Tucson Apartments and Homes for Rent

Your Guide to Apartments for Rent in Tucson

Arizona's second-largest city (and one of the fastest-growing in the nation), Tucson is known for its sunny climate, clean air and beautiful mountain views. Combine all that with plenty of jobs and a good selection of apartments for rent, and you may decide to make this southern city your new home.

Quality of Life
Tucson consistently ranks high on several publications' lists of the best places to live. Recently, Money Magazine ranked Tucson as one of the top six places to retire, and in 2003, Tucson beat out hundreds of competitors to make the top five of MSN's "America's Best Places to Live," with excellent scores for cost of living, crime rate, education, weather and home prices. Blessed with an impressive 360 sunny days per year and an average daily temperature that ranges from 51 to 86 degrees, Tucson's residents enjoy a high quality of life in the friendly atmosphere of a city that's small enough to feel neighborly but big enough to provide residents and visitors with lots of things to do. Attractions include the Old Adobe (constructed in 1868), Fort Lowell (operating as a museum), Tucson Mountain Park, the Tucson Symphony and the Tucson Museum of Art. An ambitious city project underway right now is a new $72 million science center at the University of Arizona. Popular annual events include the fiesta and rodeo held every February.

Where the Jobs Are
With nearly half a million residents (and counting), Tucson is one of the fastest-growing cities in the United Sates, having grown by more than 50% in the past three decades. You'll find an abundance of students and soldiers here; Tucson is home to the University of Arizona, and the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base is nearby. Both are major employers for the region. Other jobs are to be found in electronics, missile production and research. As with most cities, services, retail and tourism are also significant components of the economy.

Cost of Living & Apartment Prices
The state of Arizona provides its residents a very favorable financial situation, which benefits everything from apartment rentals to utilities to taxes. The state's personal income tax structure is among the lowest in the nation, ranging from 3.3%-5%. In 2004, the median monthly price for apartment rentals in Tucson was $544, with average one-bedroom apartments for rent going for $535 and average three-bedroom apartments going for almost $1,000.

Neighborhoods to Explore
Take a look at Tucson's downtown, which has been undergoing a series of renovation projects that are improving the area's looks and quality of life. The historic Fox Theater has recently reopened, the historic Downtown Depot has been renovated with office and retail space, and there are lots of interesting housing opportunities. In fact, more than 600 new apartments are in the planning states or are under construction downtown and in the surrounding neighborhoods. Good areas to look for apartments include Armory Park Del Sol, Barrio Santa Rosa, El Presidio, Barrio Anita and Congress Street, near the new Science Center.

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