Tucson MountainsAZ
With 11,353 residents, it is a town in Arizona.
Is Tucson Mountains a good place to live?
The picture is mixed. Where it falls short is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $473K, 6.7 years of the Tucson metro’s $70K median household income. It also trails on hazard risk — FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 47% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Its best grade is for health: it is healthier than 90% of U.S. towns. Incomes are another plus (A−) — the median household earns $134K. All told, that adds up to a B− overall and a rank of 52nd of 139 in Arizona. On that grade it does better than 48% of U.S. towns. Sweetwater Preserve, at 892 acres with 15.4 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenStreetMap.
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.
29% of Tucson Mountains adults have obesity. Only 10 of the 140 Arizona towns we compare have a lower share of adults who smoke cigarettes than Tucson Mountains. Among adults here, 12% report frequent mental distress, where Arizona’s towns sit at 16% and U.S. towns at 17%. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Tucson Mountains is ahead of Arizona on 18 and behind on 4.
| 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 two schools are below. Public schools: the Tucson Unified District. 437 students attend Tucson Mountains’s public school.
| 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
11.5% of the land in Tucson Mountains is protected from building
Tucson Mountains’ concentration of trails stands at 1.3 miles per square mile, above both Arizona’s towns (1.1) and U.S. towns (0.4). 34 miles of trail in 12 parks and preserves.
| 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.
Half commute less than 11 miles. Among workers in Tucson Mountains, 23% work from home. The top destinations are Tucson (48%), Phoenix (7%) and Marana (5%). The average commute locally 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: 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°.
For Tucson Mountains, the July high is 101°F. Snowfall is close to zero.
| 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
Top of a moderate hazard risk in Tucson Mountains: inland flooding
Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 53% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 46% of Tucson Mountains’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 32% to heat waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A larger share of households in Tucson Mountains are owner-occupiers than in the typical Arizona or U.S. town
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.
The median sale price was $580,000 in September 2026. A home in Tucson Mountains typically sold within 76 days of listing. In Tucson Mountains, the typical sale closed at 95.5% of the list price.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · 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.