The Lakes
Fife, WA · Fife Public Schools · #1 in Fife
Why this score
What we measured for a family deciding where to buy.
Crime isn't folded into this score — it's only reported at the county level, not by neighborhood. See the county figure below.
Crime & safety
Violent crime for the county The Lakes sits in — the closest honest grain for crime data.
County-level violent-crime rate for Pierce County, from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting program via County Health Rankings (2022). Crime isn't reported at the neighborhood level — this is the closest honest grain and applies to the whole county.
What's reachable
Counts within a short drive of The Lakes, with the average Google rating.
Housing budget
Same BAH applies to every neighborhood in the housing area — see the Fife community guide for the full pay-grade table and the VA loan facts.