Drexel Heights vs Oro Valley

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

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

Oro Valley has the higher population (47,595 vs 27,636 in Drexel Heights). Oro Valley has the higher median household income ($105,342 vs $75,152 in Drexel Heights). Oro Valley has the higher median home value ($440,400 vs $233,300 in Drexel Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Drexel Heights	Oro Valley
Population	27,636	47,595
Median age	37.0 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$75,152	$105,342
Median home value	$233,300	$440,400
Median gross rent	$1,285	$1,602
Housing units	9,999	23,997
Homeownership rate	81.1%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	57.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drexel Heights	Oro Valley
Population	29,568 → 27,636 (-6.5%)	44,630 → 47,595 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$57,790 → $75,152 (+30.0%)	$83,341 → $105,342 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$137,200 → $233,300 (+70.0%)	$311,800 → $440,400 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$945 → $1,285 (+36.0%)	$1,237 → $1,602 (+29.5%)

Drexel Heights

Population

29,56827,636

Median household income

$57,790$75,152

Median home value

$137,200$233,300

Median gross rent

$945$1,285

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)

	Drexel Heights	Oro Valley
Under 5	6.4%	3.4%
5 to 17	17.9%	13.6%
18 to 24	11.2%	5.7%
25 to 34	11.7%	7.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	9.6%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.6%
55 to 64	10.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	12.7%	19.6%
75 and over	4.7%	15.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drexel Heights	Oro Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	19.9%	76.3%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	75.4%	14.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drexel Heights	Oro Valley
No high school diploma	15.4%	3.2%
High school graduate	30.0%	12.1%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	32.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	25.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drexel Heights	Oro Valley
Drove alone	73.6%	71.6%
Carpooled	12.7%	5.7%
Public transit	1.2%	0.3%
Walked	0.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.0%	20.0%
Other means	3.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drexel Heights	Oro Valley
1-unit, detached	72.5%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.4%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	24.7%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Drexel Heights	Oro Valley
Poverty rate	14.9%	6.3%
Average household size	2.95	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1986	1996