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Tucson Apartments for Rent

Total population: 525,529 (Urban population: 521,557 (504,104 inside urbanized areas, 17,453 inside urban clusters), Rural population: 3,972 (all nonfarm))

Tucson, Arizona Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 209,792 (192,946 occupied: 103,229 owner occupied, 89,717 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	46%
State:	32%

Housing density: 1078 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $277,415.

Median contract rent in 2007: $576 (lower quartile is $458, upper quartile is $738)

Housing units in Tucson with a mortgage: 64,633 (7,502 second mortgage, 6,516 home equity loan, 275 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 21,302

Tucson,AZ index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $184,000 (it was $91,200 in 2000)

Tucson:	$184,000
Arizona:	$237,700

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $130,100 - $241,400

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $224,715
Here: $224,715
State: $341,391

Townhouses or other attached units: $163,376
Here: $163,376
State: $235,099

In 2-unit structures: $182,885
Here: $182,885
State: $223,005

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $111,436
Here: $111,436
State: $205,498

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $118,844
Here: $118,844
State: $183,008

Mobile homes: $31,856
Here: $31,856
State: $51,746

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $40,153
Here: $40,153
State: $39,763

Median year house/condo built: 1974

Median year apartment built: 1978

Household type by relationship

Households: 467,488

In family households: 366,405 (79,111 male householders, 34,595 female householders)
79,373 spouses, 133,895 children (123,001 natural, 3,538 adopted, 7,356 stepchildren), 10,011 grandchildren, 5,678 brothers or sisters, 3,491 parents, 8,229 other relatives, 12,022 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 101,083 (38,332 male householders (28,439 living alone)), 40,846 female householders (33,786 living alone)), 21,905 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 19,103 (7,977 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 46,003 2-persons, 26,814 3-persons, 21,650 4-persons, 11,094 5-persons, 5,226 6-persons, 2,919 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 62,225 1-person, 13,747 2-persons, 2,245 3-persons, 787 4-persons, 115 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 42 7-or-more-persons.

66,691 married couples with children.
37,224 single-parent households (8,149 men, 29,075 women).

67.4% of residents of Tucson speak English at home.
27.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (72% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 69,476 (14.3%)
(35.3% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.5
State:	5.7

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.4
State:	3.7

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Tucson, Arizona:
	1 room: 516 2 rooms: 2,924 3 rooms: 7,068 4 rooms: 14,119 5 rooms: 27,250 6 rooms: 25,661 7 rooms: 14,806 8 rooms: 7,304 9 or more rooms: 3,581

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Tucson, Arizona:
	1 room: 8,807 2 rooms: 15,925 3 rooms: 22,888 4 rooms: 21,972 5 rooms: 12,004 6 rooms: 5,488 7 rooms: 1,699 8 rooms: 619 9 or more rooms: 315

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 5,143
1995 to 1998: 15,561
1990 to 1994: 12,061
1980 to 1989: 40,016
1970 to 1979: 53,206
1960 to 1969: 30,139
1950 to 1959: 32,591
1940 to 1949: 11,981
1939 or earlier: 9,094

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Tucson:
	no bedroom: 947 1 bedroom: 7,050 2 bedrooms: 27,786 3 bedrooms: 49,079 4 bedrooms: 16,619 5 or more bedrooms: 1,748

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Tucson:
	no bedroom: 10,321 1 bedroom: 34,925 2 bedrooms: 30,578 3 bedrooms: 11,039 4 bedrooms: 2,606 5 or more bedrooms: 248

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Tucson in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 5,302 1 vehicle: 37,551 2 vehicles: 43,036 3 vehicles: 13,035 4 vehicles: 3,200 5 or more vehicles: 1,105

Cars and other vehicles available in Tucson in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 17,626 1 vehicle: 47,630 2 vehicles: 19,636 3 vehicles: 3,762 4 vehicles: 737 5 or more vehicles: 326

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in Tucson, AZ:

Less than $10,000: 93
$10,000 to $14,999: 61
$15,000 to $19,999: 117
$20,000 to $24,999: 167
$25,000 to $29,999: 254
$30,000 to $34,999: 637
$35,000 to $39,999: 790
$40,000 to $49,999: 2503
$50,000 to $59,999: 4418
$60,000 to $69,999: 7352
$70,000 to $79,999: 8384
$80,000 to $89,999: 10878
$90,000 to $99,999: 11581
$100,000 to $124,999: 17372
$125,000 to $149,999: 9989
$150,000 to $174,999: 4563
$175,000 to $199,999: 2643
$200,000 to $249,999: 2073
$250,000 to $299,999: 895
$300,000 to $399,999: 640
$400,000 to $499,999: 161
$500,000 to $749,999: 215
$750,000 to $999,999: 69
$1,000,000 or more: 80

Tucson rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Tucson:

Less than $100: 1,149 people
$100 to $149: 912
$150 to $199: 1,310
$200 to $249: 1,301
$250 to $299: 1,729
$300 to $349: 2,825
$350 to $399: 4,754
$400 to $449: 7,313
$450 to $499: 9,877
$500 to $549: 10,506
$550 to $599: 9,967
$600 to $649: 8,649
$650 to $699: 6,668
$700 to $749: 5,706
$750 to $799: 4,731
$800 to $899: 6,137
$900 to $999: 3,367
$1,000 to $1,249: 4,186
$1,250 to $1,499: 984
$1,500 to $1,999: 948
$2,000 or more: 1,193
No cash rent: 3,834

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 17,482 1990 to 1994: 11,942 1985 to 1989: 11,810 1980 to 1984: 6,800 1975 to 1979: 4,994 1970 to 1974: 4,305 1970 to 1974: 3,185 1965 to 1969: 8,958

Tucson, AZ Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 98.2%
Number of people working at home: 6,240 (2.9% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 5684
5 to 9 minutes: 21715
10 to 14 minutes: 36028
15 to 19 minutes: 42435
20 to 24 minutes: 38993
25 to 29 minutes: 14113
30 to 34 minutes: 27994
35 to 39 minutes: 3661
40 to 44 minutes: 3851
45 to 59 minutes: 7171
60 to 89 minutes: 4735
90 or more minutes: 3694

Tucson mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 153,493 (71%)
Carpooled: 33,899 (16%)
Bus or trolley bus: 7,257 (3%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 60 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 43 (0%)
Railroad: 6 (0%)
Ferryboat: 10 (0%)
Taxi: 154 (0%)
Motorcycle: 1,010 (0%)
Bicycle: 4,791 (2%)
Walked: 7,438 (3%)
Other means: 1,913 (1%)
Worked at home: 6,240 (3%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 25225
$10,000 to $14,999: 16717
$15,000 to $19,999: 17007
$20,000 to $24,999: 17707
$25,000 to $29,999: 16187
$30,000 to $34,999: 15521
$35,000 to $39,999: 12987
$40,000 to $44,999: 10739
$45,000 to $49,999: 9737
$50,000 to $59,999: 14908
$60,000 to $74,999: 14579
$75,000 to $99,999: 11946
$100,000 to $124,999: 4714
$125,000 to $149,999: 1817
$150,000 to $199,999: 1713
$200,000 or more: 1380

