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Tanque Verde, 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 Tanque Verde, Pima County, Arizona

Tanque Verde, in Pima County, had 16,250 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $121,599 a year and half less, against $70,315 across Pima County; 2% of its people live below the poverty line. 96% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 4% 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 16,250 in the 2020 census; median age 57.3
Household income $121,599 the median, give or take $10,203 · Pima County: $70,315
Unemployment 5.7% Pima County, August 2026; 4.9% a year before
Homes 96% lived in by their owners; 4% rented
  • 6,520households
  • 59%of adults have a degree
  • 2%below the poverty line
  • 28 mintypical commute
  • 23%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care27%
  • Professional and business services17%
  • Shops (retail)9%
  • Banks, insurance and property9%
  • Government7%
  • Manufacturing7%

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, 65° and 41°; warmest in June, 101° and 72° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J 101° 72° J A S O N D 65° 41°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 65° and 41°; warmest in June, 101° and 72° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J 101° 72° J A S O N D 65° 41°

Coldest in December, with highs near 65° and lows near 41°; warmest in June, with highs near 101° and lows near 72°.

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

Largest workplaces in Tanque Verde

  1. Tanque Verde Unified District (4408)School district260FTE
  2. Desert ShotcreteSwimming pool construction30
  3. R.W. Strunk ExcavatingExcavation contractors26

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 56 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. 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. Inland floodingVery high
  2. WildfireRelatively high
  3. Heat wavesRelatively high

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Tanque Verde’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. 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.