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American Community Survey 2019–2023

Tacoma area census tracts by adults with a bachelor's degree

Adults with a bachelor's degree is highest in Tacoma city (north-northwest 6) (42%). This table ranks 193 eligible mapped census tracts.

Adults with a bachelor's degree values are ACS five-year survey estimates. Percentage and median rankings exclude tracts below 500 residents; this reduces but does not eliminate sampling uncertainty.

#Census tract areaAdults with a bachelor's degree
1Tacoma city (north-northwest 6)42%
2Purdy CDP39.4%
3Tacoma city (northeast 1)38.3%
4Artondale CDP (west-northwest)37.5%
5Fox Island CDP37.5%
6University Place city (west)37%
7Tacoma city (north-northeast 1)36.6%
8Tehaleh CDP (northwest)36%
9Tacoma city (north-northeast 3)35.4%
10Lake Tapps CDP (north)33.8%
11Tacoma city (north 2)33.6%
12Tacoma city (west-northwest 3)33.3%
13Tacoma city (north 1)33.2%
14Gig Harbor city (north)32.3%
15DuPont city (northwest)30.7%
16Tacoma city (north-northwest 5)30.6%
17South Hill CDP (southeast)30.4%
18Maplewood CDP30.2%
19Steilacoom town (west-northwest)30.2%
20Tacoma city (east-northeast 2)30.1%
21Artondale CDP (northeast)30%
22Tacoma city (northeast 5)29.7%
23University Place city (north-northwest)29.7%
24South Hill CDP (southwest 2)29.4%
25University Place city (east-southeast)28.8%
26Rosedale CDP28.5%
27Lakewood city (southwest)28.2%
28Tacoma city (north-northwest 2)27.8%
29Gig Harbor city (south)27.7%
30Dash Point CDP27.1%
31Wollochet CDP (northeast)27.1%
32Puyallup city (southeast 2)26.7%
33Puyallup city (north 2)26.6%
34Artondale CDP (south-southeast)26.4%
35Tacoma city (northwest 2)26.2%
36DuPont city (southeast)26%
37Lake Tapps CDP (southeast)25.6%
38Tacoma city (south-southwest 2)25.6%
39Tacoma city (west-northwest 2)25.6%
40Fife city (south)25.5%
41Lake Tapps CDP (northwest)25.2%
42Auburn city24.7%
43Wollochet CDP (southwest)24.7%
44Fircrest city24.4%
45Tacoma city (northwest 1)24.4%
46McChord AFB CDP24.2%
47University Place city (south-southwest)24.1%
48University Place city (north-northeast)24%
49Edgewood city (south-southeast)23.9%
50University Place city (northeast)23.8%
51South Hill CDP (northeast)23.7%
52Tacoma city (northeast 4)23.6%
53South Hill CDP (north)23.3%
54Bonney Lake city (east)23.2%
55North Fort Lewis CDP23.2%
56Tacoma city (north-northeast 2)23.2%
57Bonney Lake city (west)22.9%
58Tacoma city (north-northwest 4)22.7%
59Edgewood city (west-northwest)22.3%
60Puyallup city (north 1)22.3%
61South Hill CDP (south-southwest)22.3%
62Tacoma city (northwest 3)22.3%
63Puyallup city (east)22.1%
64Waller CDP (south-southeast)21.9%
65Summit View CDP (south-southwest)21.7%
66South Hill CDP (east-northeast)21.1%
67University Place city (west-northwest)20.9%
68Frederickson CDP (northwest)20.6%
69Lake Tapps CDP (west-southwest)20.6%
70Lakewood city (west-northwest 2)20.6%
71Wauna CDP20.4%
72Tacoma city (north-northwest 3)20.3%
73Lakewood city (north-northwest)20.1%
74Puyallup city (southeast 1)19.7%
75Steilacoom town (east-southeast)19.7%
76Tacoma city (south-southeast 3)19.6%
77Carbonado town19.5%
78Frederickson CDP (southwest)19.5%
79Graham CDP (south-southwest)19.2%
80South Hill CDP (south-southeast)19.1%
81Tacoma city (east-northeast 1)19%
82University Place city (southeast)18.9%
83Bonney Lake city (north)18.8%
84Waller CDP (north-northwest)18.8%
85Tacoma city (southwest 1)18.7%
86Lakewood city (north)18.5%
87Tacoma city (east 1)18.5%
88Graham CDP (north 2)18.4%
89Tacoma city (south 8)18.4%
90Buckley city18.3%
91Tacoma city (southeast 1)18.1%
92Fort Lewis CDP (northwest)17.9%
93Longbranch CDP17.9%
94Tacoma city (south 4)17.8%
95Sumner city (north-northeast)17.7%
