Rincon Valley vs South Tucson

A side-by-side comparison of Rincon Valley and South Tucson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rincon Valley has the higher population (5,851 vs 4,601 in South Tucson). Rincon Valley has the higher median household income ($132,167 vs $33,734 in South Tucson). Rincon Valley has the higher median home value ($498,900 vs $152,300 in South Tucson).

Population, income & housing

	Rincon Valley	South Tucson
Population	5,851	4,601
Median age	46.0 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$132,167	$33,734
Median home value	$498,900	$152,300
Median gross rent	—	$968
Housing units	2,407	1,791
Homeownership rate	99.0%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.1%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rincon Valley	South Tucson
Population	5,346 → 5,851 (+9.4%)	5,667 → 4,601 (-18.8%)
Median household income	$119,345 → $132,167 (+10.7%)	$24,967 → $33,734 (+35.1%)
Median home value	$362,000 → $498,900 (+37.8%)	$84,200 → $152,300 (+80.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$630 → $968 (+53.7%)

Rincon Valley

Population

5,3465,851

Median household income

$119,345$132,167

Median home value

$362,000$498,900

South Tucson

Population

5,6674,601

Median household income

$24,967$33,734

Median home value

$84,200$152,300

Median gross rent

$630$968

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rincon Valley	South Tucson
Under 5	2.7%	3.3%
5 to 17	21.6%	26.5%
18 to 24	5.2%	9.7%
25 to 34	3.1%	9.1%
35 to 44	15.0%	14.5%
45 to 54	15.9%	8.3%
55 to 64	11.6%	16.0%
65 to 74	11.3%	7.2%
75 and over	13.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rincon Valley	South Tucson
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	8.4%
Black or African American	2.3%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	12.5%
Asian	1.8%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.8%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	19.3%	74.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rincon Valley	South Tucson
No high school diploma	0.4%	38.5%
High school graduate	13.6%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	23.8%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rincon Valley	South Tucson
Drove alone	69.6%	53.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	24.7%
Public transit	0.0%	10.1%
Walked	0.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.3%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rincon Valley	South Tucson
1-unit, detached	89.4%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Rincon Valley	South Tucson
Poverty rate	2.8%	35.2%
Average household size	2.70	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	31	19
Median year structure built	2004	1967