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Tacoma vs South Hill

Tacoma, WA compared with South Hill, WA · 12 miles apart

Tacoma has 229,816 residents to South Hill’s 68,025. Tacoma comes out ahead on median rent, average commute, bachelor's degree +. South Hill does better on median household income, homeownership, poverty rate.

Tacoma, WA South Hill, WA
Population 229,816 68,025
Density (per sq mi) 4,616 3,660
Median household income $85,884 $113,130
Median home value $479,600 $543,600
Median rent $1,676 $2,088
Homeownership 55.8% 70.5%
Average commute 28.8 min 33.9 min
Median age 37.2 35.3
Bachelor's degree + 34.5% 32.9%
Poverty rate 12.4% 7.2%
Unemployment 5.6% 4.2%
Price to income 5.6× 4.8×

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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