Living in Tucson

Tucson Apartments for Rent

Saguaro National Park is located right in Tucson, and it’s home to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. High desert country means some snow in the winter in the surrounding hills, but there are blue skies most of the year. Tucson is a popular retirement destination, but the Army and the Air Force are also big employers here.

The University of Arizona is in Tucson, so there’s a lively student community here. Tucson is flat, so it’s bikeable, and the city has been adding more bike lanes and dedicate bike routes. Sun Tran is the local bus service; it’s centered on downtown and the University, with a street car serving downtown.

Nearby Apartments

View Tucson apartments for rent | View Tucson homes for sale

Tucson is a Car-Dependent city

Most errands require a car.

Walk Score Map

25

100

United States Arizona Tucson

Saint Cyril's Of Alexandria

Tucson is the 29th most walkable large city in the US with 520,116 residents.

Tucson is somewhat bikeable.

Find apartments in Tucson's most walkable neighborhoods: West University, Iron Horse and Pie Allen.

Tucson Apartments for Rent

Tucson Homes for Sale

View all Tucson apartments on a map. The average rent is $735 and the average home price is $199,920.

Quick Links

Nearby Cities

Tucson Neighborhoods

Rank #	Name	Walk Score	Transit Score	Bike Score	Population
1	West University	87	-	99	4,377
2	Iron Horse	86	-	99	548
3	Pie Allen	84	-	100	956
4	Barrio Anita	77	-	95	1,008
5	Armory Park	75	-	99	1,631
6	Shaheen Estates	73	-	94	506
7	Avondale	72	-	87	1,481
8	Campbell-Grant	71	-	95	1,191
9	Santa Rita Park	71	-	96	1,240
10	Samos	71	-	96	1,127
11	Balboa Heights	70	-	92	1,336
12	Barrio Hollywood	70	-	85	2,896
13	Duffy	69	-	89	1,201
14	Rincon Heights	68	-	99	2,355
15	Miles East West	68	-	96	772
16	Swan Way Park	68	-	90	1,217
17	St. Cyrils	67	-	79	2,516
18	Ocotillo Oracle	67	-	94	1,181
19	Catalina Vista	66	-	94	773
20	Sam Hughes	65	-	96	4,693
21	Harlan Heights	65	-	80	1,471
22	Blenman-Elm	65	-	95	3,140
23	Feldman's	64	-	96	2,280
24	Barrio Santa Rosa	64	-	96	1,065
25	Country Glenn	64	-	94	1,434
26	Palo Verde	63	-	89	5,458
27	San Ignacio Yaqui	63	-	87	696
28	Barrio Viejo	62	-	97	752
29	Keeling	62	-	93	4,702
30	Richland Heights West	62	-	89	651
31	El Presidio	61	-	96	567
32	Midtown	61	-	80	6,707
33	Mitman	61	-	81	1,149
34	Mountain First Avenue	61	-	96	1,358
35	Hedrick Acres	61	-	94	3,384
36	Barrio Blue Moon	59	-	92	883
37	Wakefield	59	-	71	4,575
38	Highland Vista Cinco Via	59	-	78	818
39	Sewell	58	-	69	1,213
40	North University	57	-	95	2,052
41	Jefferson Park	57	-	94	2,471
42	La Madera	56	-	90	1,181
43	Richland Heights East	56	-	81	673
44	Alvernon Heights	56	-	86	662
45	Thunderbird Heights/Wilmot Desert Estates	55	-	75	874
46	Miramonte	55	-	85	3,412
47	Vista Del Monte	55	-	78	1,569
48	Mountain View	54	-	89	1,409
49	San Gabriel	54	-	87	936
50	Doolen-Fruitvale	54	-	87	1,855
51	Amphi	52	-	82	7,506
52	Broadway/Northeast	52	-	62	752
53	Menlo Park	52	-	78	4,853
54	Miracle Manor	52	-	84	3,007
55	Fairgrounds	52	-	67	2,265
56	Colonia Del Valle	51	-	72	2,192
57	Poets Square	51	-	75	1,088
58	Rose	50	-	61	2,228
59	Corbett	50	-	74	6,219
60	Dodge Flower	49	-	90	2,781
61	Northwest	49	-	93	1,126
62	Barrio Centro	49	-	80	1,108
63	Sunset Villa	49	-	70	1,241
64	Cabrini	49	-	87	2,031
65	Peter Howell	48	-	84	1,876
66	Limberlost	48	-	77	3,354
67	Oak Flower	48	-	83	2,349
68	Desert Aire/Loma Linda	47	-	76	637
69	Bravo Park Lane	47	-	65	3,175
70	Campus Farm	47	-	83	6,678
71	Arroyo Chico	47	-	90	2,772
72	Toumey Park	46	-	80	1,857
73	Sunnyside	46	-	58	15,282
74	Julia Keen	45	-	71	5,221
75	Myers	45	-	78	5,177
76	Terra Del Sol	44	-	65	4,588
77	San Clemente	44	-	84	674
78	Broadmoor-Broadway	44	-	91	891
79	Broadway Pantano East	44	-	72	5,139
80	North Dodge	43	-	81	2,010
81	Mortimore	42	-	54	1,139
82	Rosemont West	42	-	72	1,679
83	Naylor	41	-	84	1,167
84	El Rio Acres	40	-	77	2,158
85	El G.H.E.K.O.	39	-	57	2,616
86	South Park	38	-	58	3,590
87	Flowing Wells	37	-	63	9,693
88	Cherry Avenue	36	-	50	9,390
89	Elvira	35	-	48	8,831
90	Harrison East-South	35	-	63	3,563
91	Dietz	34	-	59	7,228
92	Roberts	34	-	82	2,340
93	Rillito	31	-	66	1,428
94	Old Fort Lowell	29	-	55	2,205
95	Las Vistas	29	-	50	2,942
96	Pueblo Gardens	28	-	45	2,534
97	Eastside	26	-	52	4,118
98	Bear Canyon	26	-	41	1,613
99	Prince Tucson	25	-	68	2,257
100	Stella Mann	25	-	63	4,449
101	Santa Cruz Southwest	24	-	54	3,051
102	South Harrison	23	-	44	6,267
103	Drexel Park	22	-	44	2,106
104	Rancho Buena	22	-	48	4,173
105	Midvale Park	20	-	48	13,731
106	Lakeside Park	19	-	49	5,299
107	Western Hills II	18	-	47	1,027
108	Rita Ranch	17	-	41	16,253
109	A Mountain	12	-	47	3,308
110	Westside Development	12	-	47	3,962
111	Houghton	10	-	38	3,324
112	Tucson Park West No.1	9	-	52	753
113	Enchanted Hills	9	-	48	2,007
114	Civano	8	-	32	2,921
115	Groves Lincoln Park	6	-	42	5,231
116	Starr Pass	5	-	32	1,917
117	Saguaro Miraflores	4	-	23	624
118	Mesquite Ranch	2	-	34	1,800

