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Tacoma Public Schools, WA

237,304 Population
51.7 square miles 4,587.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±1.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Pierce County: 37.4 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 38.7 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$45,286 ±$2,079 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pierce County: $48,662 ±$1,226
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $55,177 ±$479
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$88,672 ±$4,881 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pierce County: $100,529 ±$2,476
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington: $99,389 ±$1,322
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

13.2% ±2.3% (30,576  ±5,381) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pierce County: 9.3% † 85,131 (±1% / ±8,923)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 9.9% 776,683 (±0.3% / ±22,218)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

29.8 minutes ±1.6 (2,941,390  ±230,356) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pierce County: 32.5 13,080,765 (±0.8 / ±416,974)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 27.2 89,307,904 (±0.2 / ±1,061,767)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

99,837 ±2,721 Number of households
  • Pierce County: 362,111 ±3,075
  • Washington: 3,168,080 ±9,393
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (231,423  ±2,776) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pierce County: 2.5 918,674 (±0 / ±374)
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,802,363
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.5% ±1.6% (2,138  ±968) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pierce County: 4.7% † 10,599 (±0.9% / ±2,035)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington: 4.7% 89,530 (±0.3% / ±5,962)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

104,581 ±2,893 Number of housing units
  • Pierce County: 378,928 ±160
  • Washington: 3,400,980 ±404
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$516,200 ±$24,311 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pierce County: $574,500 ±$8,780
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington: $602,200 ±$3,897
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

16.9% ±2.5% (39,635  ±5,882.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pierce County: 12.8% 119,562 (±1.1% / ±10,317.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 13.7% 1,081,341 (±0.4% / ±28,883.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.6% ±3.5% (154,371  ±6,901.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pierce County: 92.2% 598,004 (±2.1% / ±13,319.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,196,048 (±0.7% / ±38,059.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
37.9% ±2.2% (63,943  ±4,000.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pierce County: 32.2% 208,688 (±1.2% / ±7,430.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 41% 2,309,863 (±0.5% / ±25,188.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

12.8% ±1.8% (30,263  ±4,377) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pierce County: 11.7% 109,637
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 16.1% 1,280,809
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

8% ±1.1% (14,816  ±1,984) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pierce County: 10.3% 72,516 (±0.6% / ±4,179)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 7.3% 455,376 (±0.2% / ±9,621)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
14,816 Total veterans ±1,984 11,853 Male ±1,778 2,963 Female ±985

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