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Tacoma vs Fremont

Tacoma, WA compared with Fremont, CA · 675 miles apart

Tacoma has 229,816 residents to Fremont’s 226,442. Tacoma comes out ahead on median rent, average commute, price to income. Fremont does better on median household income, homeownership, bachelor's degree +.

Tacoma, WA Fremont, CA
Population 229,816 226,442
Density (per sq mi) 4,616 2,899
Median household income $85,884 $181,506
Median home value $479,600 $1,403,800
Median rent $1,676 $2,933
Homeownership 55.8% 60.8%
Average commute 28.8 min 30.3 min
Median age 37.2 39.1
Bachelor's degree + 34.5% 63.9%
Poverty rate 12.4% 5.2%
Unemployment 5.6% 4.7%
Price to income 5.6× 7.7×

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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