Moving to Tucson from another city?

You’ll probably want a car if you live in Tucson, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have a walkable neighborhood for your home. There are lots of single family homes for rent, from smaller two bedroom houses to three and four bedroom houses with covered parking and large back yards.

Walk Score can help you find a studio or one bedroom apartment that’s near a bus line and the university. Or, find a condo in a complex that has a swimming pool and two bedroom units with balconies and air conditioning the Tucson summer weather.

Eating & Drinking

There are about 1,359 restaurants, bars and coffee shops in Tucson.

People in Tucson can walk to an average of 1 restaurants, bars and coffee shops in 5 minutes.

Hut

Cafe Passe

Restaurant Choices Map

= More Choices

thumbnail for Don Hummel Park This neighborhood gem, alsoknown as Limberlost Family Park, it is the heart of the neighborhood and a great place to meet your neighbors. Picnics are frequent, and pick-up softball games can be found on the weekends.

Penny Morris
on Don Hummel Park

Tucson has about 10 car shares from RelayRides and Hertz On Demand.

Neighborhood Guides

Thinking of renting an apartment or buying in Tucson? Ask our neighborhood guides a question.

Kite Pruszynski

I live and work in one of the best little neighborhoods around.

Ask Kite about Tucson Kite Tucson

Roskruge Bilingual Magnet Middle School

Lollipop Culture Shop

Building

Learn how to become a Neighborhood Guide.

Tucson is Bikeable

Some bike infrastructure.

Bike
Score


     o__
    _.>/ _
___(_)_\(_)___

Bike
Lanes


________________
 __  __  __  __
________________

Hills

          _
         / \
   _   _/   \
__/ \_/      \__

Bike
Commuters

              _
             |_|
/\           |_|
[]...........|_|

Saint Cyril's Of Alexandria

Diamondback Bridge

Columbus Mobile Home Park

Sunnyside,Tucson,AZ

thumbnail for Frank's Franks mexican food. But they serve hot dogs too. Its one of those places that seems less than inviting but likely serves the best food

Chrystine G
on Frank's

Sunnyside,Tucson,AZ

Valley of the Moon

El Hogar Alternative School

Amphi High School Greenhouse

thumbnail for Tucson Organic Gardeners Gorgeous botanical gardens! In the summer admission is just $8 for adults and $4 for kids. Students get a discount with id.