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McChord AFB
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McChord AFB
Total population
2,999
Median home value
$0
Bachelor's+
Median income
$54,808
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
McChord Field is a United States Air Force base in the northwest United States, in Pierce County, Washington. South of Tacoma, McChord AFB is the home of the 62nd Airlift Wing, Air Mobility Command, the airbase's primary mission being worldwide strategic airlift.
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Largest nearby schools
- Spanaway Lake High SchoolHigh · Spanaway · 1,817 students · 23.9:1 ratio
- Bethel High SchoolHigh · Spanaway · 1,739 students · 22:1 ratio
- Gov John Rogers High SchoolHigh · Puyallup · 1,730 students · 24:1 ratio
- Puyallup High SchoolHigh · Puyallup · 1,701 students · 23.6:1 ratio
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · Tacoma · 1,578 students · 19:1 ratio
- Stadium High SchoolHigh · Tacoma · 1,571 students · 23.4:1 ratio
- Mount Tahoma High SchoolHigh · Tacoma · 1,430 students · 20.4:1 ratio
- Curtis Senior HighHigh · UNIVERSITY PLACE · 1,349 students · 23.3:1 ratio
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
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- • Wikipedia
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • NOAA National Weather Service
- • Wikidata
- • NCES via Urban Institute Education Data Portal
- • CDC PLACES
- • Open-Elevation
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API