How affordable is housing in Tucson? It depends on who you ask and what data you explore. In this article we review the key measures of affordability and what they mean for the Tucson region. Further, we will explore how...
The median sales price of existing single-family homes in the Tucson Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) has steadily increased since the end of the Great Recession. Tucson’s median home price of $223,000 in 2018 was at an eleven-year high and just...
In 2017, the Tucson Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) ranked ninth out of 12 comparable western MSAs in the labor force participation rate for the working-age population (25-54). Tucson’s rate of 80.2 percent was a 0.9 percentage point increase since 2009...
Internet is a fundamental part of our everyday life. It is prevalent throughout society in how we do business, interact with government, and connect with others. The wealth of information that the internet offers is an indispensable resource that has...
*Please be advised that the MAP Dashboard team has recently learned of new technology used to collect IRI data in 2017, as well as changes to the reporting agency for Arizona. We are currently investigating these changes and the potential...
Tucson’s median wage for all occupations was $35,430 in 2018, which ranked Tucson eighth among the 12 metropolitan areas tracked on the MAP Dashboard. Denver posted the highest median wage at $45,420, nearly $10,000 more than Tucson. In Tucson, the...
In 2018, the Tucson metropolitan area added over 4,000 jobs, which translated into 1.2 percent growth. That moved Tucson to 11th place among peer western metropolitan areas, a decline from 10th in 2017 but better than its last place ranking...
Where in Tucson do insecurity and manufactured housing overlap? The growing need for affordable housing has sparked renewed interest in manufactured housing (MH) as a way to expand housing options for low-income populations. However, MH remains an understudied, often denigrated...
In 2018, 66.2 percent of single-family homes sold in Tucson were affordable to a family earning the median income. That ranked Tucson second among peer western metropolitan areas in housing affordability, just below Albuquerque but better than Phoenix. This is...
