City safety & data profile

TucsonAZ

Tucson, AZ is a 543K-resident city in Pima County with a median household income of $57,073.

Pima County, Arizona. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Tucson, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Tucson has a population larger than 99% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $266,200, and 10 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Compiled by Areazine

Data updated 2026-09-03

543K
Population (place): Top 1%
By size: $57,073
Median income (place): $266,200
Median home (place): 18.9%
Poverty rate (place)

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The read on Tucson

Tucson posts a median household income higher than 18% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 10 hospitals serve the Tucson area.

Bottom 19%
by median income, US cities: 10
hospitals in & near Tucson

Where Tucson income ranks nationally

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

$57,073 Bottom 18% higher than 18% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

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

Phoenix

1,650,070
Tucson

542,629
Mesa

471,825
Chandler

260,828
Gilbert

247,542
Glendale

240,126
Scottsdale

236,839
Peoria

190,985
Tempe

175,826
Surprise

143,148

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

Paradise Val…

$247,159
Queen Creek

$141,978
New River

$134,289
Vail

$130,904
Gilbert

$122,551
Tanque Verde

$121,599
Anthem

$120,613
Catalina Foo…

$115,304
Fountain Hills

$112,654
Marana

$112,606

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

The quick read

Reading Tucson, AZ beyond the headline numbers

Tucson sits inside Pima County, Arizona, at roughly 32.22°N, -110.93°W. Population 542,629, $57,073 median household income. Median home value $266,200, median rent $1,145. Poverty rate 18.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

10 hospitals in/around Tucson, 3/5 avg rating, 7 with an ER.

18.9% of Tucson, AZ residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

A median home in Tucson runs about 4.7 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

13.8% of Tucson workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 15.7% in Tucson, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

2.3% of Tucson workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Tucson's median age is 34.6 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Tucson 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)

542,629

Tucson · Census Place

Median Income (place)

$57,073

-36% vs avg

Median Home Value (place)

$266,200

-36% vs avg

Median Age (place)

34.6

years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Pima County): Tucson'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 Tucson, AZ
Indicator	Value
Median Rent	$1,145/mo
Poverty Rate	18.9% +52% vs avg
Unemployment	6%
Bachelor's Degree+	31.1%
Work From Home	13.8%
Public Transit	2.3%

Population

White 53.7%

African American 5.1%

Asian 3.3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration

39.5%

Obesity

33.5%

High Blood Pressure

33%

Physical Inactivity

25.2%

Frequent Mental Distress

18.3%

Lack of Health Insurance

15.7%

Frequent Physical Distress

14.7%

Binge Drinking

14.6%

Current Smoking

12.5%

Diabetes

11.5%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 52.5%

Annual Checkup 73.8%

Other Measures

Current Asthma

11.3%

Coronary Heart Disease

6.3%

Stroke

3.5%

Hospitals 10 total

Rating Distribution

★★★★★

★★★★

★★★

★★

★

Average Rating

3/5

Total Hospitals

With ER

VA S. ARIZONA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

TUCSON · Acute Care - Veterans Administration · ER

★★★★★

BANNER-UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER SOUTH CAMPUS