Tucson MountainsAZ
A town of 11,353.
Is Tucson Mountains a good place to live?
Tucson Mountains grades B− overall, 52nd among Arizona's 139 graded towns, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Residents are healthier than 90% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and the median household earns $134K. On the other side, the typical home is worth about $473K, 6.7 years of the Tucson metro’s $70K median household income. 59% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Tucson Mountains, above both Arizona’s towns (24%) and U.S. towns (29%). Sweetwater Preserve, at 892 acres with 15.4 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Among 140 Arizona towns, just 3 have a higher share of households owning their home than Tucson Mountains.
98% of working residents leave Tucson Mountains for work
Where Tucson Mountains’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Tucson Mountains grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Arizona), ordered by how far Tucson Mountains is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Saguaro National Park and 23 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Tucson Mountains. Close and well known come first.
in town National ParkSaguaro National Park848K visitors a year
8 mi Stadium & arenaArizona Stadium
16 mi MuseumPima Air & Space Museum
20 mi MountainMount Lemmon
6 mi Zoo & aquariumArizona-Sonora Desert Museum
27 mi MuseumTitan Missile MuseumPhoto credits
Saguaro National Park: Luke Jones from Yucca Valley, CC BY 2.0 · Arizona Stadium: Wcarlisle4, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pima Air & Space Museum: The original uploader was MCB at English Wikipedia. Later versions were uploade, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Mount Lemmon: Debby Kriegel, Public domain · Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Titan Missile Museum: Mike McBey, CC BY 2.0
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Moving to Tucson Mountains: who provides what
Tucson Mountains 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 Tucson Mountains.
Tucson Mountains has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and has less food insecurity than most of Arizona, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Arizona.
Tucson Mountains earns an A for health
Its widest gap with Arizona is food insecurity: 7.4% of its 9,299 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.8% statewide. Against the 4,102 U.S. towns with household incomes like Tucson Mountains’s, it is healthier than 70%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
12% of adults report frequent mental distress in Tucson Mountains. Tucson Mountains beats the Arizona average on 18 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 27% of adults feel lonely in Tucson Mountains.
| Tucson Mountains | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 31% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.7% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Tucson Mountains | AZ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.4% | 15.8% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.1% | 14.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.6% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Tucson Mountains’ public schools outperform 55% of Arizona districts
Its public schools are run by the Tucson Unified District. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robins Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 437 | B |
| Acclerated Elementary and Secondary / Green Fields PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 147 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within AZ on state tests and graduation
Conserved land covers 11.5% of Tucson Mountains
34 miles of trail in 12 parks and preserves. Tucson Mountains’ trail density is 1.3 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sweetwater Preserve | 15.4 mi | 892 |
| 2. Painted Hills Trails Park | 4.7 mi | 289 |
| 3. Feliz Paseos Park | 1.3 mi | 58 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Tucson Mountains stands out in Arizona and nationally, with the median household income higher than most
Tucson Mountains has 853 jobs for its 4,467 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
23% of Tucson Mountains workers work from home. Most working residents leave Tucson Mountains for work: only 2% work in town. The average trip to work in Tucson Mountains is 27 minutes.
| Tucson Mountains | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $134,000 | $68,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 23% | 12% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 10% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Tucson Mountains has mild winters and hot summers
The Tucson U Of A #1 weather station, 5 miles away, records that about 167 days a year reach 90°, more than in 99% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 101.3°, hotter than in 99% of U.S. towns; January nights average 39.1°.
Tucson Mountains has mild winters and scorching summers, with very little rain. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Tucson Mountains | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 101°F | 100°F | 85°F |
| January low | 39°F | 36°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Tucson Mountains
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 53% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median home in Tucson Mountains sells for about $625K
At 6.7 years of the Tucson metro’s $70K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 78% of Arizona towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $4,565, against $1,879 across Arizona, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Tucson Mountains
Colleges nearby
6 within 15 miles of the center of Tucson Mountains
About 4 of every 100 Tucson Mountains residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Arizona.
About Tucson Mountains
CDP in Pima County, Arizona
Tucson Mountains is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pima County, Arizona, United States. It is bordered to the east by the city of Tucson and to the west by the Tucson Mountains, including part of Saguaro National Park. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
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- Elevation
- 2,448 ft
Tucson Mountains’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Tucson Mountains.
| Town | AZ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tucson Mountains | #52 | B− | D | — | B | A |
| Tucson | #108 | C− | C | D | B | B− |
| Marana | #39 | B− | D | B− | B+ | A |
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Questions about Tucson Mountains
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Tucson Mountains, AZ a good place to live?
Tucson Mountains grades B− overall, better than 48% of U.S. towns and #52 of 139 in Arizona. It grades A for health and B for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Tucson Mountains, AZ expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $473,000, 14% 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 D.