($8.17)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $82,000 ($133.99)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $223,000 ($364.38)
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $13,000 ($21.24)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $213,000 ($348.04)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $79,000 ($129.08)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $23,000 ($37.58)
Water Utilities: $3,000 ($4.90)
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $18,000 ($29.41)
Rents: $5,000 ($8.17)
General Revenue, NEC: $4,000 ($6.54)
- Other Capital Outlay - Sewerage: $14,000 ($22.88)
Regular Highways: $5,000 ($8.17)
Parks & Recreation: $4,000 ($6.54)
Financial Administration: $2,000 ($3.27)
General - Other: $2,000 ($3.27)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $300,000 ($490.20)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $73,000 ($119.28)
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $164,000 ($267.97)
Highways: $30,000 ($49.02)
General Support: $5,000 ($8.17)
- Tax - Property: $75,000 ($122.55)
Total General Sales: $40,000 ($65.36)
NEC: $5,000 ($8.17)
Public Utilities: $1,000 ($1.63)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $104,000 ($169.93)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $4,000 ($6.54)
6.39% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($39,237 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.39% | | Washington average: | 7.86% |
0.15% of residents moved from foreign countries ($672 average AGI)| Spokane County: | 0.15% | | Washington average: | 0.26% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.72% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($35,258 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.72% | | Washington average: | 7.07% |
0.15% of residents moved to foreign countries ($840 average AGI)| Spokane County: | 0.15% | | Washington average: | 0.16% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Fairfield:
- KGA (1510 AM; 50 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KXLY (920 AM; 20 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: SPOKANE RADIO, INC.)
- KMJY (700 AM; 10 kW; NEWPORT, WA; Owner: JAMES E. AND HELEN G. STARGEL)
- KQNT (590 AM; 5 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KJRB (790 AM; 5 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KTRW (970 AM; 5 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: KTRW, LLC)
- KDRK (1050 AM; 5 kW; DISHMAN, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KVNI (1080 AM; 10 kW; COEUR D' ALENE, ID; Owner: QUEENB RADIO, INC.)
- KAQQ (1280 AM; 5 kW; SPOKANE, WA)
- KMBI (1330 AM; daytime; 5 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)
- KQQQ (1150 AM; 25 kW; PULLMAN, WA; Owner: RADIO PALOUSE, INC.)
- KMAX (840 AM; 10 kW; COLFAX, WA; Owner: PALOUSE COUNTRY, INC.)
- KTBI (810 AM; daytime; 50 kW; EPHRATA, WA; Owner: TACOMA BROADCASTERS, INCORPORATED)
Strongest FM radio stations in Fairfield:
- KIXZ-FM (96.1 FM; OPPORTUNITY, WA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KDRK-FM (93.7 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KPBX-FM (91.1 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: SPOKANE PUBLIC RADIO, INC.)
- KMBI-FM (107.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)
- KISC (98.1 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KZBD (105.7 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KZZU-FM (92.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: QUEENB)
- KEYF-FM (101.1 FM; CHENEY, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KSFC (91.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: SPOKANE PUBLIC RADIO)
- KEEH (104.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: UPPER COLUMBIA MEDIA ASSOCIATION)
- KKZX (98.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KCDA (103.1 FM; POST FALLS, ID; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KEWU-FM (89.5 FM; CHENEY, WA; Owner: EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY)
- KYWL (103.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KICR (102.3 FM; COEUR D'ALENE, ID; Owner: GREAT NORTHERN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KAGU (88.7 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: GONZAGA UNIVERSITY TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION)
- KXLY-FM (99.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: SPOKANE RADIO, INC.)
- KHTQ (94.5 FM; HAYDEN, ID; Owner: QUEENB RADIO, INC.)
- KEZE (96.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: QUEENB RADIO, INC.)
- K262AG (100.3 FM; SPOKANE, ETC., WA; Owner: SPOKANE RADIO, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Fairfield:
- KREM-TV (Channel 2; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: KING BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KHQ-TV (Channel 6; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: KHQ, INCORPORATED)
- KAYU-TV (Channel 28; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: MOUNTAIN LICENSES, L.P.)
