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Drexel Heights, Arizona.

A community in Pima County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Pima County’s.

Living in Drexel Heights, Pima County, Arizona

Drexel Heights, in Pima County, had 27,523 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $73,508 a year and half less, against $70,315 across Pima County; 15% of its people live below the poverty line. 85% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 15% are rented. Unemployment in Pima County was 5.7% in August 2026, and the county had 0.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 27,523 in the 2020 census; median age 37.3
Household income $73,508 the median, give or take $5,952 · Pima County: $70,315
Unemployment 5.7% Pima County, August 2026; 4.9% a year before
Homes 85% lived in by their owners; 15% rented
  • 9,353households
  • 18%of adults have a degree
  • 15%below the poverty line
  • 27 mintypical commute
  • 11%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care22%
  • Professional and business services12%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment12%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Government10%
  • Manufacturing8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Pima County had 387,065 jobs in 2025, 0.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 66° and 40°; warmest in June, 101° and 71° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J 101° 71° J A S O N D 66° 40°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 66° and 40°; warmest in June, 101° and 71° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J 101° 71° J A S O N D 66° 40°

Coldest in December, with highs near 66° and lows near 40°; warmest in June, with highs near 101° and lows near 71°. About 11 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Tucson International Airport weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Drexel Heights

  1. SafewaySupermarkets and other grocery stores131
  2. WalmartSupermarkets and other grocery stores126
  3. Drexel Heights Fire DistrictFirefighting, government and volunteer120
  4. San XavierMail and parcel delivery54
  5. Copperstate Farms Management IIMarijuana stores, medical or recreational30
  6. AutoZoneAutomotive car parts retailer21
  7. Concrete Edge by Andrade BrosFooting and foundation concrete contractors21

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 503 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Heat wavesVery high
  2. Inland floodingRelatively high
  3. WildfireRelatively moderate
  4. LightningRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Drexel Heights’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Pima County.