Housing in South Mountain at a glance
- Population
- about 126,319
- Housing units
- about 44,057
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $357,000Phoenix: $420,700 (-15%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,500 a monthPhoenix: $1,582 (-5%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 64.1%Phoenix: 57.3%
- Homes built before 1980
- 37.1%
- Median year built
- 1989
South Mountain, on the south side of Phoenix, reads as a middle-of-the-pack sector with a few sharp edges. Owner households make up 64.1% of the total, fifth-highest of ten and well ahead of the 57.3% recorded for Phoenix overall; that is 27,021 households owning and 15,115 renting. Home values tell a gentler story: $357,000 ranks seventh and trails the $420,700 city figure by 15%. Monthly rent is $1,500, eighth-highest. The sector's neighbours span a wide range, from Laveen ($431,000) through Ahwatukee Foothills ($542,000) up to Camelback East ($582,000). Age separates them even more clearly. Camelback East has 57.2% of its housing from before 1980, South Mountain has 37.1%, and Ahwatukee Foothills only 10.2%. South Mountain's median home went up in 1989, between Camelback East in 1975 and Ahwatukee Foothills in 1992, so it is a sector with 126,319 residents and a mixed age profile. Laveen, meanwhile, has the highest ownership share of these sectors at 78.5%.
Questions about South Mountain
What is the median home value in South Mountain, Phoenix?
$357,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $420,700 for Phoenix as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in South Mountain?
$1,500 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,582 in Phoenix (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in South Mountain own or rent?
Most own: 64.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 57.3% in Phoenix (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 29 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city.
South Mountain is one of the 10 most populous of 15 urban villages of Phoenix: estimated population about 126,319 (Payotte estimate: Census ACS 2020-2024 populations of the census tracts whose internal point lies inside the boundary; boundaries from City of Phoenix GIS, Villages, consulted 2026-11-02).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for Phoenix as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
Near South Mountain
The closest sectors of Phoenix, by distance between population centres.
Other sectors of Phoenix
Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in South Mountain. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
Work in one of these trades in South Mountain? Ask for your spot.