Rio Rico vs Tubac

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

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

Rio Rico has the higher population (21,798 vs 1,247 in Tubac). Tubac has the higher median household income ($82,273 vs $63,692 in Rio Rico). Tubac has the higher median home value ($481,800 vs $212,600 in Rio Rico).

Population, income & housing

	Rio Rico	Tubac
Population	21,798	1,247
Median age	34.3 yrs	69.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,692	$82,273
Median home value	$212,600	$481,800
Median gross rent	$1,049	—
Housing units	7,322	1,097
Homeownership rate	82.4%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	51.9%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rio Rico	Tubac
Population	19,581 → 21,798 (+11.3%)	1,375 → 1,247 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$51,475 → $63,692 (+23.7%)	$66,349 → $82,273 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$146,300 → $212,600 (+45.3%)	$335,700 → $481,800 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$904 → $1,049 (+16.0%)	$1,904 → $1,750 (-8.1%)

Rio Rico

Population

19,58121,798

Median household income

$51,475$63,692

Median home value

$146,300$212,600

Median gross rent

$904$1,049

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)

	Rio Rico	Tubac
Under 5	7.8%	1.5%
5 to 17	22.3%	3.7%
18 to 24	10.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	7.1%
35 to 44	12.0%	3.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	4.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	14.3%
65 to 74	8.4%	32.7%
75 and over	3.6%	33.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rio Rico	Tubac
White (non-Hispanic)	12.1%	75.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	86.6%	20.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rio Rico	Tubac
No high school diploma	18.1%	4.3%
High school graduate	27.7%	10.8%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	25.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rio Rico	Tubac
Drove alone	84.7%	80.2%
Carpooled	8.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	19.8%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rio Rico	Tubac
1-unit, detached	86.8%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	19.5%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Rio Rico	Tubac
Poverty rate	18.2%	6.4%
Average household size	3.09	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	2000	1998