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85718Catalina Foothills, Arizona

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 85718.

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How this area ranks
Housing affordability2606th of 4,553 published ZIP areas71
Climate3302nd of 4,621 published ZIP areas63
Physical resilience3895th of 4,554 published ZIP areas20
AccessTop 47% of 4,623 published ZIP areas95
Economic stability2564th of 4,591 published ZIP areas57
The quick read

Physical-risk exposure is above the national median, driven mainly by inland flooding, wildfire and avalanche.

A major airport is 14 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

At a glance

Population
28,125
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$114,892
Top 11% nationally
Density
1,190/sq mi
23.6 sq mi of land
Median age
53.1
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Catalina Foothills
Arizona
Metro area
Tucson, AZ
Nearest major airport
TUS
14 mi · Tucson Intl
Median home value
$712,400
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

73% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 97% of measured US ZIP areas.

Household income is higher than at least 89% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$6,869$114,892Top 11%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$3,990$82,437Top 3%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate4.6%Bottom 17%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute22.7 minBottom 23%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher73.0%Top 3%2024 ACS 5-Year
Labor force participation56.2%Bottom 35%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$63,200Bottom 31%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$47,760Bottom 25%2025 OEWS
Median household income, successive ACS releases
2021202220232024115k100k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $114,892 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Tucson, AZ
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
General and Operations Managers12,130$83,610
Retail Salespersons11,100$34,530
Home Health and Personal Care Aides11,030$34,420
Registered Nurses10,120$94,110
Fast Food and Counter Workers9,980$31,690
Cashiers9,610$32,780

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,289 takes 13% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 6.2 times median household income here, well above the historic benchmark, at a level conventionally described as seriously unaffordable.

Rent as a share of income
13.5%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
6.2×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,289
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$712,400
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income6.20Top 9%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate69.1%Bottom 28%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±74715,103Top 8%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$120$1,289Top 31%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$30,278$712,400Top 6%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income13.5%Bottom 19%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate12.0%Top 47%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →

No building-permit activity is published for this location by the Census Building Permits Survey.

Weather & climate

6 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 100°F and January a low of 41°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 10.6 inches.

30°50°70°90°110°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station TUCSON INTL AP, 12.7 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND2.2"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation10.6"1991-2020 Normals
Annual snowfall0.1"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low41°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high100°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months61991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing35°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

20 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, wildfire and avalanche.

WildfireElevated
Inland floodingHigh
AvalancheModerate

Low or minimal exposure: heat wave, lightning, hail, earthquake, strong wind, winter weather, drought, landslide, tornado, hurricane, cold wave.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

Taxes

AreaProfile does not yet publish tax comparisons. No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, methodology transparency and update cadence, and the product rule is to omit a dimension rather than estimate it. The Area Score is calculated without a tax component and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Nothing on AreaProfile is individualized tax advice.

Access

3 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 14 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Tucson IntlTUS14 mi10,996 ft
Mesa GatewayIWA81 mi10,401 ft
Phoenix Sky Harbor IntlPHX100 mi11,489 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)

Profile recalculated August 29, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

85718 vs Catalina Foothills

How this ZIP area compares with Catalina Foothills as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

85718
Catalina Foothills
Median household income
$114,892
vs
$115,304
Per capita income
$82,437
vs
$82,169
Population density
1,190/sq mi
vs
1,257/sq mi
Median home value
$712,400
vs
$652,000
Median gross rent
$1,289
vs
$1,412
Homeownership rate
69.1%
vs
76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher
73.0%
vs
71.4%
Poverty rate
4.6%
vs
4.5%
Median age
53.1
vs
55.3

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.