For the size of the city, public transportation in Tukwila is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the bus. For Tukwila, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.
In terms of college education, Tukwila is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.78% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Tukwila in 2018 was $36,258, which is middle income relative to Washington, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $145,032 for a family of four. However, Tukwila contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Tukwila is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Tukwila home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tukwila residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Tukwila also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.22% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tukwila include German, Somalian, English, Irish, and Ethiopian.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Tukwila's cultural character, accounting for 40.02% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Tukwila is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
