Picture Rocks vs Tucson Mountains

A side-by-side comparison of Picture Rocks and Tucson Mountains: population, income, housing, and more.

Picture Rocks and Tucson Mountains are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Tucson Mountains has the higher population (11,428 vs 9,665 in Picture Rocks). Tucson Mountains has the higher median household income ($132,946 vs $59,745 in Picture Rocks). Tucson Mountains has the higher median home value ($457,300 vs $181,200 in Picture Rocks).

Population, income & housing

	Picture Rocks	Tucson Mountains
Population	9,665	11,428
Median age	52.4 yrs	55.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,745	$132,946
Median home value	$181,200	$457,300
Median gross rent	$1,301	$1,417
Housing units	3,991	5,014
Homeownership rate	89.5%	96.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	59.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Picture Rocks	Tucson Mountains
Population	9,653 → 9,665 (+0.1%)	11,827 → 11,428 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$55,231 → $59,745 (+8.2%)	$107,910 → $132,946 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$112,600 → $181,200 (+60.9%)	$371,900 → $457,300 (+23.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,161 → $1,301 (+12.1%)	$1,386 → $1,417 (+2.2%)

Picture Rocks

Population

9,6539,665

Median household income

$55,231$59,745

Median home value

$112,600$181,200

Median gross rent

$1,161$1,301

Tucson Mountains

Population

11,82711,428

Median household income

$107,910$132,946

Median home value

$371,900$457,300

Median gross rent

$1,386$1,417

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Picture Rocks	Tucson Mountains
Under 5	3.2%	3.6%
5 to 17	14.2%	11.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	4.8%
25 to 34	11.5%	6.9%
35 to 44	9.3%	11.4%
45 to 54	7.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	23.0%	19.3%
65 to 74	13.6%	21.5%
75 and over	11.3%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Picture Rocks	Tucson Mountains
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	64.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	1.4%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	24.2%	27.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Picture Rocks	Tucson Mountains
No high school diploma	12.0%	2.9%
High school graduate	34.4%	11.0%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	29.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Picture Rocks	Tucson Mountains
Drove alone	86.0%	63.3%
Carpooled	4.9%	9.5%
Public transit	1.7%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	23.8%
Other means	1.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Picture Rocks	Tucson Mountains
1-unit, detached	34.0%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	63.7%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Picture Rocks	Tucson Mountains
Poverty rate	19.2%	8.4%
Average household size	2.57	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	36	26
Median year structure built	1994	1989