Housing density: 1,283 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $232,505.
Median contract rent in 2022: $912 (lower quartile is $713, upper quartile is $1,221)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $998
Median gross rent in Tucson, AZ in 2022: $1,051
Housing units in Tucson with a mortgage: 71,230 (3,899 second mortgage, 174 home equity loan, 3,434 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 1,426
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $78,827
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $55,131
51,478 married couples with children.
36,516 single-parent households (10,970 men, 25,546 women).
69.2% of residents of Tucson speak English at home.
26.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other language at home (59% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
Foreign born population: 74,996 (13.7%)
(49.0% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 97.9% Number of people working at home: 34,383 (13.4% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 6,781
5 to 9 minutes: 21,381
10 to 14 minutes: 31,612
15 to 19 minutes: 41,341
20 to 24 minutes: 44,599
25 to 29 minutes: 19,767
30 to 34 minutes: 31,989
35 to 39 minutes: 6,466
40 to 44 minutes: 2,991
45 to 59 minutes: 8,159
60 to 89 minutes: 5,033
90 or more minutes: 2,691
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 229,902 (72.9%)
Carpooled: 31,389 (10.0%)
Bus: 4,675 (1.5%)
Subway or elevated rail: 52 (0.0%)
Taxi: 4,028 (1.3%)
Bicycle: 3,397 (1.1%)
Walked: 7,625 (2.4%)
Worked at home: 34,383 (10.9%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
3.7%Males
3.9%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
12.6%Males
17.1%Females
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
4.5%Males
18.0%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
2.6%Males
3.6%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
6.6%Males
7.6%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
5.8%Males
5.3%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
6.4%Males
5.8%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Tucson, Arizona
24,0112010 or later
16,5362000 to 2009
14,8241990 to 1999
18,6101980 to 1989
9,2991970 to 1979
12,143Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
German: 15,129 (5.1%)
English: 13,489 (4.6%)
American: 12,872 (4.4%)
Irish: 11,482 (3.9%)
Italian: 6,680 (2.3%)
European: 5,532 (1.9%)
Polish: 2,929 (1.0%)
Scottish: 1,983 (0.7%)
Norwegian: 1,883 (0.6%)
African: 1,832 (0.6%)
Dutch: 1,362 (0.5%)
French: 1,072 (0.4%)
Scotch-Irish: 981 (0.3%)
Swedish: 978 (0.3%)
Eastern European: 966 (0.3%)
Russian: 729 (0.2%)
Ethiopian: 700 (0.2%)
Arab: 651 (0.2%)
Welsh: 604 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 596 (0.2%)
British: 584 (0.2%)
Somali: 568 (0.2%)
French Canadian: 564 (0.2%)
Northern European: 510 (0.2%)
Lebanese: 508 (0.2%)
Scandinavian: 505 (0.2%)
Danish: 456 (0.2%)
Kenyan: 417 (0.1%)
Croatian: 403 (0.1%)
Syrian: 400 (0.1%)
Iraqi: 378 (0.1%)
Iranian: 354 (0.1%)
Czech: 336 (0.1%)
Afghan: 322 (0.1%)
Jamaican: 315 (0.1%)
Egyptian: 313 (0.1%)
Greek: 293 (0.10%)
Nigerian: 281 (0.10%)
Portuguese: 281 (0.10%)
Hungarian: 267 (0.09%)
Brazilian: 251 (0.08%)
Finnish: 248 (0.08%)
Yugoslavian: 227 (0.08%)
Swiss: 218 (0.07%)
Romanian: 206 (0.07%)
Lithuanian: 204 (0.07%)
Austrian: 189 (0.06%)
Sudanese: 186 (0.06%)
Slavic: 166 (0.06%)
Canadian: 158 (0.05%)
Armenian: 139 (0.05%)
Australian: 136 (0.05%)
Slovak: 131 (0.04%)
Czechoslovakian: 126 (0.04%)
Liberian: 122 (0.04%)
Haitian: 109 (0.04%)
Assyrian: 96 (0.03%)
Icelander: 87 (0.03%)
Zimbabwean: 86 (0.03%)
Belgian: 73 (0.02%)
Cajun: 71 (0.02%)
Turkish: 68 (0.02%)
West Indian: 67 (0.02%)
Pennsylvania German: 65 (0.02%)
Celtic: 61 (0.02%)
Jordanian: 57 (0.02%)
Palestinian: 56 (0.02%)
Slovene: 38 (0.01%)
Serbian: 33 (0.01%)
Moroccan: 33 (0.01%)
Latvian: 28 (0.01%)
Barbadian: 28 (0.01%)
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 28 (0.01%)
Basque: 24 (0.01%)
Ugandan: 18 (0.01%)
German Russian: 17 (0.01%)
Bulgarian: 17 (0.01%)
U.S. Virgin Islander: 17 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Tucson:
60.5% (47,746)
Arizona:
53.4% (500,086)
Philippines
Tucson:
2.8% (2,182)
Arizona:
3.2% (30,378)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Tucson:
2.7% (2,168)
Arizona:
2.3% (21,275)
India
Tucson:
2.0% (1,558)
Arizona:
4.5% (41,719)
Vietnam
Tucson:
2.0% (1,540)
Arizona:
2.1% (19,199)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 252,797
Other state: 208,762
Northeast: 33,194
Midwest: 63,938
South: 41,658
West: 69,972
80.4% of Tucson residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 38.1% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 33.6% lived in Arizona.
Tucson:
80.4%
State average:
86.0%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 2,953
Nursery to 4th grade: 387
5th and 6th grade: 1,727
7th and 8th grade: 3,114
9th grade: 2,552
10th grade: 2,614
11th grade: 4,268
12th grade, no diploma: 4,371
High school graduate (or equivalency): 41,998
Less than 1 year of college: 12,330
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 28,577
Associate degree: 15,693
Bachelor's degree: 31,417
Master's degree: 14,261
Professional school degree: 2,741
Doctorate degree: 3,898
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 4,062
Nursery to 4th grade: 1,253
5th and 6th grade: 1,857
7th and 8th grade: 2,896
9th grade: 2,184
10th grade: 1,627
11th grade: 2,281
12th grade, no diploma: 3,761
High school graduate (or equivalency): 37,816
Less than 1 year of college: 14,490
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 30,082
Associate degree: 16,415
Bachelor's degree: 33,663
Master's degree: 19,649
Professional school degree: 2,801
Doctorate degree: 2,608
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 130,320
One, attached: 21,696
Two: 7,551
3 or 4: 10,666
5 to 9: 13,613
10 to 19: 15,766
20 to 49: 14,222
50 or more: 21,361
Mobile homes: 13,842
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 751
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,000
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.8%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 1.4%
House/condo owner moved in on average 10 years ago