Marana vs Oro Valley

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

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

Marana has the higher population (54,487 vs 47,595 in Oro Valley). Marana has the higher median household income ($108,256 vs $105,342 in Oro Valley). Oro Valley has the higher median home value ($440,400 vs $380,100 in Marana).

Population, income & housing

	Marana	Oro Valley
Population	54,487	47,595
Median age	41.5 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$108,256	$105,342
Median home value	$380,100	$440,400
Median gross rent	$1,702	$1,602
Housing units	22,368	23,997
Homeownership rate	83.3%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.0%	57.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marana	Oro Valley
Population	45,279 → 54,487 (+20.3%)	44,630 → 47,595 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$85,812 → $108,256 (+26.2%)	$83,341 → $105,342 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$252,100 → $380,100 (+50.8%)	$311,800 → $440,400 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,212 → $1,702 (+40.4%)	$1,237 → $1,602 (+29.5%)

Marana

Population

45,27954,487

Median household income

$85,812$108,256

Median home value

$252,100$380,100

Median gross rent

$1,212$1,702

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)

	Marana	Oro Valley
Under 5	5.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	17.0%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.7%
25 to 34	11.1%	7.5%
35 to 44	14.8%	9.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.6%
55 to 64	11.9%	14.8%
65 to 74	13.2%	19.6%
75 and over	8.6%	15.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marana	Oro Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	76.3%
Black or African American	3.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.2%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	26.2%	14.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marana	Oro Valley
No high school diploma	4.1%	3.2%
High school graduate	17.4%	12.1%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.7%	32.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	25.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marana	Oro Valley
Drove alone	67.8%	71.6%
Carpooled	9.2%	5.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	0.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	21.1%	20.0%
Other means	1.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marana	Oro Valley
1-unit, detached	88.8%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	8.8%
20 or more units	2.2%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Marana	Oro Valley
Poverty rate	5.4%	6.3%
Average household size	2.58	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	2007	1996