Pima County vs Pinal County

A side-by-side comparison of Pima County and Pinal County: population, income, housing, and more.

Pima County and Pinal County are counties in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pima County has the higher population (1,049,947 vs 449,219 in Pinal County). Pinal County has the higher median household income ($77,588 vs $67,929 in Pima County). Pinal County has the higher median home value ($312,100 vs $286,900 in Pima County).

Population, income & housing

	Pima County	Pinal County
Population	1,049,947	449,219
Median age	39.7 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,929	$77,588
Median home value	$286,900	$312,100
Median gross rent	$1,154	$1,417
Housing units	475,378	179,861
Homeownership rate	64.8%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pima County	Pinal County
Population	1,027,207 → 1,049,947 (+2.2%)	432,793 → 449,219 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$53,379 → $67,929 (+27.3%)	$58,174 → $77,588 (+33.4%)
Median home value	$184,100 → $286,900 (+55.8%)	$183,100 → $312,100 (+70.5%)
Median gross rent	$907 → $1,154 (+27.2%)	$1,064 → $1,417 (+33.2%)

Pima County

Population

1,027,2071,049,947

Median household income

$53,379$67,929

Median home value

$184,100$286,900

Median gross rent

$907$1,154

Pinal County

Population

432,793449,219

Median household income

$58,174$77,588

Median home value

$183,100$312,100

Median gross rent

$1,064$1,417

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pima County	Pinal County
Under 5	5.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.9%	16.4%
18 to 24	11.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	12.1%	11.6%
65 to 74	12.0%	12.5%
75 and over	9.2%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pima County	Pinal County
White (non-Hispanic)	51.2%	55.9%
Black or African American	3.3%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	3.8%
Asian	2.9%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	36.1%	29.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pima County	Pinal County
No high school diploma	10.1%	10.9%
High school graduate	21.2%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pima County	Pinal County
Drove alone	70.7%	70.8%
Carpooled	9.6%	11.1%
Public transit	1.6%	0.2%
Walked	1.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	13.8%	14.9%
Other means	1.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pima County	Pinal County
1-unit, detached	59.7%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	1.8%
20 or more units	9.5%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Pima County	Pinal County
Poverty rate	14.4%	10.9%
Average household size	2.37	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1986	2003