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The median home value in Tacoma, WA is $496,203 as of 2026-07-31, down 0.06% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$496,203
Year-over-Year
-0.06%
Population
223,980
Tacoma ranks #84 of 118 Washington cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 16.1% below the state's city median of $591,094. It sits in Pierce County, where the county-wide median is $572,113.
Median household income in Tacoma is $85,884, so the typical home value is about 5.8× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Tacoma police recorded a violent crime rate of 1,063 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 5,604 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Tacoma, that value is $496,203. That's down 0.06% from a year earlier. It is about 16.1% below the typical Washington city tracked here.
Homes in Tacoma are cheaper than Pierce County as a whole, where the median is $572,113 — a difference of about 13.3%.
Median household income here is $85,884, so the typical home value is about 5.8× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Tacoma police reported 1,063 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 223,980. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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