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Tacoma, WA

222,932 Population
49.7 square miles 4,484.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±1.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 37.8 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$49,555 ±$3,923 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $62,137 ±$825
  • a little less than the amount in Washington: $52,011 ±$541
$89,107 ±$4,511 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $110,744 ±$1,836
  • a little less than the amount in Washington: $94,605 ±$1,221

12.6% ±2.2% (27,500  ±4,782) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 9.1% 360,070 (±0.5% / ±19,998)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 10.4% 794,426 (±0.3% / ±26,113)

28.4 minutes ±1.6 (2,824,030  ±219,132) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 29.2 49,875,860 (±0.4 / ±801,513)
  • a little higher than the figure in Washington: 26.7 85,416,730 (±0.2 / ±973,110)

Families

97,027 ±3,188 Number of households
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,627,693 ±8,137
  • Washington: 3,101,265 ±10,961
2.2 ±0.1 (217,663  ±253) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 2.4 3,972,485 (±0 / ±641)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.5 † 7,659,849 (±,179.1 / ±-555,555,600)

4.6% ±1.4% (2,659  ±805) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 4.8% 48,511 (±0.4% / ±4,303)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 5.3% 97,347 (±0.3% / ±6,087)

Housing

102,705 ±3,360 Number of housing units
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,734,427 ±357
  • Washington: 3,361,561 ±310

$474,100 ±$10,492 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $712,200 ±$6,200
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $576,000 ±$3,882

17.9% ±2.5% (39,401  ±5,506.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 15.4% 617,078 (±0.5% / ±21,032.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 14.2% 1,099,648 (±0.4% / ±28,225.1)

Social

91.3% ±3.8% (147,976  ±7,117.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 93.5% 2,702,137 (±0.9% / ±25,512.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 92.4% 5,090,206 (±0.7% / ±36,316.2)
35.7% ±2.4% (57,795  ±4,121.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 48.6% 1,404,951 (±0.6% / ±16,744.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 40.5% 2,229,338 (±0.4% / ±21,620.9)

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

13.6% ±1.7% (30,261  ±3,699) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 21.3% † 861,459 (±2,925.2% / ±17,695)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 15.5% † 1,213,933 (±1,104.8% / ±21,847)

9.4% ±1.2% (16,769  ±2,147) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 6.3% 198,806 (±0.2% / ±7,158)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 7.6% 465,141 (±0.2% / ±9,288)
16,769 Total veterans ±2,147 14,499 Male ±2,060 2,270 Female ±696

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