Census-designated place · Pima County, Arizona

Tucson Mountains, Arizona

Tucson Mountains is a census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona, part of the Tucson, AZ metro area. It has 11,353 residents. Tucson Mountains, Arizona has a quality-of-life score of 51 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #7,609 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Arizona it ranks #27 of 207 cities and towns. It ranks best on adult smoking (low), physical inactivity (low) and comfortable days (high). It ranks worst on hot days (high), rent as share of income (high) and drug overdose deaths (high).

51Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #7,609 of 15,651 cities and towns
Arizona: #27 of 207 in AZ
Population: 11,353 (2020-2024)
Land area: 26 mi²
Density: 431.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 0477179

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety17#13,037/15,637
Economy81#2,930/15,631
Housing20#11,918/14,977
Health65#5,475/15,609
Healthcare72#4,317/15,650
Environment28#11,058/15,453
Education51#7,599/15,649
Infrastructure87#1,984/15,650
Community55#7,042/15,651
Leisure & amenities27#11,490/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Tucson Mountains, Arizona ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Pima County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Adult smoking · low7.7%
95/100Arizona 13.4%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Physical inactivity · low15.2%
95/100Arizona 24.7%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Comfortable days · high34.8%
94/100Arizona 31.6%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPima County value
Loneliness · low30.7%
93/100Arizona 32.7%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Median household income · high$134,474
92/100Arizona $81,404United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Bachelor's degree or higher · high59.0%
92/100Arizona 33.3%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Weaknesses

Hot days · high153 days
1/100Arizona 96 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPima County value
Rent as share of income · high51.0%
2/100Arizona 30.8%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071At least this value: the publisher's top bracket is open-ended
Drug overdose deaths · high36.4 /100k
5/100Arizona 35.9 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataPima County value
Median Air Quality Index · high54
7/100Arizona 642025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyPima County value
Grocery stores · low1.0 /10k
13/100Arizona 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPima County value
Suicide rate · high22.1 /100k
14/100Arizona 20.8 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataPima County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
26.6% (2016-2020) → 59.4% (2020-2024)
+33 pts4 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.1% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
19.0% (2016-2020) → 51.0% (2020-2024)
+32 pts4 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.6% → 30.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$107,910 (2016-2020) → $134,474 (2020-2024)
+25%4 yearsCensus table B19013US $67,340 → $81,604
Child poverty rateWorsening
2.8% (2016-2020) → 6.1% (2020-2024)
+3.3 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 15.7% → 15.5%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
55.9% (2016-2020) → 59.0% (2020-2024)
+3.1 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.9% → 35.7%
Broadband subscriptionsWorsening
98.4% (2016-2020) → 95.9% (2020-2024)
−2.5 pts4 yearsCensus table B28002US 85.2% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

There is not enough history to compare Tucson Mountains, Arizona over five years.

Cities and towns like Tucson Mountains, Arizona five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Tucson Mountains, Arizona in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Tucson Mountains, Arizona five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

11,353 residents (±1,000)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69
50–59†
40–49
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

11,353 residents (±1,000)

Tucson Mountains, Arizona
Arizona share

White63%7,207
Black1.1%†122
Hispanic or Latino29%3,295

Education

9,185 residents (±884)

Tucson Mountains, Arizona
Arizona share

No high school diploma2.3%†214
High school or GED13%1,172
Some college18%1,650

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

4,826 households (±466)

Tucson Mountains, Arizona
Arizona share

Under $25k12%†590
$25k–50k6.8%†328
$50k–75k7.5%†363
$75k–100k9.3%447
$100k–150k21%1,005
$150k–200k21%1,018
$200k or more22%1,075

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

4,826 households (±466)

Tucson Mountains, Arizona
Arizona share

Own96%4,642
Rent3.8%†184

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

160 households (±92)

Tucson Mountains, Arizona
Arizona share

Under $7508.1%†13
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,50043%†69

Home values

4,642 homes (±466)

Tucson Mountains, Arizona
Arizona share

Under $150k1.6%†74
$150k–250k2.1%†99
$250k–400k30%†1,383

Age of homes

5,092 homes (±461)

