Tukwila is a medium-sized city located in the state of Washington. With a population of 21,377 people and five associated neighborhoods, Tukwila is the 52nd largest community in Washington.

Also of interest is that Tukwila has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Tukwila telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.74% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

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.

The percentage of people in Tukwila who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.78% of adults in Tukwila have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Tukwila in 2022 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.

Tukwila also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 40.02%.

The most common language spoken in Tukwila is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.