Código postal 98409 — Tacoma, WA

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El código postal 98409 cubre Tacoma, Washington, con una población de unos 27,298 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $71,649.

Población: 27,2983,823 per square mile
Edad media: 32.46.3 points below the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $71,64925% below the Washington median
Tasa de pobreza: 14.6%2.2 points above the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $416,989up 4.8% in five years
Alquiler medio: $1,5796% below the Washington median
Título universitario o superior: 20.6%14.4 points below the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 43.5%21.5 points below the US average
Zona horaria: Pacific UTC-08:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 1,180

Dónde está 98409

Tacoma, Washington — el área que la Oficina del Censo delimita para este código postal. Los códigos postales son conjuntos de rutas de reparto y no áreas, así que esto es la aproximación del Censo, no un límite del Servicio Postal.

Población y hogares

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Población	27,298
Edad media	32.4
Hogares familiares	55.3%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	12.2%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	19.2%
Blanca (no hispana)	48.3%
Negra (no hispana)	15.4%
Asiática (no hispana)	8.6%
Hispana o latina	15.9%
Veteranos	12.1%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$71,649
Ingreso por persona	$39,540
Tasa de pobreza	14.6%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	23.6%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	5.2%
$10–15k	4.1%
$15–20k	3.4%
$20–25k	4.3%
$25–30k	4.1%
$30–35k	3.2%
$35–40k	2.3%
$40–45k	4.6%
$45–50k	2.2%
$50–60k	7.3%
$60–75k	11.0%
$75–100k	16.2%
$100–125k	12.7%
$125–150k	7.0%
$150–200k	6.9%
$200k or more	5.7%

Income as declared to the IRS

Filed returns rather than survey responses, so this counts tax units and not households.

Declaraciones presentadas	12,350
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$56,904
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	1.5%
Returns, under $25k	24.6%
Returns, $25k–$50k	30.2%
Returns, $50k–$75k	21.5%
Returns, $75k–$100k	11.1%
Returns, $100k–$200k	11.2%
Returns, $200k or more	1.5%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$363,000
Alquiler bruto medio	$1,579
Alquiler como porcentaje del ingreso del hogar	31.6%
Ocupada por su propietario	43.5%
Viviendas vacías	3.6%
Año medio de construcción	1974

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	49.3%
Casa adosada	4.6%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	10.9%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	18%
20 o más viviendas	16.5%
Casa móvil	0.7%

Precios y alquileres actuales

Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index, courtesy of Zillow. Monthly and current, where the Census figures above are a five-year average and are capped at $2,000,000.

Valor típico de la vivienda	$416,989as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	down 0.8%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 4.8%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 127.9%
Alquiler típico solicitado	$1,640as of 2026-07
Typical asking rent, 1 year	up 2.9%
Typical asking rent, 5 years	up 20.5%
Typical asking rent, 10 years	up 87.3%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$115,365 in 2000 to $416,989 in 2026.

Alquiler típico solicitado

$876 in 2016 to $1,640 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	5.5%
Licenciatura o superior	20.6%
Bachillerato o superior	86.9%
Trabaja desde casa	10.7%
Conduce solo al trabajo	67.5%
Usa el transporte público	3.9%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	20.1%

Salud

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Obesidad	40% 6.6 pts above the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	11.1% 0.9 pts below the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	14.2% 1 pts above the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	31.6% 2.5 pts below the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	20.9% 0.6 pts above the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	11.4% same as the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	28% 6.1 pts above the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	22.4% 3 pts below the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	23.5% 1.6 pts below the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	17% 1 pts above the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	66.4% 8.3 pts below the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	5.5% 2.2 pts below the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	11.8% 1.4 pts above the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	4.9% 1.3 pts below the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	68.1% 8.6 pts below the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	78.2% 7.7 pts below the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	19.5% 4.7 pts above the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	60.6% 3.7 pts below the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	5.7% 0.9 pts below the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	58.5% 2.8 pts below the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	34.7% 4 pts above the national average of 30.7%
Discapacidad auditiva	6.1% 0.6 pts below the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	33% 3.2 pts below the national average of 36.2%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	9.6% 1.2 pts above the national average of 8.4%
Mamografía	70.2% 5.7 pts below the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	21.3% 4.5 pts above the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	12.9% 1.1 pts below the national average of 14%
Mala salud física (14 días o más)	15% 1.5 pts above the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	4% same as the national average of 4%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	40.7% 4.3 pts above the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	3.1% same as the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	14.6% 1.6 pts above the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	5.7% same as the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	1,180
Personas empleadas	21,423
Nómina anual	$1,130,689,000

