Living in Joint Base Lewis McChord

In Joint Base Lewis McChord, unemployment is 5.4% (2024).

Joint Base Lewis McChord had a population of 14,052 at the end of 2020. Annual PM2.5 in the air was 5.1 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0721 sources

Population14,052people31 Dec 2020Official source · U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb Census 2020

Median gross salary2,358EUR/month31 Dec 2024Community source · Census Reporter ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B20002 (underlying U.S. Census Bureau ACS)

Median rent2,108EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, table B25064 (Median Gross Rent), place records

Unemployment rate5.36%country median 4.6% — 17% aboveOfficial source · api.census.gov

PM2.5, annual mean5.15µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · U.S. EPA Air Quality System / AirData

Higher unemployment than 63% of American cities that publish it and cleaner air than 90% of American cities that publish it.

Which United States-wide rules apply when you move to Joint Base Lewis McChord?

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Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€60

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	60.38 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Verizon 300 Mbps home internet¹¹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.57 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Visible unlimited mobile plan¹²Official · national market
Median monthly rent	2,108 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, table B25064 (Median Gross Rent), place records²Official

Is Joint Base Lewis McChord a good place to live?

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Remote worker26%strong on work, weak on safety · range 16–36%

Skilled employee37%strong on work, weak on safety · range 28–46%

Student31%strong on legal route, weak on safety · range 20–42%

Family30%strong on family, weak on safety · range 19–41%

Retirement31%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 18–44%

Work and income

Unemployment across cities in United StatesUnemployment in Joint Base Lewis McChord is 5.4%. Of 2,153 cities with data, 1,250 have unemployment of 0 to under 5%.

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Joint Base Lewis McChord 5.4%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary	2,358 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Census Reporter ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B20002 (underlying U.S. Census Bureau ACS)¹³Community estimate · Supplemental context
Unemployment rate	5.36 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2024	api.census.gov³Official

What does a salary buy in Joint Base Lewis McChord?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€1,469of €3,659 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
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Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€3,659
Rentmedian gross rent, utilities included · US Census Bureau, ACS 2016–2020 5-year	− €2,108
Public transport passnot published for this city	—
Utilities, 85 m²included in the gross rent above	incl.
Internet€60 · official · Verizon 300 Mbps home internet · 2026-09-30	− €60
Mobile plan€22 · official · Visible unlimited mobile plan · 2026-09-30	− €22
Left overbefore the bill this city does not publish	€1,469

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Joint Base Lewis McChord. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

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American Job Centers — Public employment service

U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Joint Base Lewis McChord. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	268.5 per 100,000	31 Dec 2023	Area Health Resources Files (AHRF), County 2024-2025 release⁴Official · county

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Joint Base Lewis McChord when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Mobility and administration

Joint Base Lewis McChord was 18 km from its nearest major airport.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Distance to the nearest major airport	18 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	TIW	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Joint Base Lewis McChord. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

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Adult Education and English Language Acquisition (AEFLA) — State Language Course

U.S. Department of Education

For adult learners, adult English-language learners.

EnglishIn Person, Online, HybridCost varies

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USCIS English and citizenship class finder — Civic Orientation

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

For immigrants, future citizens.

EnglishIn Person, OnlineCost varies

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Climate and air quality

Joint Base Lewis McChord's monthly mean temperatures were 5.2°C in January and 18.2°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 153.9 mm in January and 17.3 mm in July. For Joint Base Lewis McChord, average peak PM2.5 was 76.9 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

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Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.55.1WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in United StatesAnnual PM2.5 in Joint Base Lewis McChord is 5.2 µg/m³. Of 968 cities with data, 261 have annual PM2.5 of 6 to under 7 µg/m³.

