South Hill vs Tacoma

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

South Hill 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 68,161 in South Hill). South Hill has the higher median household income ($109,235 vs $83,857 in Tacoma). South Hill has the higher median home value ($493,800 vs $454,600 in Tacoma).

Population, income & housing

	South Hill	Tacoma
Population	68,161	220,482
Median age	34.4 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$109,235	$83,857
Median home value	$493,800	$454,600
Median gross rent	$1,916	$1,597
Housing units	23,398	96,151
Homeownership rate	72.8%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	33.5%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	South Hill	Tacoma
Population	60,172 → 68,161 (+13.3%)	212,869 → 220,482 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$86,568 → $109,235 (+26.2%)	$62,358 → $83,857 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$303,100 → $493,800 (+62.9%)	$277,900 → $454,600 (+63.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,536 → $1,916 (+24.7%)	$1,180 → $1,597 (+35.3%)

South Hill

Population

60,17268,161

Median household income

$86,568$109,235

Median home value

$303,100$493,800

Median gross rent

$1,536$1,916

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)

	South Hill	Tacoma
Under 5	6.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	22.2%	13.9%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.0%
25 to 34	14.2%	17.5%
35 to 44	15.0%	15.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.0%	12.1%
65 to 74	6.3%	9.0%
75 and over	4.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	South Hill	Tacoma
White (non-Hispanic)	61.9%	56.1%
Black or African American	6.2%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.9%
Asian	7.1%	8.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.9%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	11.3%	9.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	South Hill	Tacoma
No high school diploma	6.5%	8.7%
High school graduate	26.1%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	South Hill	Tacoma
Drove alone	75.4%	67.1%
Carpooled	7.5%	10.2%
Public transit	1.6%	4.7%
Walked	0.6%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	13.5%	13.7%
Other means	1.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	South Hill	Tacoma
1-unit, detached	74.4%	61.6%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	12.0%
20 or more units	4.1%	15.7%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	South Hill	Tacoma
Poverty rate	6.9%	12.0%
Average household size	2.98	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	35	29
Median year structure built	1997	1967