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Tacoma vs Santa Clarita

Tacoma, WA compared with Santa Clarita, CA · 910 miles apart

Tacoma has 229,816 residents to Santa Clarita’s 228,430. Tacoma comes out ahead on median rent, average commute, price to income. Santa Clarita does better on median household income, homeownership, bachelor's degree +.

Tacoma, WA Santa Clarita, CA
Population 229,816 228,430
Density (per sq mi) 4,616 3,103
Median household income $85,884 $123,062
Median home value $479,600 $784,700
Median rent $1,676 $2,544
Homeownership 55.8% 71.8%
Average commute 28.8 min 34.1 min
Median age 37.2 38.4
Bachelor's degree + 34.5% 39.8%
Poverty rate 12.4% 7.4%
Unemployment 5.6% 5.6%
Price to income 5.6× 6.4×

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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