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Oro Valley, AZ

48,162 Population
35.1 square miles 1,371.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.4 ±2 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 39.8 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Arizona: 39 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$62,796 ±$3,846 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: $40,140 ±$509
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Arizona: $42,503 ±$233
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$107,117 ±$6,232 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: $70,315 ±$1,089
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Arizona: $79,964 ±$407
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.5% ±1.8% (3,091  ±839) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 14.3% 147,853 (±0.5% / ±5,582)
  • about half the rate in Arizona: 12.5% 901,451 (±0.2% / ±13,962)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.8 minutes ±2.9 (387,790  ±27,914) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 24.3 9,703,195 (±0.2 / ±133,091)
  • a little higher than the figure in Arizona: 25.4 70,165,550 (±0.1 / ±476,728)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

21,800 ±563 Number of households
  • the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 437,827 ±1,858
  • Arizona: 2,856,081 ±6,374
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (47,962  ±68) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 2.4 1,031,161 (±0 / ±517)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,217,416
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.2% ±1.3% (256  ±105) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 4.9% 11,894 (±0.4% / ±918)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arizona: 5.1% 86,027 (±0.2% / ±2,866)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

24,112 ±594 Number of housing units
  • the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 479,939 ±359
  • Arizona: 3,192,839 ±631
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$475,700 ±$10,260 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: $319,700 ±$3,338
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $394,500 ±$1,474
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.7% ±2% (7,045  ±966) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 16% 168,169 (±0.5% / ±5,360)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 14.3% 1,044,527 (±0.2% / ±12,863)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.2% ±3.4% (36,481  ±1,455.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 90.5% 660,828 (±0.9% / ±6,426.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 89.4% 4,547,940 (±0.4% / ±17,663)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
58% ±2.7% (21,786  ±1,111.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 36.8% 268,601 (±0.6% / ±4,042.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 33.3% 1,696,340 (±0.2% / ±11,215.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

10.4% ±1.6% (4,987  ±750) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 11.8% 124,922
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arizona: 13% 957,784
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.4% ±1.6% (4,590  ±631) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 9.4% 79,558 (±0.3% / ±2,299)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 7.9% 452,729 (±0.1% / ±5,969)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
4,590 Total veterans ±631 4,180 Male ±617 410 Female ±141

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