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South Tucson, AZ

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Overview


South Tucson is a very small city located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 4,541 people and just one neighborhood, South Tucson is the 79th largest community in Arizona.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, South Tucson is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, South Tucson is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in South Tucson who work in maintenance occupations (14.57%), office and administrative support (10.01%), and healthcare suport services (9.81%).

Setting & Lifestyle

For a small city, South Tucson has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in South Tucson exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.

Demographics

The population of South Tucson has a very low overall level of education: only 8.78% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in South Tucson in 2018 was $16,508, which is low income relative to Arizona and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $66,032 for a family of four. However, South Tucson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. South Tucson also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 35.50% of its population below the federal poverty line.

South Tucson is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call South Tucson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in South Tucson, accounting for 71.87% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of South Tucson residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in South Tucson include European, Irish, German, English, and African.

In addition, South Tucson has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (17.69%).

The most common language spoken in South Tucson is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Modes of Transportation

Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the (26.9%) than in 97.9% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American and Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 13.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry and 70.2% have Mexican ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 0.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.6% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in South Tucson are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 94.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 42.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 90.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 32.8% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 24.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (23.4%), and 19.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 51.8% of households. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in South Tucson, AZ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (70.2%). There are also a number of people of Native American ancestry (13.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (2.2%), and some of the residents are also of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (1.7%), along with some German ancestry residents (1.5%), among others. In addition, 17.7% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (53.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (26.9%) and 10.0% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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