Oro Valley vs Sahuarita

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

Oro Valley and Sahuarita 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 35,012 in Sahuarita). Oro Valley has the higher median household income ($105,342 vs $100,719 in Sahuarita). Oro Valley has the higher median home value ($440,400 vs $341,800 in Sahuarita).

Population, income & housing

	Oro Valley	Sahuarita
Population	47,595	35,012
Median age	54.6 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$105,342	$100,719
Median home value	$440,400	$341,800
Median gross rent	$1,602	$1,763
Housing units	23,997	13,438
Homeownership rate	76.4%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.5%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oro Valley	Sahuarita
Population	44,630 → 47,595 (+6.6%)	29,905 → 35,012 (+17.1%)
Median household income	$83,341 → $105,342 (+26.4%)	$80,525 → $100,719 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$311,800 → $440,400 (+41.2%)	$214,100 → $341,800 (+59.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,237 → $1,602 (+29.5%)	$1,392 → $1,763 (+26.7%)

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

Sahuarita

Population

29,90535,012

Median household income

$80,525$100,719

Median home value

$214,100$341,800

Median gross rent

$1,392$1,763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oro Valley	Sahuarita
Under 5	3.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	13.6%	20.2%
18 to 24	5.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	7.5%	11.7%
35 to 44	9.6%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	8.4%
65 to 74	19.6%	10.5%
75 and over	15.3%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oro Valley	Sahuarita
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	56.0%
Black or African American	1.4%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	36.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oro Valley	Sahuarita
No high school diploma	3.2%	5.4%
High school graduate	12.1%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.2%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	25.2%	18.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oro Valley	Sahuarita
Drove alone	71.6%	72.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	10.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	14.3%
Other means	1.3%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oro Valley	Sahuarita
1-unit, detached	73.2%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	0.4%
20 or more units	7.4%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Oro Valley	Sahuarita
Poverty rate	6.3%	8.4%
Average household size	2.21	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1996	2006