Moving guide
Where to live, what homes cost in each part of town, and how to plan a visit that gets you to the right house.
Across greater Tucson, the typical home sold for $362,980 over the last 12 months and went under contract in about 42 days. It is a balanced market right now.
The parts of town differ more than that one number suggests. Here is how they compare.
The parts of town
The areas are the MLS’s own market areas, named the way Market Pulse names them. Numbers are homes that sold in the last 12 months.
North of River Road, below the Catalinas
Our guides here: Alta Vista, Hacienda del Sol Estates, Coronado Foothills Estates, Finisterra, Sin Vacas, The Summit at Finger Rock, Pinnacle Ridge / Paloma Canyon, Fairfield in the Foothills, Pima Canyon Estates, Ventana Canyon, La Paloma, The Canyons at Finger Rock, Cobblestone / Catalina Ridge Estates, Skyline Country Club Estates.
Oro Valley, Dove Mountain, Casas Adobes, Rancho Vistoso
Our guides here: Canyon Pass at Dove Mountain, Honey Bee Canyon Estates, The Estates at Honey Bee Ridge, La Reserve, Tucson National, Stone Canyon, Dove Mountain & Northwest Luxury Communities.
Sabino Canyon, Tanque Verde, the northeast foothills
Our guides here: Sabino Mountain, Tucson Country Club Estates.
Sam Hughes, El Encanto, Colonia Solana, midtown
SaddleBrooke, SaddleBrooke Ranch, Catalina, Oracle Road north
East of Craycroft to the Rincons
Tucson Mountains, Starr Pass, Continental Ranch
Gladden Farms, Saguaro Bloom, Marana west of I-10
Vail, Sycamore Canyon, Santa Rita Ranch, Corona de Tucson
Green Valley and Canoa Ranch
Plan the move
Decide which part of town fits your days (work, family, the airport, the activities you will keep) before you fall for a house. The areas above are a starting point.
Drive from each finalist to the places you will go most, at the hours you will go. A beautiful setting and an easy weekday are separate questions.
Purposeful video tours can show access, neighboring homes, how rooms connect and where the sun falls, so your visit is spent on the homes worth seeing.
Afternoon sun, evening light and summer heat change how a patio and a room feel. See the favorite more than once if you can.
Relocation guide
Trade a familiar map for a more intentional daily routine.
Relocation guide
Keep the outdoor life. Rethink the time of day.
Relocation guide
Look beyond the sunshine to the home beneath it.
Relocation guide
A familiar inland setting, with a new set of local details.
Relocation guide
Choose the desert lifestyle at the scale of a single home.
Relocation guide
Start with how you get through an ordinary day.
The six metro areas that sent the most people to the Tucson area, by the University of Arizona Economic and Business Research Center’s published estimates (2022 five-year American Community Survey, Arizona origins excluded). All 15 relocation guides and the method →
Next
Once you know the part of town, our best neighborhoods guide sorts the communities we cover by what they are known for, with what is for sale in each today.
For the market itself, read the monthly Tucson market update, or see every Tucson home for sale at $1 million and up.
Questions buyers ask
Start with the part of town that fits your days, then the neighborhood, then the house. This page compares the main areas; our best neighborhoods guide and community guides go street by street.
The typical (median) home that sold across greater Tucson in the last 12 months went for $362,980. It varies a great deal by area: the table on this page shows each one, and our luxury page lists every home at $1 million and up.
By months of supply, greater Tucson is a balanced market right now (about 4.3 months of homes for sale at the past year’s pace). Neither side has the upper hand. Price and condition decide. Our monthly market update has the details.
Yes. We can narrow the search by video, review documents with you, coordinate inspections and contractor access, and help line up the timing of a sale where you live now with the purchase here, so you travel only when it counts.
Susanne & Matt Grogan
Tell us where you are coming from and how you want to live. We will help you compare areas, narrow the homes by video and make your visit count.