Tucson Mountains vs Vail

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

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

Vail has the higher population (15,722 vs 11,428 in Tucson Mountains). Tucson Mountains has the higher median household income ($132,946 vs $121,385 in Vail). Tucson Mountains has the higher median home value ($457,300 vs $367,500 in Vail).

Population, income & housing

	Tucson Mountains	Vail
Population	11,428	15,722
Median age	55.2 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$132,946	$121,385
Median home value	$457,300	$367,500
Median gross rent	$1,417	$1,854
Housing units	5,014	5,592
Homeownership rate	96.5%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.9%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tucson Mountains	Vail
Population	11,827 → 11,428 (-3.4%)	12,982 → 15,722 (+21.1%)
Median household income	$107,910 → $132,946 (+23.2%)	$85,927 → $121,385 (+41.3%)
Median home value	$371,900 → $457,300 (+23.0%)	$237,500 → $367,500 (+54.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,386 → $1,417 (+2.2%)	$1,445 → $1,854 (+28.3%)

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

Vail

Population

12,98215,722

Median household income

$85,927$121,385

Median home value

$237,500$367,500

Median gross rent

$1,445$1,854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tucson Mountains	Vail
Under 5	3.6%	7.3%
5 to 17	11.6%	17.5%
18 to 24	4.8%	7.7%
25 to 34	6.9%	9.8%
35 to 44	11.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.2%	16.9%
55 to 64	19.3%	10.2%
65 to 74	21.5%	11.6%
75 and over	9.7%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tucson Mountains	Vail
White (non-Hispanic)	64.4%	65.5%
Black or African American	1.1%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.6%
Asian	0.9%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.6%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	27.5%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tucson Mountains	Vail
No high school diploma	2.9%	4.3%
High school graduate	11.0%	12.9%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	29.7%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tucson Mountains	Vail
Drove alone	63.3%	72.5%
Carpooled	9.5%	7.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	1.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.8%	19.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tucson Mountains	Vail
1-unit, detached	99.2%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Tucson Mountains	Vail
Poverty rate	8.4%	4.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1989	2007