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Tucson Estates, 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 Tucson Estates, Pima County, Arizona

Tucson Estates, in Pima County, had 12,069 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $66,582 a year and half less, against $70,315 across Pima County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. 90% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 10% 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 12,069 in the 2020 census; median age 53.9
Household income $66,582 the median, give or take $8,055 · Pima County: $70,315
Unemployment 5.7% Pima County, August 2026; 4.9% a year before
Homes 90% lived in by their owners; 10% rented
  • 5,541households
  • 24%of adults have a degree
  • 8%below the poverty line
  • 31 mintypical commute
  • 14%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care22%
  • Professional and business services16%
  • Manufacturing12%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Shops (retail)9%
  • Building trades8%

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 40°; warmest in June, 100° and 70° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J 100° 70° J A S O N D 65° 40°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 65° and 40°; warmest in June, 100° and 70° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J 100° 70° J A S O N D 65° 40°

Coldest in December, with highs near 65° and lows near 40°; warmest in June, with highs near 100° and lows near 70°. About 11 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Tucson West weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Pima County

  1. University of ArizonaUniversity or college13,915
  2. Raytheon_Tucson_AZ_Airport Site10,714
  3. Tucson Unified District (4403)School district6,441FTE
  4. City of TucsonCity government4,884
  5. Banner University MED Center TucsonGeneral hospital3,670FTE
  6. Tucson Medical CenterGeneral hospital3,347FTE
  7. Veterans Health AdministrationFederal government · Department of Veterans Affairs3,340
  8. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage3,139

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 629 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 104,016 people in all across the county; Tucson Estates has none of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); 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. Heat wavesVery high
  2. Inland floodingVery high
  3. WildfireRelatively high
  4. LightningRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Tucson Estates’ 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.