Nogales vs Tubac

A side-by-side comparison of Nogales and Tubac: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nogales has the higher population (19,753 vs 1,247 in Tubac). Tubac has the higher median household income ($82,273 vs $40,745 in Nogales). Tubac has the higher median home value ($481,800 vs $172,800 in Nogales).

Population, income & housing

	Nogales	Tubac
Population	19,753	1,247
Median age	37.0 yrs	69.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,745	$82,273
Median home value	$172,800	$481,800
Median gross rent	$691	—
Housing units	7,416	1,097
Homeownership rate	49.5%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	51.9%
Unemployment rate	14.2%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nogales	Tubac
Population	20,201 → 19,753 (-2.2%)	1,375 → 1,247 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$29,339 → $40,745 (+38.9%)	$66,349 → $82,273 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$119,700 → $172,800 (+44.4%)	$335,700 → $481,800 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $691 (+17.1%)	$1,904 → $1,750 (-8.1%)

Nogales

Population

20,20119,753

Median household income

$29,339$40,745

Median home value

$119,700$172,800

Median gross rent

$590$691

Tubac

Population

1,3751,247

Median household income

$66,349$82,273

Median home value

$335,700$481,800

Median gross rent

$1,904$1,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nogales	Tubac
Under 5	6.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	19.6%	3.7%
18 to 24	9.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	7.1%
35 to 44	12.0%	3.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	4.6%
55 to 64	10.7%	14.3%
65 to 74	9.8%	32.7%
75 and over	8.7%	33.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nogales	Tubac
White (non-Hispanic)	3.4%	75.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	94.4%	20.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nogales	Tubac
No high school diploma	31.7%	4.3%
High school graduate	27.2%	10.8%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	25.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nogales	Tubac
Drove alone	72.5%	80.2%
Carpooled	14.9%	0.0%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	19.8%
Other means	3.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nogales	Tubac
1-unit, detached	51.8%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	11.1%	19.5%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Nogales	Tubac
Poverty rate	26.1%	6.4%
Average household size	2.94	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1977	1998