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.
For the size of the city, public transportation in Tacoma is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the bus. For Tacoma, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.
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 2022 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.