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 203487

German: 48060

Irish: 28785

English: 27034

United States or American: 17944

Italian: 15392

Polish: 7200

French (except Basque): 7135

Scottish: 5928

Norwegian: 5858

Scotch-Irish: 5692

Swedish: 4998

European: 4020

Dutch: 3383

Russian: 3369

French Canadian: 2754

British: 1923

Subsaharan African:: 1768

Welsh: 1650

Danish: 1463

Arab:: 1443

African: 1308

Hungarian: 1258

Greek: 1147

Czech: 1073

Canadian: 927

Lithuanian: 781

Swiss: 770

Ukrainian: 761

Austrian: 729

Scandinavian: 661

Portuguese: 637

Finnish: 620

Yugoslavian: 551

Czechoslovakian: 509

Slovak: 508

Lebanese: 442

Arab/Arabic: 415

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 404

Romanian: 372

Eastern European: 351

Iranian: 349

Croatian: 320

Northern European: 309

Turkish: 271

Armenian: 267

Other Arab: 261

Belgian: 251

Basque: 221

Jamaican: 206

Celtic: 186

Slavic: 170

Brazilian: 149

Australian: 144

Slovene: 140

Serbian: 136

Pennsylvania German: 123

Nigerian: 121

Somalian: 118

Syrian: 81

West Indian: 81

Luxemburger: 76

Jordanian: 69

Palestinian: 69

Egyptian: 68

Latvian: 64

Other Subsaharan African: 63

Israeli: 54

Ethiopian: 48

Icelander: 47

Maltese: 45

Cypriot: 44

Haitian: 44

New Zealander: 41

Moroccan: 38

Liberian: 32

Acadian/Cajun: 32

South African: 31

Macedonian: 30

Afghan: 29

Bulgarian: 28

Ghanian: 27

Alsatian: 22

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 21

Barbadian: 18

U.S. Virgin Islander: 15

British West Indian: 15

Estonian: 14

German Russian: 14

Dutch West Indian: 12

Sudanese: 10

Kenyan: 10

Soviet Union: 9

Belizean: 7

Guyanese: 6

Bahamian: 5

Albanian: 4

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 1

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (67%)
Vietnam (2%)
Germany (2%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (2%)
Canada (2%)
United Kingdom (2%)
Philippines (2%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 185749
Northeast: 41336
Midwest: 79110
South: 42213
West: 60791

45% of Tucson residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 27% lived in Arizona.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 2,252
Nursery to 4th grade: 991
5th and 6th grade: 3,333
7th and 8th grade: 4,018
9th grade: 3,247
10th grade: 3,602
11th grade: 3,848
12th grade, no diploma: 5,593
High school graduate (or equivalency): 33,138
Less than 1 year of college: 11,019
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 27,837
Associate degree: 9,834
Bachelor's degree: 20,795
Master's degree: 9,023
Professional school degree: 2,573
Doctorate degree: 2,491

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 2,359
Nursery to 4th grade: 1,487
5th and 6th grade: 4,136
7th and 8th grade: 5,104
9th grade: 3,963
10th grade: 4,541
11th grade: 4,336
12th grade, no diploma: 6,213
High school graduate (or equivalency): 39,157
Less than 1 year of college: 13,787
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 28,230
Associate degree: 10,148
Bachelor's degree: 20,924
Master's degree: 9,851
Professional school degree: 1,894
Doctorate degree: 1,312

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 5.4%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 4.4%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 9.2%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 8.9%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 10.9%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 10.6%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 4.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 5.9%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 6.5%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 8.3%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 9.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 7.5%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 7.1%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 7.2%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $39,854
Black householders: $28,808
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $17,162
Asian householders: $39,338
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $49,680
Some other race householders: $30,346
Two or more races householders: $29,098
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $31,901

Tucson household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Tucson household income for Black householders

Tucson household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Tucson household income for Asian householders

Tucson household income for Some other race householders

Tucson household income for Two or more races householders

Tucson household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Tucson marital status for males

Tucson marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $208,815
Black or African American householders: $188,842
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $155,350
Asian householders: $203,570
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $224,552
Some other race householders: $156,157
Two or more races householders: $180,973
Hispanic or Latino householders: $160,596

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 102,023
One, attached: 17,586
Two: 7,076
3 or 4: 8,589
5 to 9: 9,447
10 to 19: 11,713
20 to 49: 10,122
50 or more: 25,996
Mobile homes: 16,325
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 915

Median worth of mobile homes: $24,500

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Tucson:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (78%) Electricity (19%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (55%) Utility gas (42%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4,194

Here:	7.8%
Arizona:	6.1%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2,035

Here:	8.1%
Arizona:	6.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3,257

Here:	7.5%
Arizona:	13.2%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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