- KSPS-TV (Channel 7; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: SPOKANE SCHOOL DISTRICT #81)
- K09FZ (Channel 9; SPOKANE, ETC., WA; Owner: SPOKANE TELEVISION, INC.)
- KSKN (Channel 22; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: KSKN TELEVISION, INC.)
- K59BW (Channel 59; BONNERS FERRY, ID; Owner: STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION (IEPBS))
- KGPX (Channel 34; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: PAXSON SPOKANE LICENSE, INC.)
- KHBA-LP (Channel 52; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: HE'S ALIVE BROADCASTING ASSOCIATION)
- K14IF (Channel 14; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: VENTANA TELEVISION, INC.)
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 13
Total length: 24 meters (79ft)
Total costs: $485,000
Total average daily traffic: 1,241
Total average daily truck traffic: 265
Total future (year 2030) average daily traffic: 1,764
New bridges - Historical Statistics
- 1910-1919: 1
- 1920-1929: 0
- 1930-1939: 0
- 1940-1949: 0
- 1950-1959: 3
- 1960-1969: 4
- 1970-1979: 1
- 1980-1989: 0
- 1990-1999: 4
See Full National Bridge Inventory Statistics for Fairfield, WA
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1 - FAIRFIELD, Carleton & 1st St (Lat: 47.386556 Lon: -117.174611), Overall height: 31.7 m, Call Sign: WMN849
Assigned Frequencies: 10755.0 MHz, 10715.0 MHz, 10835.0 MHz Grant Date: 01/03/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011, Cancellation Date: 12/01/2009
Registrant: Verizon Northwest Inc., Irving, TX 75015-2092, Phone: (972) 718-4599, Fax: (972) 719-7242, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 4 - Call Sign: KA7ASR
Grant Date: 06/07/1988, Expiration Date: 06/07/1998, Cancellation Date: 06/09/2000
Registrant: Robert W Thayer, Fairfield, WA 99012 - Call Sign: KD7BBG, Licensee ID: L01355964
Grant Date: 01/03/2008, Expiration Date: 03/23/2018, Certifier: Edward W Purdy
Registrant: Edward W Purdy, 312 W Hamilton, Fairfield, WA 99012-0325 - Call Sign: W0YDI, Previous Call Sign: W7HHO, Licensee ID: L01139066
Grant Date: 04/12/2006, Expiration Date: 07/02/2016
Registrant: William W Kochheiser, 606 W Skyview Ridge, Fairfield, WA 99012 - Call Sign: KF7FKZ, Licensee ID: L01526503
Grant Date: 10/27/2009, Expiration Date: 10/27/2019, Certifier: Carol M Cory
Registrant: Carol M Cory, Fairfield, WA 99012
FAA Registered Aircraft: 2 - Aircraft: PIPER PA-11 (Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 67 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES (95 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 4546M , Serial Number: 11-53, Year manufactured: 1947, Airworthiness Date: 08/07/1956
Registrant (Individual): Edwin C Stender, Rt 1 Box 152, Fairfield, WA 99012 - Aircraft: CESSNA A185F (Category: Land, Seats: 6, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 127 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 8367Q , Serial Number: 18503669, Year manufactured: 1978, Airworthiness Date: 09/20/1978
Registrant (Individual): Paul T Dashiell, 21311 S Arnold Rd, Fairfield, WA 99012
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents: See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Fairfield, WA
| Most common first names in Fairfield, WA among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| John | 12 | 76.1 years |
| William | 11 | 77.4 years |
| George | 10 | 74.7 years |
| Anna | 9 | 86.1 years |
| Robert | 9 | 74.1 years |
| Carl | 8 | 75.2 years |
| James | 7 | 82.7 years |
| Mary | 7 | 89.4 years |
| Florence | 7 | 86.3 years |
| Arthur | 6 | 78.6 years |
| Most common last names in Fairfield, WA among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Ostheller | 9 | 75.0 years |
| Olson | 8 | 83.7 years |
| Adams | 7 | 87.4 years |
| Felgenhauer | 6 | 81.9 years |
| Lewis | 6 | 78.5 years |
| Holling | 6 | 74.0 years |
| Smith | 5 | 83.8 years |
| Blakely | 5 | 81.4 years |
| Bliesner | 5 | 88.4 years |
| Cupp | 5 | 85.0 years |
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