Tucson Estates vs Tucson Mountains

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

Tucson Estates 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 Estates has the higher population (12,687 vs 11,428 in Tucson Mountains). Tucson Mountains has the higher median household income ($132,946 vs $66,813 in Tucson Estates). Tucson Mountains has the higher median home value ($457,300 vs $190,200 in Tucson Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Tucson Estates	Tucson Mountains
Population	12,687	11,428
Median age	54.1 yrs	55.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,813	$132,946
Median home value	$190,200	$457,300
Median gross rent	$1,168	$1,417
Housing units	6,608	5,014
Homeownership rate	90.2%	96.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	59.9%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tucson Estates	Tucson Mountains
Population	11,960 → 12,687 (+6.1%)	11,827 → 11,428 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$48,566 → $66,813 (+37.6%)	$107,910 → $132,946 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$132,200 → $190,200 (+43.9%)	$371,900 → $457,300 (+23.0%)
Median gross rent	$995 → $1,168 (+17.4%)	$1,386 → $1,417 (+2.2%)

Tucson Estates

Population

11,96012,687

Median household income

$48,566$66,813

Median home value

$132,200$190,200

Median gross rent

$995$1,168

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)

	Tucson Estates	Tucson Mountains
Under 5	2.7%	3.6%
5 to 17	12.7%	11.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	4.8%
25 to 34	7.7%	6.9%
35 to 44	8.6%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	19.3%
65 to 74	18.9%	21.5%
75 and over	17.6%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tucson Estates	Tucson Mountains
White (non-Hispanic)	54.1%	64.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.3%
Asian	0.8%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	40.6%	27.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tucson Estates	Tucson Mountains
No high school diploma	11.6%	2.9%
High school graduate	28.4%	11.0%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	29.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tucson Estates	Tucson Mountains
Drove alone	75.7%	63.3%
Carpooled	11.8%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	23.8%
Other means	0.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tucson Estates	Tucson Mountains
1-unit, detached	38.1%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	57.5%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Tucson Estates	Tucson Mountains
Poverty rate	7.3%	8.4%
Average household size	2.30	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	1992	1989