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South Tucson, AZ

4,601 Population
1 square miles 4,480.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±5.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 39.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$19,753 ±$2,971 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: $38,564 ±$480
  • about half the amount in Arizona: $40,736 ±$241
$33,734 ±$4,869 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: $67,929 ±$992
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Arizona: $76,872 ±$414

35.2% ±8.2% (1,593  ±374) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 14.4% 146,560 (±0.6% / ±5,714)
  • more than double the rate in Arizona: 12.8% 907,125 (±0.2% / ±14,212)

19.5 minutes ±1.4 (27,890  ±4,731) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 24.4 9,829,405 (±0.2 / ±135,021)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Arizona: 25.5 70,317,520 (±0.1 / ±410,503)

Families

1,472 ±137 Number of households
  • the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 430,965 ±1,683
  • Arizona: 2,796,790 ±6,018
3 ±0.3 (4,431  ±59) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 2.4 1,019,784 (±0 / ±569)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,105,986

8.7% ±5.4% (85  ±54) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 5% 11,909 (±0.4% / ±1,027)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 5.3% 87,489 (±0.2% / ±3,122)

Housing

1,791 ±150 Number of housing units
  • the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 475,378 ±332
  • Arizona: 3,142,443 ±466

$152,300 ±$19,826 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: $286,900 ±$2,794
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Arizona: $358,900 ±$1,200

18.7% ±7.8% (857  ±356.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 16.6% 173,037 (±0.5% / ±5,300.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 14.9% 1,069,460 (±0.2% / ±13,475.1)

Social

61.5% ±9.2% (1,713  ±291.4) High school grad or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 90% 647,970 (±0.9% / ±6,412.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arizona: 89.1% 4,446,105 (±0.3% / ±16,725.9)
8.3% ±5.1% (231  ±143.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 35.9% 258,412 (±0.6% / ±4,076.4)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Arizona: 32.6% 1,627,462 (±0.2% / ±10,137.6)

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

18.3% ±4.2% (843  ±191) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 11.9% 124,866
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arizona: 12.9% 935,586

3.3% ±1.8% (105  ±57) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 9.6% 79,630 (±0.2% / ±1,883)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arizona: 8.1% 459,818 (±0.1% / ±4,961)
105 Total veterans ±57 88 Male ±48 17 Female ±29

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