What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Poets Square?
Poets Square is ranked #27 of 146 eligible neighborhoods in Tucson; #461 of 746 eligible neighborhoods in AZ; and #7,874 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Poets Square
Tucson, AZ | Pima County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
49.3
Stability and Strength
59.5
Value Opportunity
61.9
Momentum
15.4
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Tucson, AZ |
| County | Pima County |
| National rank | #7,874 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #461 of 746 |
| City rank | #27 of 146 |
| County rank | #27 of 146 |
| National percentile | 47.4 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $334,142 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -2.9% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.42% |
| Home value to income ratio | 4.02 |
| Median household income | $83,032 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 45.3% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 3.8% |
| Homeownership rate | 66.2% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 6.5% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 37.0% |
How to read this profile
- Ranks are always shown with denominators.
- Momentum reflects both year-over-year and month-over-month housing change.
- Stability and Strength and Value Opportunity are governed composite scores.
- Identity composition is descriptive intelligence and is not a scoring component.
Questions and Answers
Questions About Living in Poets Square
Is Poets Square one of the best neighborhoods in Tucson?
Poets Square has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 49.3 and a city ranking of #27 of 146 eligible neighborhoods in Tucson.
How much are homes worth in Poets Square?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Poets Square is approximately $334,142.
Are home values rising or falling in Poets Square?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -2.9% year over year and -0.42% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Poets Square?
Poets Square has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 15.4. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Poets Square?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $83,032.
How affordable is Poets Square relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 4.02. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Poets Square primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 66.2%.
What is the unemployment rate in Poets Square?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 3.8%.
How educated are residents of Poets Square?
Approximately 45.3% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Poets Square face high rent burden?
Approximately 37.0% of the applicable renter-household universe is estimated to spend 30% or more of household income on gross rent.
How does Best Neighborhoods USA score Poets Square?
The overall index combines 40% Stability and Strength, 35% Value Opportunity, and 25% Momentum. Race, ethnicity, and identity composition are not scoring components.
Governed ranking context
How this neighborhood ranks
HMDA Mortgage Intelligence
Neighborhood Mortgage Market
Modeled neighborhood-level mortgage activity allocated from governed HMDA tract data using Zillow neighborhood geometry. These neighborhood values are nonadditive and do not enter the Best Neighborhoods USA Index.
Activity year2024
Estimated applications41
Estimated originations25
Home-purchase applications19
Origination rate60.0%
Home-purchase share46.4%
Average application loan$210,907
Total application loan amount$8,707,784
National application rank#8,016 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 44.2% YoY; originations 60.8% YoY
Mortgage methodology
HMDA is natively reported at tract and other lender-reporting geographies, not Zillow neighborhood or ZIP geography. This module uses the certified NDS HMDA-to-Zillow tract-vintage crosswalk and area-weighted allocation. Rankings require governed geometry coverage. Applicant demographics are excluded. Neighborhood values may overlap and must not be summed to reconstruct ZIP or national totals.