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11,353people live here $134,474median household income▲ 67% above US $473,200median home value▲ 42% above US

Tucson Mountains is an unincorporated community in Pima County, AZ. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Tucson Mountains

Tucson Mountains is an unincorporated community in Arizona with household incomes running above the national average, a highly educated workforce, and schools with class sizes near the national average. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Tucson Mountains deals with home prices well above the national average, air quality that falls short of national benchmarks, a rent burden that leaves many renters stretched thin, and very hot summers.

The good

Higher-than-average incomes
Highly educated workforce
Average class sizes

The not so good

High home prices
Air quality concerns
High rent burden for renters
Very hot summers

How Tucson Mountains compares

Median household income

Tucson Mountains$134,474

Arizona avg$79,964

US$80,734

Median home value

Tucson Mountains$473,200

Arizona avg$394,500

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Tucson Mountains

Based on Tucson Mountains's median rent, home value and household income

To buy

$94,640

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $47,320
Homes cost 3.5× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Job market

4.3% county unemployment

Unemployment in Pima County is 4.3%, close to the national average of 4.3%. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Pima County (county-wide)

Safety

214 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Tucson Mountains doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Pima County Sheriff's Office jurisdiction as a whole, which runs below the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 1821/100k · Policed by Pima County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting aroundNear US average

27 min average commute

Commutes run about average, at 26.9 minutes. Fine day to day, but it adds up over a year, and where someone lives relative to where they work starts to matter. 7 in 10 workers drive to work; 23% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

68%

Work from home

23%

Carpool

7.4%

Other

1.7%

Walk

0.6%

Public transit

0.2%

Climate

Summers run seriously hot, with average highs pushing 101°F, and winters are chilly but manageable, with lows around 40°F. It's a dry climate with limited rainfall.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▲ 64% above US

59% bachelor's degree or higher

This is a highly educated city, with over half the adult population holding a college degree. That tends to shape the job market and the broader culture, and it's a solid indicator of a strong professional scene.

Schools

1 public school inside the boundary

There is 1 public school inside the boundary. The student-to-teacher ratio is 15:1, close to the national average of 16:1. Smaller class sizes are generally a positive sign for a district.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Saguaro National Park (19 miles away). There are 6 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Tucson Mountains's strongest points are household incomes running above the national average and a highly educated workforce; the main tradeoffs are home prices well above the national average and air quality that falls short of national benchmarks. It tends to suit remote workers (23% of workers here already work from home) and college-educated professionals. It may be a harder fit for people who struggle with heat.

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