Parkland vs Tacoma

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

Parkland 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 39,174 in Parkland). Tacoma has the higher median household income ($83,857 vs $71,829 in Parkland). Tacoma has the higher median home value ($454,600 vs $382,700 in Parkland).

Population, income & housing

	Parkland	Tacoma
Population	39,174	220,482
Median age	33.8 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,829	$83,857
Median home value	$382,700	$454,600
Median gross rent	$1,593	$1,597
Housing units	15,034	96,151
Homeownership rate	53.5%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	33.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parkland	Tacoma
Population	37,303 → 39,174 (+5.0%)	212,869 → 220,482 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$55,346 → $71,829 (+29.8%)	$62,358 → $83,857 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$223,400 → $382,700 (+71.3%)	$277,900 → $454,600 (+63.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,106 → $1,593 (+44.0%)	$1,180 → $1,597 (+35.3%)

Parkland

Population

37,30339,174

Median household income

$55,346$71,829

Median home value

$223,400$382,700

Median gross rent

$1,106$1,593

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)

	Parkland	Tacoma
Under 5	6.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	13.9%
18 to 24	12.2%	9.0%
25 to 34	17.3%	17.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	15.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	10.6%	12.1%
65 to 74	9.2%	9.0%
75 and over	5.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parkland	Tacoma
White (non-Hispanic)	47.9%	56.1%
Black or African American	12.8%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.9%
Asian	8.3%	8.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.1%	0.9%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	11.4%	9.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.5%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parkland	Tacoma
No high school diploma	9.7%	8.7%
High school graduate	37.2%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parkland	Tacoma
Drove alone	76.2%	67.1%
Carpooled	9.5%	10.2%
Public transit	2.0%	4.7%
Walked	4.4%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.0%	13.7%
Other means	0.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parkland	Tacoma
1-unit, detached	54.5%	61.6%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	18.3%	12.0%
20 or more units	9.5%	15.7%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Parkland	Tacoma
Poverty rate	12.4%	12.0%
Average household size	2.67	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1980	1967