Moving to Tucson
A different starting point.
A place to call home.
Fifteen guides for the practical questions between where you live now and your next Tucson address.
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Where are you moving from?
Our first collection follows the 15 leading out-of-state origin metros in the University of Arizona’s published 2022 migration estimates. See the source and scope.
City scenes are AI-generated editorial illustrations.
01Los Angeles
Trade a familiar map for a more intentional daily routine.
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02San Diego
Keep the outdoor life. Rethink the time of day.
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03Seattle
Look beyond the sunshine to the home beneath it.
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04Riverside & San Bernardino
A familiar inland setting, with a new set of local details.
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05Las Vegas
Choose the desert lifestyle at the scale of a single home.
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06New York
Start with how you get through an ordinary day.
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07Chicago
Plan for the whole year, even if winter brought you here.
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08Austin
Build the move around your work and your week.
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09Portland
Bring the outdoor priorities. Reconsider the landscape.
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10Washington, DC
Make distance easier with a well-prepared first visit.
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11Albuquerque
A Southwest move still deserves a fresh look.
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12San Francisco & the East Bay
Buy for the life you want, not just the space you can gain.
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13Nashville
Find your everyday Tucson, not just a vacation version.
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14Minneapolis–St. Paul
Make a winter escape work as a year-round home.
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15Sacramento
Keep the useful parts of home. Be deliberate about the rest.
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A sourced starting point,
not a prediction.
We ranked the published inbound point estimates in the University of Arizona Economic and Business Research Center’s September 5, 2024 analysis. The source is the 2022 PUMS five-year American Community Survey, via IPUMS USA, for people age one and older moving to the Tucson metropolitan area from other U.S. metros.
The dataset excludes Arizona origins, including Phoenix, and omits unavailable estimates. It describes survey-based migration, not website searches, home purchases, or a current 2026 ranking. Close estimates do not establish statistically meaningful differences. Metro names cover wider areas than city limits.
Read the University of Arizona research ↗ · Download the underlying source data (CSV)
See the 15 published estimates
| Origin metro | Estimate |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim, CA | 2,752 |
| San Diego–Carlsbad, CA | 1,507 |
| Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue, WA | 1,083 |
| Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario, CA | 1,033 |
| Las Vegas–Henderson–Paradise, NV | 905 |
| New York–Newark–Jersey City, NY–NJ–PA | 853 |
| Chicago–Naperville–Elgin, IL–IN–WI | 844 |
| Austin–Round Rock, TX | 721 |
| Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro, OR–WA | 718 |
| Washington–Arlington–Alexandria, DC–VA–MD–WV | 657 |
| Albuquerque, NM | 623 |
| San Francisco–Oakland–Hayward, CA | 602 |
| Nashville–Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 568 |
| Minneapolis–St. Paul–Bloomington, MN–WI | 548 |
| Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA | 537 |
Moving from Phoenix or somewhere else? Our Tucson relocation overview and a conversation with Susanne & Matt Grogan are open to every starting point.