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TucsonAZ averageUS Census ACS
Population
543,348
Per-capita income
$31,152
Median home value
$242,200
Bachelor's or higher
30%
Typical home value $323,949 -2.1% yr/yr · +14.3% 5-yr
Home-value trend 2000–2026 (Zillow ZHVI)
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Municipal budget

US Census Annual Survey of Local Government Finances
Total revenue$1.54B (FY2023)
Total spending$1.18B (FY2023)
Taxes$556.9M (FY2023)
Debt outstanding$1.15B (FY2023)
Spending per resident$2,172 (FY2023)

Development activity

Housing units permitted — US Census Building Permits Survey
20251,505 housing units ($309.3M)

Recent meetings

Sat Jun 20, 2026 · 05:00 PM

CODI June 20th, 2026

255 W. Alameda St. Tucson, Arizona 85701
🏗️ Building permits & Business licenses (latest 25)
Recent records pulled from the city's own open-data portal. Beta — dates/values as published by the source.
IssuedAddressTypeValue
Wed Jul 15, 20263960 N STONE AVDemolition Permit$20,000
Wed Jul 15, 2026850 S TUCSON BLCommercial Building
Wed Jul 15, 20262020 W PRINCE RDCommercial Building$400,000
Tue Jul 14, 20268700 E PLACITA MORELIACommercial Building$5,500
Tue Jul 14, 20267220 E BROADWAY BLCommercial Building$500,000
Mon Jul 13, 20263930 N FLOWING WELLS RDCommercial Building$4,000
Mon Jul 13, 2026550 N HARRISON RDCommercial Building$15,800
Mon Jul 13, 2026550 N HARRISON RDCommercial Building$15,800
Mon Jul 13, 2026550 N HARRISON RDCommercial Building$15,800
Mon Jul 13, 20264208 S SANTA RITA AVCommercial Building$2,000
Thu Jul 9, 20263430 E 36TH STDemolition Permit$200,000
Thu Jul 9, 20263310 S PANTANO RDCommercial Building$2,055
Thu Jul 9, 20263320 S PANTANO RDCommercial Building$2,055
Thu Jul 9, 20263320 S PANTANO RDCommercial Building$2,055
Thu Jul 9, 20263320 S PANTANO RDCommercial Building$2,055
Thu Jul 9, 20263320 S PANTANO RDCommercial Building$2,055
Thu Jul 9, 20263320 S PANTANO RDCommercial Building$2,055
Thu Jul 9, 20263320 S PANTANO RDCommercial Building$2,970
Thu Jul 9, 20261501 N ORACLE RDCommercial Building
Thu Jul 9, 2026901 N 13TH AVCommercial Building$59,639
Thu Jul 9, 2026845 N PARK AVCommercial Building$140,000
Wed Jul 8, 20261500 N WILMOT RDCommercial Building
Wed Jul 8, 20261365 W GRANT RDCommercial Building$40,000
Tue Jul 7, 20264817 E 5TH STCommercial Building$3,600
Tue Jul 7, 20264720 E PIMA STCommercial Building$64,000

Source: Building permits · Business licenses

💰 Federal awards (top 10 by amount)
Largest recent federal contract/grant awards to recipients in this city (2023–present), via USAspending.gov.
$3.4BRAYTHEON COMPANY
Department of Defense · ADVANCED MEDIUM RANGE AIR-TO-AIR MISSILE (AMRAAM)LOTS 39-40
$3.3BRAYTHEON COMPANY
Department of Defense · FY 23-25 SM-3 BLOCK IIA AURS
$2.8BRAYTHEON COMPANY
Department of Defense · SM-3 BLK IIA RDT&E GUIDED MISSILE ROUNDS
$2.5BRAYTHEON COMPANY
Department of Defense · ADVANCED MEDIUM RANGE AIR TO AIR MISSILE (AMRAAM) PRODUCTION LOT 37
$2.2BRAYTHEON COMPANY
Department of Defense · GMA (MK25) C-BAND
$2.2BRAYTHEON COMPANY
Department of Defense · ADVANCED MEDIUM RANGE AIR TO AIR MISSILE (AMRAAM) PRODUCTION LOTS 34-3
$2.1BRAYTHEON COMPANY
Department of Defense · SM-3 BLK IB ALL UP ROUNDS
$2.1BRAYTHEON COMPANY
Department of Defense · BLOCK IIA AUR PRELIMINARY DESIGN
$2.0BRAYTHEON COMPANY
Department of Defense · LOT 24-26 PRODUCTION - FMS
$1.9BRAYTHEON COMPANY
Department of Defense · STANDARD MISSILE 3

Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury) — federal awards only, not city budgets.

🌐 County-level context (Pima County)
County-level context — from BLS, IRS, FEMA, HUD, Census. These figures cover the whole county this city sits in, not just the city itself.
Unemployment rate4.7% (labor force 491,635 · 2026)
Net migration+2,445 people (+$237.8M net AGI · 2023)
Federal disasters (10 yr)3 ({"Flood": 8, "Fire": 3, "Biological": 2, "Hurricane": 1, "Se · last Thu Jun 11, 2020)
Traffic fatalities143 (53 pedestrian · 2024)
Business establishments21,381 (341,481 employees · 2023)
Fair Market Rent (2BR)$1,373/mo (7,245 assisted households · 2025)
Adults with low literacy23.4% (low numeracy 33% · 2017)

Sources: BLS LAUS, IRS SOI, FEMA, NHTSA FARS, Census CBP, HUD, NCES PIAAC

City profile

Everything below is drawn from this city’s own public record and primary-source government data. AI-written summaries are a finding aid, not a citable quote.

$1.54B
Annual budget
$1.15B
Debt outstanding
1,505
Permitted housing units

The money — in

source: Census gov-finance & state comptroller

Budget

Revenue$1.54B
Spending$1.18B
Revenue ran ahead of operating spending this year.

Debt load MODERATE

Outstanding debt$1.15B
Debt-to-revenue0.74×
Debt-load index54 / 100
A debt-load indicator (national percentile of debt, deficit & aid-reliance) — not a solvency verdict. Cross-checked against official state fiscal-stress scores where they exist.

Outcomes — economic mobility

source: Opportunity Atlas (Harvard) · research use

For kids who grew up here in low-income households, their adult household-income rank (0–1). The average hides a gap by race:

White kids
0.430
All kids
0.384
Black kids
0.316

Research-only layer, shown here for context — not included in the CC BY 4.0 bulk download.

Where it’s happening

geocoded land-use decisions
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Every rezoning, development approval, and permit — explore the geocoded records in the research explorer.
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