Rincon ValleyAZ
A town of 6,512.
Is Rincon Valley a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Rincon Valley grades B+ overall, 16th among Arizona's 139 graded towns. It is healthier than 93% of U.S. towns. The median household earns $132K and its schools rank ahead of 85% of Arizona towns. The catch is cost: homes are expensive, about $547K for a typical one and 7.8 times the Tucson metro’s $70K median household income. Rincon Valley’s median household income is $132,000, where Arizona’s towns sit at $68,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. Rincon Valley has 1 place on the National Register. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 88% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top.
What makes Rincon Valley stand out
Where Rincon Valley beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
98% of working residents leave Rincon Valley for work
Where Rincon Valley’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Rincon Valley grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Arizona), ordered by how far Rincon Valley is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Saguaro National Park and 25 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Rincon Valley. Close and well known come first.
in town National ParkSaguaro National Park848K visitors a year
11 mi MuseumPima Air & Space Museum
17 mi Stadium & arenaArizona Stadium
24 mi MountainMount Lemmon37 mi AttractionThe Thing?
28 mi CaveKartchner Caverns State ParkPhoto credits
Saguaro National Park: Luke Jones from Yucca Valley, CC BY 2.0 · Pima Air & Space Museum: The original uploader was MCB at English Wikipedia. Later versions were uploade, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Arizona Stadium: Wcarlisle4, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Lemmon: Debby Kriegel, Public domain · Kartchner Caverns State Park: Mike Lewis, CC BY-SA 4.0
Moving to Rincon Valley: who provides what
Rincon Valley is unincorporated, so Pima County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Rincon Valley.
Rincon Valley has less tooth loss than most of Arizona and has hotter summers than nearly all U.S. towns, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Arizona.
For health, Rincon Valley earns an A
Its widest gap with Arizona is tooth loss: 4.8% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 14.7% statewide.
16% of Rincon Valley adults get no exercise outside work. Rincon Valley beats the Arizona average on 16 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 8.6% of Rincon Valley adults smoke cigarettes.
| Rincon Valley | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 24% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.6% | 13% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 21% | 19% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 31% | 33% |
| What stands out | Rincon Valley | AZ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.8% | 14.7% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.9% | 15.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.6% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
24.9% of Rincon Valley is conserved land
33 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. Rincon Valley’s trail density is 1.3 miles per square mile. The biggest park or preserve is Saguaro National Park, at 280 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Saguaro National Park - Rincon Mountain District | 1.7 mi | 280 |
| 2. Saguaro National Park | — | 280 |
| 3. Rocking K | — | 173 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Very high risk in Rincon Valley, with inland flooding at the top
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
About half of Rincon Valley’s working residents commute to Tucson
Rincon Valley has 412 jobs for its 2,348 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Rincon Valley for work: only 2% work in town. The average trip to work in Rincon Valley is 31 minutes. Since 2013, Rincon Valley has added 273 jobs, to 412 in 2023.
| Rincon Valley | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 21% | 12% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.1% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 10% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Rincon Valley has mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons average 97.9°, hotter than in 99% of U.S. towns; January nights average 36°.
Rincon Valley has mild winters and hot summers, with very little rain. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Rincon Valley | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 98°F | 100°F | 85°F |
| January low | 36°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A larger share of households own their home in Rincon Valley than in most of Arizona or the rest of the country
At 7.8 years of the Tucson metro’s $70K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 88% of Arizona towns; that ratio is one input to its C− for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $4,397, against $1,879 across Arizona, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
99% of households own their home in Rincon Valley. The median sale price was $431,000 in May 2026.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Rincon Valley
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Rincon Valley
About 7 of every 100 Rincon Valley residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Arizona.
About Rincon Valley
CDP in Pima County, Arizona
Rincon Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Rincon Valley, in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 5,139 at the 2010 census. The racial and ethnic composition of the population was 79.9% non-Hispanic white, 1.5% black or African American, 0.3% Native American, 1.6% Asian, 0.1% non-Hispanic from some other race, 2.5% two or more races and 15.0% Hispanic or Latino.
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- Area
- 26 sq mi
- Area code
- 520
Rincon Valley’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Rincon Valley.
| Town | AZ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rincon Valley | #16 | B+ | C− | — | A | A |
| Vail | #17 | B+ | C− | — | A | A |
| Tucson | #108 | C− | C | D | B | B− |
Rincon Valley and Vail report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Rincon Valley with a neighbor →
Questions about Rincon Valley
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Rincon Valley, AZ a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Rincon Valley grades B+ overall, better than 68% of U.S. towns and #16 of 139 in Arizona. It grades A for health and A for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Rincon Valley, AZ expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $547,000, 31% above the Arizona typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.