Tucson Mountains, Arizona
Arizona share

2010 or later3.6%†182
2000–200923%1,189
1980–199949%2,509

Size of homes

5,092 homes (±461)

Tucson Mountains, Arizona
Arizona share

Studio2.0%†101
1 bedroom1.5%†76
2 bedrooms6.0%†307

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

4,940 workers (±482)

Tucson Mountains, Arizona
Arizona share

Drive alone67%3,334
Carpool7.4%†364
Public transit0.2%†10
Walk0.6%†30
Bike0.9%†45
Work from home23%1,119
Other0.8%†38

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

3,821 workers (±396)

Tucson Mountains, Arizona
Arizona share

Under 15 min16%594
15–29 min43%1,638
30–44 min33%1,252
45–59 min

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Tucson, AZ

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Pima County, the county holding most of Tucson Mountains's residents.

Pima County has 21,381 employer establishments, 201 for every 10,000 residents (0.81× the US rate of 248; 0.92× Arizona's), with 341,481 paid employees at an average annual pay of $54,983. The Census Bureau also counts 82,177 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 21,381; 82,177 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 201; US 248 · Arizona 219
Paid employees: 341,481
Average annual pay: $54,983; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Pima County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	2,158	20.3	0.97×About typical	28,860	$73,866	4,753
Restaurants and other eating places	1,656	15.5	0.85×About typical	36,585	$22,997	387
Lessors of real estate	1,409	13.2	1.07×About typical	5,188	$55,125	8,225
Specialty trade contractors	1,345	12.6	0.82×About typical	16,448	$57,209	4,948
Limited-service restaurants	810	7.6	0.95×About typical	17,465	$20,548	195
Offices of physicians	726	6.8	1.05×About typical	10,042	$108,069	932
Services to buildings and dwellings	700	6.6	0.97×About typical	6,944	$35,250	5,423
Real estate agents and brokers	691	6.5	1.33×More than typical	944	$68,213	2,963
Offices of other health practitioners	629	5.9	0.97×About typical	3,430	$46,598	2,098
Full-service restaurants	606	5.7	0.74×Fewer than typical	15,606	$26,503	123
Building equipment contractors	578	5.4	0.90×About typical	6,817	$59,165	890
Construction of buildings	556	5.2	0.69×Fewer than typical	5,829	$87,727	2,387

Rank places for an industry Open Pima County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 1,065,239 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $2.9M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Tucson Mountains, Arizona: $251 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $2.9M; −30% vs FY2025
Per resident: $251; US $1,995
Sole-source: 23%; US 30%
Single offer: 8.4%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$947.7K33%
Department of the Navy$577.2K20%
Defense Logistics Agency$442.5K16%
Federal Acquisition Service$398.4K14%
National Park Service$162K5.7%
Department of the Air Force$122.5K4.3%
Department of the Army$74.9K2.6%
Bureau of the Fiscal Service$73.3K2.6%

Top recipients

BABCO INTERNATIONAL INC$1.6M56%
SARGENT AEROSPACE & DEFENSE, LLC$920.8K32%
SONSRAY MACHINERY, LLC$144.1K5.1%
SARGENT AEROSPACE & DEFENSE, LLC$68.8K2.4%
LEONARDO ELECTRONICS US INC.$67.1K2.4%

Spending by fiscal year

1.9MFY2017
2.2MFY2018
2.9MFY2019
1.2MFY2020
1.8MFY2021
2.9MFY2022
3.7MFY2023
7M

Top industries (NAICS)

Industrial machinery manufacturing · 3332$1.5M53%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$733.9K26%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$133K4.7%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$84.5K3.0%
Commercial and service industry machinery manufacturing · 3333$80K2.8%
Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance · 8112

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Tucson Mountains, Arizona, so they do not add up across cities.

Tucson Mountains, Arizona's figures are part of those of Pima County, AZ ($13.1B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Tucson Mountains is mostly in Pima County.

See federal money in Pima County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Tucson Mountains, Arizona is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Pima County48100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Tucson, AZ55

Other cities and towns in Pima County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Cities and towns like Tucson Mountains, Arizona five years ago that improved