Riesgo de desastres naturales

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Riesgo general	Mayor que el 78.8% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Relatively Low to Very High en los 9 sectores censales que cubre este código postal
Pérdida anual esperada	80.8 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	48.1 sobre 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Terremoto	95.9Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Actividad volcánica	90.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de calor	70.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Deslizamiento de tierra	58.5Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	50.1Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	49.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Rayos	42.6Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	42.3Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	41.7Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	24.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	17.6Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	15.3Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code

Comparado con Washington y Estados Unidos

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

	This ZIP	Washington	United States
Ingreso medio del hogar	$71,649	$94,952	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$39,540	$51,493	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	14.6%	9.9%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$363,000	$519,800	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$1,579	$1,682	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	43.5%	63.9%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	20.6%	38.8%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	5.5%	5%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	10.7%	17.7%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	12.2%	15.1%	13.9%
Edad media	32.4	38.2	38.7

Clima

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Estación meteorológica	TACOMA #1, WA US7.2 km away
Lluvia al año	41 in

Average high and low by month

enero	48.1°F / 37.4°F6.03 in rain
febrero	50.3°F / 37.4°F4.03 in rain
marzo	54.7°F / 40.1°F4.38 in rain
abril	59.8°F / 43.7°F3.39 in rain
mayo	66.5°F / 49.1°F2 in rain
junio	71.1°F / 53.4°F1.42 in rain
julio	76.8°F / 57.2°F0.55 in rain
agosto	76.9°F / 57°F0.83 in rain
septiembre	70.7°F / 53°F1.57 in rain
octubre	60.7°F / 46.6°F4.09 in rain
noviembre	52.4°F / 40.5°F6.5 in rain
diciembre	47.3°F / 36.9°F6.02 in rain

Acceso a alimentos

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Bajos ingresos y lejos de un supermercado	17% of this ZIP code's area
Lejos de un supermercado	17% of this ZIP code's area
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	33% of this ZIP code's area

Distritos escolares

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

Tacoma Public Schools	99.7% de la superficie de este código postal

Comunidad y caminabilidad

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Vulnerabilidad social general	77más vulnerable que el 77% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	71más vulnerable que el 71% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	72más vulnerable que el 72% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	66más vulnerable que el 66% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	74más vulnerable que el 74% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	14.6 out of 20Above average

Códigos postales cercanos

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

98417 Tacoma, WA	a 0.3 km
98419 Tacoma, WA	a 0.3 km
98448 Tacoma, WA	a 0.3 km
98490 Tacoma, WA	a 0.3 km
98438 Mcchord Afb, WA	a 2.7 km
98408 Tacoma, WA	a 2.9 km
98418 Tacoma, WA	a 3.5 km
98499 Lakewood, WA	a 4.3 km

Ubicación, condados y zona horaria

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Pierce County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Pacific (UTC-08:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	7.14 sq mi
Superficie de agua	0.01 sq mi
Densidad de población	3,823 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	47.2038, -122.4825

Las cifras corresponden a este código postal o a su área de tabulación censal salvo que la sección indique otra cosa. Las estimaciones cuyo margen de error las hacía poco fiables se omiten en lugar de mostrarse. Fuentes: Oficina del Censo de EE. UU., CDC, IRS.