Catalina Foothills vs Oro Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Catalina Foothills and Oro Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Catalina Foothills and Oro Valley are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Catalina Foothills has the higher population (51,756 vs 47,595 in Oro Valley). Catalina Foothills has the higher median household income ($113,201 vs $105,342 in Oro Valley). Catalina Foothills has the higher median home value ($604,100 vs $440,400 in Oro Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Catalina Foothills	Oro Valley
Population	51,756	47,595
Median age	55.9 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$113,201	$105,342
Median home value	$604,100	$440,400
Median gross rent	$1,332	$1,602
Housing units	27,783	23,997
Homeownership rate	75.6%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.8%	57.5%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catalina Foothills	Oro Valley
Population	50,454 → 51,756 (+2.6%)	44,630 → 47,595 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$92,929 → $113,201 (+21.8%)	$83,341 → $105,342 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$440,100 → $604,100 (+37.3%)	$311,800 → $440,400 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,061 → $1,332 (+25.5%)	$1,237 → $1,602 (+29.5%)

Catalina Foothills

Population

50,45451,756

Median household income

$92,929$113,201

Median home value

$440,100$604,100

Median gross rent

$1,061$1,332

Oro Valley

Population

44,63047,595

Median household income

$83,341$105,342

Median home value

$311,800$440,400

Median gross rent

$1,237$1,602

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catalina Foothills	Oro Valley
Under 5	2.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	12.3%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.7%
25 to 34	6.9%	7.5%
35 to 44	9.2%	9.6%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.6%
55 to 64	16.4%	14.8%
65 to 74	19.8%	19.6%
75 and over	15.1%	15.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catalina Foothills	Oro Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	74.0%	76.3%
Black or African American	2.1%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	6.1%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	14.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catalina Foothills	Oro Valley
No high school diploma	1.5%	3.2%
High school graduate	7.9%	12.1%
Some college or associate's	19.7%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.7%	32.2%
Graduate or professional degree	39.1%	25.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catalina Foothills	Oro Valley
Drove alone	69.3%	71.6%
Carpooled	6.3%	5.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	0.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	20.6%	20.0%
Other means	2.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catalina Foothills	Oro Valley
1-unit, detached	65.0%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	8.8%
20 or more units	9.0%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Catalina Foothills	Oro Valley
Poverty rate	4.6%	6.3%
Average household size	2.12	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1985	1996