Arizona · West · 53k residents
Catalina Foothills, AZ: cost of living, taxes & quality of life
Residential facts for Catalina Foothills: housing, taxes, monthly costs, climate, schools, and household income, with the Arizona median as the yardstick. Compare it live against any of 3,000 US cities.
Data coverage: ACS place data; supplementary fields may use state estimates.
The acs median home value in Catalina Foothills is $652,000, 69% above the Arizona median. A two-bedroom rents for about $1,637/mo. Day-to-day costs index at 118 against a national baseline of 100. The median household here earns $115,304 a year.
What the numbers show
Source-confirmed findings- Housing value: The ACS median home value in Catalina Foothills is $652,000, 69.4% above the median for ACS-covered places in Arizona.
- Household income: Median household income is $115,304, 51.1% above the median for ACS-covered places in Arizona.
- Adult education: 71.4% of adults have a bachelor's degree or higher, 181.1% above the median for ACS-covered places in Arizona.
- Home value to income: The ACS median home value is about 5.7 times median household income. This is a comparison measure, not a mortgage qualification or affordability promise.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates(2024 ACS 5-year; tables B01003, B15003, B19013, B25077). Geography: Census place where available. This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
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What makes this place distinctive
A factual snapshot of the place, based on the profile data. It is not a tourism or cultural claim.
A researched local story is not published for this city yet. The signals below are the verified profile context.
- Scale: A mid-sized city with a population between 50,000 and 250,000 in the profile data.
- Setting: The profile places Catalina Foothills about 11 miles from the nearest tracked mountain.
- Climate signal: The profile records 290 sunny days and 0 inches of annual snow.
- Daily pace: The profile records a walk score of 34 and an average commute of 26 minutes.
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Compare Catalina Foothills side by side
Cost of living index
118
ACS median home value
$652,000
2-bedroom rent
$1,637/mo
Median household income
$115,304
Housing momentum
We don't have enough recent home-price and rent data to rank Catalina Foothills's housing momentum yet.
Adjusted by Catalina Foothills's cost-of-living index versus the US average.
| ACS median home value | $652,000 |
| Price per sq. ft. | $275 |
| Property tax rate | 0.6% |
| 1-bedroom rent | $1,104/mo |
| 2-bedroom rent | $1,637/mo |
| State & local income tax | 1.64% |
| Sales tax | 8.4% |
| Cost of living index | 118 |
| Groceries index | 100 |
| Utilities | $190/mo |
| Transit pass | $64/mo |
| Gas price | $3.40/gal |
| Healthcare index | 98 |
| Childcare (per child) | $1,150/mo |
| Median household income | $115,304 |
| Unemployment rate | 3.9% |
| Population | 53k |
| Crime index | 50/100 |
| School rating | 4.8/10 |
| Walkability | 34/100 |
| Disaster risk | — |
| Avg. commute | 26 min |
| Sunny days / year | 290 days |
| July high | 101°F |
| January low | 37°F |
| Annual snowfall | 0 in |
| Home price YoY | — |
| Home price MoM | — |
| Rent YoY | — |
| Rent MoM | — |
| Ocean coast | 365 mi |
| Big lake | 97 mi |
| Mountains | 11 mi |
| Major airport | 13 mi |
| Ski resort | 215 mi |
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Real listings in Catalina Foothills
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- What is the cost of living in Catalina Foothills, AZ?
- Catalina Foothills indexes at 118 for day-to-day costs against a national baseline of 100, with a typical two-bedroom renting for $1,637/mo and a acs median home value of $652,000.
- How much does a house cost in Catalina Foothills?
- The acs median home value in Catalina Foothills is $652,000, 69% above the Arizona median (Census ACS estimate; individual listings vary).
- How much is rent in Catalina Foothills?
- A two-bedroom in Catalina Foothills rents for about $1,637/mo.