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Joint Base Lewis McChord 5.2

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	5.15 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	U.S. EPA Air Quality System / AirData¹⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 7.94 · Feb 9.11 · Mar 11.72 · Apr 14.17 · May 18.06 · Jun 20.94 · Jul 24.17 · Aug 24.22 · Sep 20.89 · Oct 14.78 · Nov 10.28 · Dec 7.5 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 2.44 · Feb 2.5 · Mar 3.61 · Apr 5.22 · May 8.06 · Jun 10.39 · Jul 12.22 · Aug 12.39 · Sep 10.78 · Oct 7.61 · Nov 4.33 · Dec 2.33 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 5.22 · Feb 5.83 · Mar 7.67 · Apr 9.67 · May 13.06 · Jun 15.67 · Jul 18.17 · Aug 18.33 · Sep 15.83 · Oct 11.22 · Nov 7.28 · Dec 4.94 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 153.9 · Feb 104.4 · Mar 117.6 · Apr 86.11 · May 52.83 · Jun 34.54 · Jul 17.27 · Aug 21.84 · Sep 39.12 · Oct 109.7 · Nov 182.4 · Dec 147.6 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information⁵Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5, highest monitored reading	76.9 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	US EPA Air Quality System (AQS)¹⁰Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5, annual mean	5.09 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	US EPA Air Quality System (AQS)¹⁰Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In United States: Bellevue ±1.0 °C. Elsewhere: Saanich (Canada) ±0.5 °C, Reims (France) ±0.9 °C, Werl (Germany) ±1.1 °C, Cork (Ireland) ±1.6 °C, Neustadt in Holstein (Germany) ±1.8 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	14,052 people	31 Dec 2020	U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb Census 2020⁹Official

Alternatives for people set on Joint Base Lewis McChord

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Cities near Joint Base Lewis McChord

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Spanaway 12.1 km away

Rent: 1,675 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2020-12-31
Salary: 4,188 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Tanglewilde-Thompson Place 15.5 km away

Salary: 3,852 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Tanglewilde 15.6 km away

Rent: 1,711 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2020-12-31
Salary: 3,852 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

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Common questions

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What is the unemployment rate in Joint Base Lewis McChord?

The unemployment rate is 5.36 %. Source: api.census.gov.

Is the air quality good in Joint Base Lewis McChord?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 5.15 µg/m³. The WHO 2021 guideline is 5 µg/m³ and the EU limit value is 25 µg/m³, so this reading is above the WHO guideline but within the EU limit. Source: U.S. EPA Air Quality System / AirData.

How many people live in Joint Base Lewis McChord?

The published population is 14,052 people. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb Census 2020.

Is Joint Base Lewis McChord a good place to live?

Joint Base Lewis McChord may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Joint Base Lewis McChord?

DuPont, Steilacoom, Lakewood, Spanaway, Tanglewilde-Thompson Place are near Joint Base Lewis McChord. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Joint Base Lewis McChord, United States: population, rent [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 5069f5c3b708150f72cb530d814c7e4a]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/us/joint-base-lewis-mcchord/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_joint-base-lewis-mcchord-united-states-population-rent_f66947efa0f1,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Joint Base Lewis McChord, United States: population, rent},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {5069f5c3b708150f72cb530d814c7e4a},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/us/joint-base-lewis-mcchord/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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2024 American Community Survey 5-year detailed tables api.census.gov · checked 2026-10-04
ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, table B25064 (Median Gross Rent), place records www2.census.gov · checked 2026-09-18
api.census.gov api.census.gov · checked 2026-08-26
Area Health Resources Files (AHRF), County 2024-2025 release data.hrsa.gov · checked 2026-10-04
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb Places (layer 4 incorporated places, layer 5 CDPs; identical query) tigerweb.geo.census.gov · checked 2026-09-11
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey api.census.gov · checked 2026-08-07
U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb Census 2020 tigerweb.geo.census.gov · checked 2026-08-05
U.S. EPA Air Quality System / AirData aqs.epa.gov · checked 2026-08-05

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Verizon 300 Mbps home internet verizon.com · checked 2026-09-15
Visible unlimited mobile plan visible.com · checked 2026-09-15
Census Reporter ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B20002 (underlying U.S. Census Bureau ACS) api.censusreporter.org · checked 2026-09-11
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
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