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American Community Survey 2019–2023

Tacoma area census tracts by residents below the poverty level

Residents below the poverty level is highest in Tacoma city (northeast 3) (38.8%). This table ranks 193 eligible mapped census tracts.

Residents below the poverty level 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 areaResidents below the poverty level
1Tacoma city (northeast 3)38.8%
2Tacoma city (southeast 3)33.7%
3Fort Lewis CDP (south)31.9%
4Lakewood city (east 2)29.4%
5Tacoma city (south 2)27.8%
6Parkland CDP (north-northwest 1)26.7%
7Tacoma city (northeast 2)25.7%
8Tacoma city (southwest 1)25.6%
9Tacoma city (east 1)25.2%
10Parkland CDP (north-northwest 2)23.9%
11Tacoma city (northeast 1)23.5%
12Longbranch CDP22.1%
13Lakewood city (south-southeast)20.9%
14Tacoma city (southwest 3)20.5%
15Lakewood city (east 1)20.3%
16Midland CDP (north-northeast)20.2%
17Tacoma city (north-northeast 2)20.1%
18Tacoma city (west-southwest)19.6%
19Fife city (north-northwest)18.9%
20University Place city (south-southwest)18.9%
21Tacoma city (south-southeast 1)18.8%
22Tacoma city (south-southeast 3)18.2%
23Lakewood city (east-southeast)18.1%
24Spanaway CDP (south-southwest)18%
25Spanaway CDP (north-northeast)17.9%
26Tacoma city (south 6)17.9%
27Lakewood city (south-southwest)17.8%
28Puyallup city (south)17.7%
29Fort Lewis CDP (northeast)16.7%
30Tacoma city (south-southwest 2)15.9%
31Fort Lewis CDP (northwest)15.8%
32Parkland CDP (east)15.6%
33Lakewood city (north)15.4%
34Lakewood city (north-northwest)15.2%
35Steilacoom town (east-southeast)15%
36Tacoma city (southeast 2)14.9%
37Milton city14.5%
38Clover Creek CDP (north)14%
39Lakewood city (southwest)13.9%
40South Hill CDP (south-southwest)13.9%
41Parkland CDP (northwest)13.7%
42North Fort Lewis CDP13.3%
43Parkland CDP (north-northeast 2)13.2%
44Parkland CDP (north-northeast 1)13%
45Tacoma city (northwest 2)12.5%
46Tacoma city (west-northwest 1)12.3%
47Frederickson CDP (east-northeast)11.8%
48Spanaway CDP (north-northwest)11.8%
49Tacoma city (east-southeast)11.5%
50Tacoma city (southeast 4)11.5%
51Fife city (east-southeast)11.4%
52Tacoma city (east 2)11.2%
53Spanaway CDP (northeast)11%
54Tacoma city (south 4)11%
55Tacoma city (east-northeast 2)10.9%
56Parkland CDP (southwest 1)10.8%
57Elk Plain CDP (southwest)10.7%
58University Place city (west-northwest)10.7%
59Puyallup city (north-northwest)10.6%
60Puyallup city (southeast 1)10.5%
61University Place city (southeast)10.3%
62Tacoma city (south 5)10.2%
63Tacoma city (south 7)10.1%
64Graham CDP (south-southwest)9.9%
65Tacoma city (southwest 2)9.9%
66Midland CDP (south-southwest)9.8%
67Tacoma city (north-northwest 6)9.8%
68Graham CDP (east-northeast)9.7%
69Tacoma city (north-northeast 3)9.6%
70Parkland CDP (southwest 2)9.5%
71Tacoma city (west-northwest 2)9.5%
72Tacoma city (north-northwest 5)9.4%
73South Hill CDP (south-southeast)9.3%
74South Hill CDP (north)9.1%
75South Hill CDP (north-northeast)9.1%
76Graham CDP (east-southeast)9%
77Sumner city (north-northeast)9%
78Waller CDP (south-southeast)9%
79Dash Point CDP8.8%
80McChord AFB CDP8.8%
81Spanaway CDP (southeast)8.8%
82Summit CDP8.8%
83University Place city (north-northeast)8.8%
84Lakewood city (southeast)8.7%
85McKenna CDP (south-southeast)8.5%
86Tacoma city (southeast 1)8.5%
87Gig Harbor city (south)8.4%
88Summit View CDP (south-southwest)8.4%
89Graham CDP (south-southeast)8.2%
90Maplewood CDP8.2%
