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Fife
A snapshot profile, compiled from information provided by the 1990 Census and other sources as noted:

The numbers

Founded: 1883

Square miles: 5.6

Population: 5,150

Median household income: $33,695

Median house value: $155,000
(Coldwell Banker)

Median apartment rent: $412

Parks: 1

Housing units: 2,824


The people

Pie chart showing ethnic breakdown of population

Median age: 31

Enrolled in public school (K-12): 2,969
(includes Fife Public Schools and All Saints School at St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church)

Completed four-year college or higher: 580

Below poverty level: 198 percent

Home ownership: 37 percent

Renters: 63 percent

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New:
Family of farmers tries to keep the old ways alive

Fountain is focal point and link to Fife's past

Fife Bar & Grill provides elegance in an informal atmosphere

Previously:
From farmlands to freeway, small town has changed a great deal

Tensions over the future are nothing new

I-5 brought modernity and industry, but locals rue the price

City hopes to keep hometown feel as it grows

Fife on the Web

Things to do in Fife

Scenes of Fife

Fife historical album

Fife by the numbers


Nearby communities:

Federal Way

Fort Lewis/Lakewood

Puyallup

SeaTac

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