City safety & data profile

Catalina FoothillsAZ

Catalina Foothills, AZ is a 51K-resident city in Pima County with a median household income of $115,304.

Pima County, Arizona. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Catalina Foothills, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Catalina Foothills has a population larger than 79% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $652,000.

Data updated 2026-09-03

51K
Population (place)
Top 21%
By size
$115,304
Median income (place)
$652,000
Median home (place)
4.5%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Catalina Foothills

Catalina Foothills posts a median household income higher than 80% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 20%
by median income, US cities

Where Catalina Foothills income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$115,304 Top 20% higher than 80% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Catalina Foothills $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in AZ

Population among 66 AZ places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Phoenix is the largest AZ city on this list; Paradise Valley leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in AZ

Median household income among the same 66-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Paradise Valley posts the highest place-level median income in AZ; Phoenix is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Catalina Foothills, AZ beyond the headline numbers

Catalina Foothills sits inside Pima County, Arizona, at roughly 32.30°N, -110.92°W. Population 50,796, $115,304 median household income. Median home value $652,000, median rent $1,412. Poverty rate 4.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Hardship is low by national standards: 4.5% of Catalina Foothills, AZ residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

The median home in Catalina Foothills costs around 5.7 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

21.7% of Catalina Foothills workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, frequent mental distress departs furthest from its peer median: 11.5% in Catalina Foothills, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

At 55.3 years, Catalina Foothills's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Catalina Foothills from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
50,796
Catalina Foothills · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$115,304
+29% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$652,000
+58% vs avg
Median Age (place)
55.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Pima County): Catalina Foothills's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
1.1M+7%
Median Income
$70,315+53%
Median Home Value
$319,700+91%
Poverty Rate
14.3%-26%
Unemployment
5.4%-50%

Economics

Economics indicators for Catalina Foothills, AZ
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,412/mo
Poverty Rate
4.5% -64% vs avg
Unemployment 2.7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 71.4%
Work From Home 21.7%
Public Transit 0.2%

Population

White 75.2%
African American 1.7%
Asian 6.6%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.5%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
36.8%
Short Sleep Duration
31%
Obesity
25.4%
Physical Inactivity
14.8%
Binge Drinking
12.4%
Frequent Mental Distress
11.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
10.8%
Current Asthma
10.1%
Diabetes
9.7%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 72.6%
Annual Checkup 81.7%

Other Measures

Current Smoking
6.1%
Lack of Health Insurance
4.9%
Stroke
3.3%

What alerts and safety updates affect Catalina Foothills?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Catalina Foothills right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet AZ-CATALINA-FOOTHILLS · Catalina Foothills

Catalina Foothills: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Catalina Foothills; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Arizona state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Catalina Foothills, AZ? ▼
Catalina Foothills, AZ has a population of 50,796 people, located in Pima County, Arizona.
What is the median household income in Catalina Foothills? ▼
The median household income in Catalina Foothills, AZ is $115,304 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 4.5%.
What is the median home value in Catalina Foothills? ▼
The median home value in Catalina Foothills, AZ is $652,000. Median rent is $1,412/month.
What are the top health concerns in Catalina Foothills? ▼
The top health indicators in Catalina Foothills include High Blood Pressure (36.8%), Short Sleep Duration (31%), Obesity (25.4%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Catalina Foothills? ▼
The median age in Catalina Foothills, AZ is 55.3 years. 71.4% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Catalina Foothills, both outside Arizona so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside AZ (4.5% here).

Newton, MA 4.5% Dublin, CA 4.5% Wake Forest, NC 4.5% Odenton, MD 4.5%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside AZ ($115,304 here).

Blue Ash, OH $115,313 Chelsea, AL $115,337 Fountain Valley, CA $115,237 Webster Groves, MO $115,227

Compare Catalina Foothills with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

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Using Catalina Foothills's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Catalina Foothills area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Pima County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.