Pima vs San Jose

A side-by-side comparison of Pima and San Jose: population, income, housing, and more.

Pima and San Jose are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pima has the higher population (2,910 vs 560 in San Jose). Pima has the higher median household income ($97,238 vs $46,339 in San Jose). Pima has the higher median home value ($261,700 vs $162,500 in San Jose).

Population, income & housing

	Pima	San Jose
Population	2,910	560
Median age	35.0 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$97,238	$46,339
Median home value	$261,700	$162,500
Median gross rent	$1,047	—
Housing units	1,174	231
Homeownership rate	68.4%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	4.0%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pima	San Jose
Population	2,513 → 2,910 (+15.8%)	718 → 560 (-22.0%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $97,238 (+110.2%)	$52,045 → $46,339 (-11.0%)
Median home value	$138,300 → $261,700 (+89.2%)	$119,300 → $162,500 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$963 → $1,047 (+8.7%)	—

Pima

Population

2,5132,910

Median household income

$46,250$97,238

Median home value

$138,300$261,700

Median gross rent

$963$1,047

San Jose

Population

718560

Median household income

$52,045$46,339

Median home value

$119,300$162,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pima	San Jose
Under 5	4.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	21.3%	20.2%
18 to 24	15.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	9.3%	16.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	4.1%
45 to 54	16.2%	22.3%
55 to 64	8.2%	6.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	15.9%
75 and over	5.3%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pima	San Jose
White (non-Hispanic)	76.7%	37.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	63.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pima	San Jose
No high school diploma	9.2%	19.9%
High school graduate	26.0%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	46.9%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	1.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pima	San Jose
Drove alone	74.7%	71.1%
Carpooled	21.1%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	19.3%
Other means	0.0%	8.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pima	San Jose
1-unit, detached	66.0%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.1%	36.4%

Poverty & households

	Pima	San Jose
Poverty rate	5.2%	7.1%
Average household size	2.88	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1985	1984