91Tacoma city (northwest 3)8.2%
92Graham CDP (north 1)8.1%
93Steilacoom town (west-northwest)8.1%
94Tacoma city (south 3)8.1%
95Tacoma city (north-northwest 3)8%
96Alderton CDP7.9%
97Puyallup city (west-northwest)7.9%
98La Grande CDP7.8%
99South Hill CDP (southwest 1)7.7%
100University Place city (northeast)7.7%
101Buckley city7.6%
102Edgewood city (west-northwest)7.5%
103Key Center CDP (south-southwest)7.5%
104Puyallup city (north 1)7.5%
105South Creek CDP7.4%
106Tacoma city (northwest 1)7.4%
107Tacoma city (west-northwest 3)7.3%
108Tacoma city (northeast 4)7.2%
109Prairie Heights CDP (west)7.1%
110South Hill CDP (west-northwest 2)7.1%
111Waller CDP (north-northwest)7.1%
112South Hill CDP (east)7%
113Tacoma city (south-southwest 3)6.9%
114McKenna CDP (north-northwest)6.7%
115Wauna CDP6.4%
116Tacoma city (north-northwest 4)6.3%
117Tacoma city (south-southeast 2)6.3%
118Purdy CDP6.2%
119Tacoma city (south 8)6.2%
120Tacoma city (south-southwest 1)6.2%
121Graham CDP (northwest)6%
122Puyallup city (west-southwest)6%
123South Hill CDP (west-northwest 1)6%
124Bonney Lake city (north)5.9%
125University Place city (east-southeast)5.9%
126Fircrest city5.7%
127Graham CDP (north-northwest)5.7%
128Crocker CDP5.6%
129Frederickson CDP (northwest)5.6%
130Parkland CDP (south-southeast 1)5.6%
131Tacoma city (east-northeast 1)5.6%
132Elk Plain CDP (southeast)5.5%
133Puyallup city (north 2)5.3%
134Puyallup city (southeast 2)5.2%
135South Hill CDP (east-northeast)5.2%
136Key Center CDP (north-northeast)5.1%
137Lakewood city (northeast)5.1%
138Sumner city (south-southwest)5%
139Orting city (north)4.9%
140South Hill CDP (southwest 2)4.9%
141Lakewood city (west-southwest)4.8%
142Puyallup city (east)4.8%
143Spanaway CDP (south)4.6%
144Tacoma city (north-northwest 1)4.4%
145Edgewood city (east-northeast)4.3%
146DuPont city (southeast)4.2%
147Parkland CDP (south-southeast 2)4.2%
148South Hill CDP (southeast)4.2%
149Graham CDP (north-northeast)4.1%
150Prairie Heights CDP (east)4%
151Tacoma city (south 1)4%
152Wollochet CDP (northeast)4%
153Bonney Lake city (east)3.9%
154Gig Harbor city (north)3.8%
155Lake Tapps CDP (west-southwest)3.8%
156Tacoma city (north 2)3.7%
157Tacoma city (northeast 5)3.7%
158Carbonado town3.6%
159Clover Creek CDP (south)3.6%
160Puyallup city (south-southeast)3.6%
161Lake Tapps CDP (north)3.5%
162Lakewood city (west-northwest 1)3.4%
163Orting city (south)3.4%
164Graham CDP (north 2)3.3%
165Lake Tapps CDP (northwest)3.3%
166Tacoma city (north-northeast 1)3.3%
167Graham CDP (west-southwest)3.2%
168Edgewood city (south-southeast)3%
169Summit View CDP (north-northeast)3%
170University Place city (north-northwest)3%
171DuPont city (northwest)2.9%
172Artondale CDP (south-southeast)2.7%
173Bonney Lake city (west)2.6%
174Rosedale CDP2.5%
175Tehaleh CDP (southeast)2.5%
176Auburn city2.4%
177Lake Tapps CDP (southeast)2.4%
178Lakewood city (west-northwest 2)2.4%
179Prairie Ridge CDP2.4%
180Tacoma city (north-northwest 2)2.3%
181Frederickson CDP (east-southeast)2.1%
182South Hill CDP (northeast)2.1%
183Tacoma city (north 1)2.1%
184Artondale CDP (northeast)1.9%
185Artondale CDP (west-northwest)1.9%
186Bonney Lake city (south)1.7%
187Wollochet CDP (southwest)1.7%
188Tehaleh CDP (northwest)1.5%
189University Place city (west)1.5%
190Elk Plain CDP (north)0.9%
191Fife city (south)0.9%
192Frederickson CDP (southwest)0.9%
193Fox Island CDP0.8%

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.