In 2018, 66.2 percent of single-family homes sold in Tucson were affordable to a family earning the median income. That ranked Tucson second among peer western metropolitan areas in housing affordability, just below Albuquerque but better than Phoenix. This is...
The partial federal government shutdown has focused attention on the federal workforce. According to the MAP Dashboard, state, local, and federal government jobs accounted for 20.0 percent of Tucson’s employment in 2017. Federal civilian employees represented 3.3 percent of total...
The Tucson Metropolitan Statistical Area economy is back on track and growing at a solid rate. Click the link below to read the full article. View Article
The Making Action Possible (MAP) Dashboard has done it again! MAP Dashboard coordinator Jennifer Pullen (center) accepts the 2018 Impact Award from CIC Board Members at the CIC conference awards ceremony in Minneapolis, MN, on September 18, 2018. The Community...
In 2017, business growth in the Tucson MSA accelerated to 0.5 percent. This ranked Tucson 10th among peer western MSAs. Despite Tucson’s low ranking this was a considerable improvement over the substantial decline during the Great Recession and the previous...
Home prices in Tucson continue to steadily increase following a 2011 recession-induced low. As shown in Figure 1, the Tucson Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) had a 2017 median sales price of $210,300 for existing single-family homes: 14.8% less than Phoenix...
In 2017, trade with Mexico via Arizona border ports of entry (BPOEs) reached $28.0 billion for the U.S., which was a decrease of $2.3 billion, or 7.6 percent, over a year ago. The decline in total trade last year was...
Tucson MSA’s median household income in 2016 was $46,764, ranking it 11th among peer western metropolitan areas. This was 15.5% lower than the nation and 8.9% below the state of Arizona. After adjusting for differences in the cost of living...
The MAP Dashboard recently released its inaugural Annual Report providing a snapshot of the MAP Dashboard as of spring 2018, using the most up to date data available. The report summarizes the latest results for all indicators and highlights key...
For much of 2017, the preliminary employment data for the Tucson Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) suggested little or no job growth over the year. That was highlighted on the MAP here...
