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Tacoma mortgage calculator
A median-priced Tacoma, WA home at 6.75% over 30 years, with Washington property tax of 0.87% and $1,400 a year of homeowners insurance. Every figure below is computed on our amortising engine — nothing is estimated in the browser.
$3,792 a month, all in
Principal and interest are $3,076; escrow and PMI add the rest. Over the full term the loan costs $633,168 in interest. Discounted at 5%, buying here has a net present value of $17,096 ($327,626 in today’s dollars).
Within Washington, Tacoma is 4th of the 5 Washington markets covered here, between Bellevue at the top and Spokane at the bottom of a 2.67x spread. A state-level median hides most of that.
The price-to-rent ratio here is 21.0 ($527,000 to buy, $2,090 a month to rent), which is high. Renting and investing the deposit is a genuine alternative in Tacoma, not a fallback position.
Tacoma is cheaper than Washington as a whole — $527,000 against a state median of $620,000, roughly 15% below. On a 20% deposit that is $18,600 less to find up front.
Monthly cost in Tacoma vs comparable rent
Owning is stacked by component; renting is the local median asking rent.
The monthly breakdown
| Median home price | $527,000 |
|---|---|
| Down payment (10%) | $52,700 |
| Loan amount | $474,300 |
| Principal & interest | $3,076/mo |
| Property tax (0.87%) | $382/mo |
| Homeowners insurance | $117/mo |
| PMI while above 80% LTV | $217/mo |
| Total monthly payment | $3,792/mo |
| Comparable rent | $2,090/mo |
What a rate move does to the Tacoma payment
| Rate | Principal & interest |
|---|---|
| 5.5% | $2,693/mo |
| 6% | $2,844/mo |
| 6.5% | $2,998/mo |
| 7% | $3,156/mo |
| 7.5% | $3,316/mo |
| 8% | $3,480/mo |
Rent or buy in Tacoma?
Against $2,090 a month in rent, over 7 years renting leaves you about $107,665 better off — $90,575 once 2.5% inflation is stripped out. See the Washington rent-vs-buy page.
Where these numbers come from
Washington medians come from editorial and are refreshed weekly. The Tacoma figures index those state medians to the local market, so they track the same feed rather than going stale. Insurance and the state income tax rate are editorial. Treat everything here as a planning estimate, not a quote.