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Tacoma, WA
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Living in Tacoma



Tacoma is a relatively large coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Washington. With a population of 221,776 people and 71 associated neighborhoods, Tacoma is the third largest community in Washington.

Also of interest is that Tacoma has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Tacoma telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.13% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One thing that you will notice about Tacoma is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider Tacoma a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

One of the nice things about Tacoma is that it is nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Like elsewhere in America, most people in Tacoma use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Tacoma‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the bus. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.

In terms of college education, Tacoma is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 32.78% of adults in Tacoma have a college degree.

The per capita income in Tacoma in 2018 was $41,788, which is upper middle income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $167,152 for a family of four. However, Tacoma contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Tacoma is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Tacoma home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tacoma residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Tacoma also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.29% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tacoma include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Tacoma is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.