Tukwila vs Union Hill-Novelty Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Tukwila and Union Hill-Novelty Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Tukwila and Union Hill-Novelty Hill are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Union Hill-Novelty Hill has the higher population (23,272 vs 21,479 in Tukwila). Union Hill-Novelty Hill has the higher median household income ($181,820 vs $80,534 in Tukwila). Union Hill-Novelty Hill has the higher median home value ($1,174,100 vs $462,800 in Tukwila).

Population, income & housing

	Tukwila	Union Hill-Novelty Hill
Population	21,479	23,272
Median age	35.0 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$80,534	$181,820
Median home value	$462,800	$1,174,100
Median gross rent	$1,786	$2,597
Housing units	8,431	8,843
Homeownership rate	40.4%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	71.8%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tukwila	Union Hill-Novelty Hill
Population	20,196 → 21,479 (+6.4%)	21,992 → 23,272 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$58,097 → $80,534 (+38.6%)	$150,239 → $181,820 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$315,000 → $462,800 (+46.9%)	$809,000 → $1,174,100 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,282 → $1,786 (+39.3%)	$1,989 → $2,597 (+30.6%)

Tukwila

Population

20,19621,479

Median household income

$58,097$80,534

Median home value

$315,000$462,800

Median gross rent

$1,282$1,786

Union Hill-Novelty Hill

Population

21,99223,272

Median household income

$150,239$181,820

Median home value

$809,000$1,174,100

Median gross rent

$1,989$2,597

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tukwila	Union Hill-Novelty Hill
Under 5	5.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.3%	19.9%
18 to 24	8.1%	2.7%
25 to 34	22.2%	8.0%
35 to 44	16.0%	15.5%
45 to 54	14.1%	15.1%
55 to 64	9.9%	12.6%
65 to 74	6.5%	12.2%
75 and over	3.7%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tukwila	Union Hill-Novelty Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	27.9%	59.2%
Black or African American	17.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	22.9%	27.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.1%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	23.4%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tukwila	Union Hill-Novelty Hill
No high school diploma	17.8%	1.5%
High school graduate	27.5%	8.9%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	37.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	34.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tukwila	Union Hill-Novelty Hill
Drove alone	66.8%	51.7%
Carpooled	9.1%	4.1%
Public transit	9.2%	2.3%
Walked	0.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	12.1%	40.8%
Other means	2.6%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tukwila	Union Hill-Novelty Hill
1-unit, detached	36.9%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	21.8%	2.6%
20 or more units	28.2%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Tukwila	Union Hill-Novelty Hill
Poverty rate	12.3%	5.1%
Average household size	2.69	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1978	2001