Graham vs Tacoma

A side-by-side comparison of Graham and Tacoma: population, income, housing, and more.

Graham and Tacoma are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Tacoma has the higher population (220,482 vs 35,090 in Graham). Graham has the higher median household income ($115,501 vs $83,857 in Tacoma). Graham has the higher median home value ($472,800 vs $454,600 in Tacoma).

Population, income & housing

	Graham	Tacoma
Population	35,090	220,482
Median age	35.1 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$115,501	$83,857
Median home value	$472,800	$454,600
Median gross rent	$2,172	$1,597
Housing units	11,352	96,151
Homeownership rate	81.8%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	33.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Graham	Tacoma
Population	28,976 → 35,090 (+21.1%)	212,869 → 220,482 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$86,943 → $115,501 (+32.8%)	$62,358 → $83,857 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$288,000 → $472,800 (+64.2%)	$277,900 → $454,600 (+63.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,641 → $2,172 (+32.4%)	$1,180 → $1,597 (+35.3%)

Graham

Population

28,97635,090

Median household income

$86,943$115,501

Median home value

$288,000$472,800

Median gross rent

$1,641$2,172

Tacoma

Population

212,869220,482

Median household income

$62,358$83,857

Median home value

$277,900$454,600

Median gross rent

$1,180$1,597

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Graham	Tacoma
Under 5	7.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	23.0%	13.9%
18 to 24	8.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.6%	17.5%
35 to 44	14.9%	15.4%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.8%	12.1%
65 to 74	6.4%	9.0%
75 and over	4.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Graham	Tacoma
White (non-Hispanic)	65.7%	56.1%
Black or African American	4.3%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.9%
Asian	3.9%	8.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.7%	0.9%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	9.5%	9.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Graham	Tacoma
No high school diploma	7.9%	8.7%
High school graduate	30.0%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Graham	Tacoma
Drove alone	77.1%	67.1%
Carpooled	9.9%	10.2%
Public transit	1.5%	4.7%
Walked	0.2%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.5%	13.7%
Other means	0.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Graham	Tacoma
1-unit, detached	81.9%	61.6%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	12.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	15.7%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Graham	Tacoma
Poverty rate	6.2%	12.0%
Average household size	3.24	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	43	29
Median year structure built	2000	1967