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South Tucson, AZ

4,550 Population
1 square miles 4,430.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±3.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 39.8 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arizona: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$21,025 ±$4,544 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: $40,140 ±$509
  • about half the amount in Arizona: $42,503 ±$233
$33,598 ±$5,079 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: $70,315 ±$1,089
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Arizona: $79,964 ±$407

30.4% ±9.2% (1,369  ±414) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 14.3% 147,853 (±0.5% / ±5,582)
  • more than double the rate in Arizona: 12.5% 901,451 (±0.2% / ±13,962)

20 minutes ±1.6 (31,095  ±5,988) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 24.3 9,703,195 (±0.2 / ±133,091)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 25.4 70,165,550 (±0.1 / ±476,728)

Families

1,729 ±188 Number of households
  • the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 437,827 ±1,858
  • Arizona: 2,856,081 ±6,374
2.6 ±0.3 (4,436  ±64) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 2.4 1,031,161 (±0 / ±517)
  • about the same as the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,217,416

1.6% ±2.6% (15  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 4.9% 11,894 (±0.4% / ±918)
  • about one-third of the rate in Arizona: 5.1% 86,027 (±0.2% / ±2,866)

Housing

2,034 ±235 Number of housing units
  • the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 479,939 ±359
  • Arizona: 3,192,839 ±631

$167,000 ±$10,561 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: $319,700 ±$3,338
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Arizona: $394,500 ±$1,474

11.4% ±5.6% (520  ±254.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 16% 168,169 (±0.5% / ±5,360)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arizona: 14.3% 1,044,527 (±0.2% / ±12,863)

Social

66.2% ±9.5% (1,974  ±328.2) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 90.5% 660,828 (±0.9% / ±6,426.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arizona: 89.4% 4,547,940 (±0.4% / ±17,663)
13% ±5.2% (387  ±159.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 36.8% 268,601 (±0.6% / ±4,042.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arizona: 33.3% 1,696,340 (±0.2% / ±11,215.8)

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

21.9% ±6.4% (994  ±292) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 11.8% 124,922
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 13% 957,784

3.2% ±1.7% (110  ±58) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 9.4% 79,558 (±0.3% / ±2,299)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arizona: 7.9% 452,729 (±0.1% / ±5,969)
110 Total veterans ±58 96 Male ±53 14 Female ±22

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