Living in Tacoma.
A port city on Commencement Bay, with a museum district downtown and a park of 760 acres on the water.
Life in Tacoma
Tacoma sits on Commencement Bay, with Mount Rainier on the skyline. Six museums line the downtown core, and the Chihuly Bridge of Glass links the Museum of Glass to the Washington State History Museum.
Getting to Seattle
Sounder commuter trains run from Tacoma Dome Station to King Street Station in downtown Seattle.
Schools
Tacoma Public Schools serves the city. Check with the district for the schools at a specific address.
Weekends
Point Defiance Park covers 760 acres, with nearly 400 acres of old growth forest and the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium.
Tacoma
by the numbers.
222,758 people live in Tacoma, with a median age of 37.2. The median household earns $85,884 a year.
- People
- 222,758
- Median age
- 37.2
- Median household income
- $85,884
- Median home value
- $479,600
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Figures are for the city limits.
Who lives
in Tacoma.
Age
Education, adults 25 and over
Men and women
Men 50%Women 50%
Density and degrees
- People per square mile
- 4,480
- Adults with a bachelor’s degree or higher
- 35%
- Households
- 93,033
- People per household
- 2.33
- Median home value
- $479,600
- Median rent a month
- $1,676
Owners and renters
Own 56%Rent 44%
- Median household income
- $85,884
- Income per person
- $45,650
- Average commute
- 29 min
- Work from home
- 16%
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Figures are for the city limits.
Schools
in Tacoma.
Public schools with a Tacoma address. The district’s boundary map shows which school serves a specific home.
- Arlington Elementary SchoolPK–57202 S Pine St, 984093.5
- Birney Elementary SchoolPK–57627 S Sheridan Ave, 984083.8
- Blix Elementary SchoolPK–51302 E 38th St, 984042.3
- Boze Elementary SchoolPK–51140 E 65th St, 984044.7
- Brookdale ElementaryPK–5611 132nd St S, 984442.7
- Browns Point Elementary SchoolK–51526 51st St NE, 984228.3
- Bryant Montessori SchoolPK–5717 S Grant Ave, 984052.3
- Central Avenue ElementaryK–54608 128th St E, 984466.1
- Chester H Thompson ElementaryK–5303 159th St E, 984453.9
- Christensen ElementaryPK–510232 Barnes Lane S, 984443.6
- Clover Creek ElementaryK–516715 36th Avenue East, 984467.6
- Collins ElementaryPK–51920 128th Street E, 984445.3
- Crescent Heights Elementary SchoolPK–54110 Nassau Ave NE, 984226.9
- DeLong Elementary SchoolPK–54901 S 14th St, 984056.7
- Downing Elementary SchoolPK–55130 N 26th St, 984067.2
- Edison Elementary SchoolPK–55830 S Pine St, 984094.2
- Edna Travis Elementary SchoolPK–52111 S J St, 984052.0
- Elmhurst Elementary SchoolK–5420 133rd St E, 984454.5
- Fawcett Elementary SchoolPK–5126 E 60th St, 984042.2
- Fern Hill Elementary SchoolPK–58442 S Park Ave, 984446.3
- Fife Elementary SchoolK–55804 20th Street E, 984246.9
- Franklin Elementary SchoolPK–51402 S Lawrence St, 984052.1
- Geiger Montessori SchoolPK–57401 S 8th St, 984657.6
- Grant Elementary SchoolK–52510 N 11th St, 984066.9
- Harvard ElementaryK–51709 85th Street E, 984455.0
- Helen Stafford Elementary SchoolPK–51615 S 92nd St, 984444.9
- Impact Public SchoolsPK–51301 E 34th Street, 984045.9
- James Sales ElementaryK–51301 113th Street S, 984448.3
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolPK–54302 N 13th St, 984068.8
- Katherine G. Johnson Elementary SchoolK–516720 Waller Rd E, 984468.4
- Larchmont Elementary SchoolPK–58601 E B St, 984454.5
- Lister Elementary SchoolPK–52106 E 44th St, 984045.0
- Lowell Elementary SchoolK–5810 Mr. Dahl Dr, 984038.3
- Lyon Elementary SchoolPK–5101 E 46th St, 984043.7
- Manitou Park Elementary SchoolPK–54330 S 66th St, 984094.1
