Geography Primer and Census Geography Layers for Tucson & Southern Arizona Do you know all the geographical regions in Southern Arizona? There are many and it is helpful to know specifically what they are. This article explores the geographic layers...
Home prices continued to rise in the Tucson Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) and across the nation in 2018. Tucson’s median home price increased by 6.0 percent, rising from $210,300 in 2017 to $223,000 in 2018. When compared across 12 peer...
In 2018, the average electricity price in Arizona was 12.8 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh). Arizona tied with New Mexico for the second highest price among western states, just behind the nation. California’s price of 18.9 cents (kWh) was the highest...
How affordable is housing in Tucson? It depends on who you ask and what data you explore. In this article we review the key measures of affordability and what they mean for the Tucson region. Further, we will explore how...
The median sales price of existing single-family homes in the Tucson Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) has steadily increased since the end of the Great Recession. Tucson’s median home price of $223,000 in 2018 was at an eleven-year high and just...
In 2017, the Tucson Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) ranked ninth out of 12 comparable western MSAs in the labor force participation rate for the working-age population (25-54). Tucson’s rate of 80.2 percent was a 0.9 percentage point increase since 2009...
Internet is a fundamental part of our everyday life. It is prevalent throughout society in how we do business, interact with government, and connect with others. The wealth of information that the internet offers is an indispensable resource that has...
*Please be advised that the MAP Dashboard team has recently learned of new technology used to collect IRI data in 2017, as well as changes to the reporting agency for Arizona. We are currently investigating these changes and the potential...