96Tacoma city (west-northwest 1)17.7%
97Fife city (north-northwest)17.6%
98Key Center CDP (north-northeast)17.5%
99Puyallup city (south)17.5%
100La Grande CDP17.4%
101Summit CDP17.4%
102Fort Lewis CDP (south)17.3%
103Elk Plain CDP (north)17.1%
104Graham CDP (east-northeast)16.7%
105Graham CDP (west-southwest)16.6%
106McKenna CDP (south-southeast)16.5%
107Summit View CDP (north-northeast)16.5%
108Tacoma city (south 7)16.5%
109Orting city (south)16.4%
110Lakewood city (northeast)16.2%
111Puyallup city (north-northwest)16.2%
112Fort Lewis CDP (northeast)16%
113Tacoma city (east 2)16%
114Bonney Lake city (south)15.9%
115Tacoma city (south 1)15.9%
116Tehaleh CDP (southeast)15.9%
117Tacoma city (northeast 2)15.8%
118Crocker CDP15.5%
119Milton city15.5%
120McKenna CDP (north-northwest)15.4%
121South Hill CDP (west-northwest 2)15.4%
122Fife city (east-southeast)15.2%
123Parkland CDP (southwest 2)15.2%
124Tacoma city (southwest 3)15.2%
125Graham CDP (north-northeast)15.1%
126Clover Creek CDP (north)15%
127Key Center CDP (south-southwest)15%
128Tacoma city (south 6)14.9%
129South Hill CDP (southwest 1)14.6%
130Spanaway CDP (southeast)14.5%
131Tacoma city (north-northwest 1)14.5%
132Tacoma city (southeast 4)14.2%
133South Hill CDP (north-northeast)14.1%
134Tacoma city (southwest 2)14%
135South Hill CDP (west-northwest 1)13.7%
136Sumner city (south-southwest)13.7%
137Tacoma city (south 2)13.7%
138Tacoma city (south-southeast 1)13.7%
139Parkland CDP (south-southeast 2)13.6%
140Tacoma city (southeast 2)13.6%
141Graham CDP (north 1)13.3%
142Lakewood city (west-northwest 1)13.2%
143Orting city (north)13.2%
144Spanaway CDP (north-northwest)13.2%
145Parkland CDP (north-northeast 2)13.1%
146Puyallup city (south-southeast)12.9%
147South Hill CDP (east)12.8%
148Edgewood city (east-northeast)12.6%
149Parkland CDP (east)12.6%
150Tacoma city (northeast 3)12.4%
151Elk Plain CDP (southeast)12.3%
152Tacoma city (east-southeast)12.3%
153Parkland CDP (southwest 1)12.2%
154Frederickson CDP (east-northeast)12.1%
155Clover Creek CDP (south)11.9%
156Graham CDP (east-southeast)11.9%
157Tacoma city (south-southwest 1)11.9%
158Tacoma city (west-southwest)11.9%
159Parkland CDP (northwest)11.8%
160Puyallup city (west-northwest)11.7%
161Tacoma city (southeast 3)11.5%
162Parkland CDP (north-northeast 1)11.4%
163Parkland CDP (north-northwest 1)11.3%
164Prairie Heights CDP (west)11.2%
165Spanaway CDP (south)11.2%
166Spanaway CDP (south-southwest)11.2%
167Lakewood city (east 1)11.1%
168Graham CDP (northwest)10.9%
169Tacoma city (south 3)10.9%
170Elk Plain CDP (southwest)10.7%
171Prairie Ridge CDP10.5%
172Midland CDP (north-northeast)10.3%
173Parkland CDP (north-northwest 2)10.3%
174Tacoma city (south-southeast 2)10.3%
175Lakewood city (southeast)10.2%
176Parkland CDP (south-southeast 1)10.2%
177Puyallup city (west-southwest)10.2%
178Tacoma city (south 5)10.2%
179Midland CDP (south-southwest)10%
180Graham CDP (north-northwest)9.9%
181Lakewood city (west-southwest)9.8%
182Prairie Heights CDP (east)9.7%
183Tacoma city (south-southwest 3)9.7%
184Frederickson CDP (east-southeast)9.6%
185Spanaway CDP (north-northeast)9.5%
186Lakewood city (south-southeast)9.2%
187Spanaway CDP (northeast)8.7%
188Graham CDP (south-southeast)8.2%
189South Creek CDP8.1%
190Alderton CDP6.9%
191Lakewood city (east-southeast)5.6%
192Lakewood city (east 2)2.4%
193Lakewood city (south-southwest)1.8%

Method and source

Values come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates. Census tracts are small statistical areas, not necessarily neighbourhood boundaries. The result is a descriptive comparison of the mapped area, not a measure of individual households or a prediction. Read about the American Community Survey.