- Mann Elementary SchoolPK–51002 S 52nd St, 984086.3
- Midland ElementaryK–52300 105th St E, 984456.2
- Naches Trail ElementaryK–515305 Waller Road East, 984466.6
- Northeast Tacoma Elementary SchoolPK–55412 29th St NE, 984226.4
- Point Defiance Elementary SchoolK–54330 N Visscher St, 984076.8
- Reed Elementary SchoolPK–51802 S 36th St, 984182.6
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolPK–53550 E Roosevelt Ave, 984043.4
- Sheridan Elementary SchoolPK–55317 E McKinley Ave, 984042.5
- Sherman Elementary SchoolK–54415 N 38th St, 984077.0
- Skyline Elementary SchoolPK–56301 N 23rd St, 984067.4
- Stanley Elementary SchoolPK–51712 S 17th St, 984052.3
- Waller Road ElementaryK–66312 Waller Rd E, 984434.0
- Washington Elementary SchoolPK–52615 N Adams St, 984077.4
- Whitman Elementary SchoolPK–51120 S 39th St, 984082.4
- Whittier Elementary SchoolPK–3777 Elm Tree Ln, 98466–
- Angelo Giaudrone Middle School6–84902 S Alaska St, 984081.8
- Baker Middle School6–88001 S J St, 984084.0
- Bryant Montessori Middle School6–8717 S Grant Ave, 984053.0
- Columbia Junior High School8–92901 54th Avenue E, 984246.2
- First Creek Middle School6–81801 E 56th St, 984041.8
- Gray Middle School6–86229 S Tyler St, 984092.3
- Hilltop Heritage Middle School6–8602 N Sprague Ave, 984032.0
- Hunt Middle School6–86501 S 10th St, 984654.1
- Mason Middle School6–83901 N 28th St, 984075.6
- Meeker Middle School6–84402 Nassau Ave NE, 984223.9
- Morris Ford Middle School6–81602 104th Street East, 984452.8
- Perry G Keithley Middle School6–812324 12th Ave S, 984441.1
- Spanaway Middle School6–815701 B Street East, 984455.8
- Stewart Middle School6–85010 S Pacific Ave, 984082.8
- Truman Middle School6–85801 N 35th St, 984072.8
- Wainwright Intermediate School4–8130 Alameda Ave, 984664.4
- Bates Technical High School9–121101 South Yakima Avenue, 984051.7
- Dr. Dolores Silas High School9–121202 N Orchard St, 984067.5
- Fife High School10–125616 20th St E, 984246.1
- Foss High School9–122112 S Tyler St, 984054.3
- Franklin Pierce High School9–1211002 18th Ave E, 984455.0
- Industrial Design Engineering and Arts9–126701 S Park Ave, 984447.9
- Lincoln High School9–12701 S 37th St, 984184.7
- Mount Tahoma High School9–124634 S 74th St, 984094.3
- Science and Math Institute9–125501 N Pearl St, 984078.0
- Stadium High School9–12111 N E St, 984038.4
- Summit Public School: Olympus9–12409 Puyallup Ave, 98421–
- Tacoma School of the Arts9–12302 S 9th St, Suite 200, 984027.5
- Washington High School9–1212420 Ainsworth Ave S, 984446.1
Schools: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data 2023–24. State score: Washington School Improvement Framework 2025, OSPI, all students, on a 1–10 scale. A dash means the state did not publish a score for the school. Online and alternative programs are not listed.
Places to see
in Tacoma.
Point Defiance Park
A 760-acre park on Puget Sound with about 400 acres of old-growth forest. The zoo and aquarium are inside the park too.
Museum of Glass
A museum of glass art on the Thea Foss Waterway, open since 2002. Its steel cone, 100 feet across at the base, is the hot shop where artists blow glass.
Seymour Conservatory
A Victorian glass conservatory from 1908 in Wright Park, a 27-acre arboretum near downtown. It is one of three of its kind on the West Coast.
Union Station
Tacoma’s 1911 train station with its copper dome. Today it is a federal courthouse.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, cropped. Point Defiance Park by Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0; Museum of Glass by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0; Seymour Conservatory by Tim Babcock, CC BY-SA 4.0; Union Station by Loco Steve, CC BY 2.0.
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