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Tucson AZ
Current market read
Balanced market
ConditionBalanced
Balanced on the yearly data, and steady on the recent monthly signals.
From public data. The situation now, not a forecast.
Renter Google searchabout 1,300 searches in July 2026 · HousesSee read →
Renter Google Search InterestGoogle · monthly
About 1,300 searches in July 2026, for Tucson on its own
What renters Google mostHousesSee all →Attention, not a verdict. Google searches for apartments to rent.
Momentum · which way it's movingRENT + JOBS · UPDATED MONTHLY
Stable
Holding steady this month, no signal is pulling hard either way.
VacancyCENSUS · 2024
Share of rentals sitting empty. Yearly Census backdrop, not what sets the condition.
Asking rentZILLOW · MONTHLY
+1.3%
▲ Year over year
SEP ’24AUG ’26
Census 2024: +2.9% · US avg +5.2%
Median rentCENSUS · 2024
$1,300/mo
Typical rent, 2024 yearly count
In the news · TucsonNEWS · DAILY
Latest local coverage, 2 days ago.● softer● neutral● firmer
Strauss Manor marks 20 years of affordable housing for low-income seniors on Tucson's east sideTucson seeks input on shelter zoning amid housing and homelessness emergencyTucson mulls permanent relaxing of homeless shelter codes halfway through temporary housing emergencyView all 8 Tucson news →Demand vs supplyCENSUS + BLS
Weak demand
DEMAND
Jobs+0.4%
Migration 2025-0.33/1k
SUPPLY
Permits 2025+2.2%
Vacancy 20245.8%
Rent vs buyFREDDIE MAC · WEEKLY
+$1,274/mo
Cheaper to rent than buying
rent $1,300 · own $2,574
$1,300RENT
$2,574OWN
Net migrationCENSUS · 2025
−0.33/1k
▼ Net outflow of residents
OUTFLOWINFLOW
Census · BLS · FRED · Zillow · news
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