Housing in Cherry Avenue at a glance
- Population
- about 12,061
- Housing units
- about 4,416
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $192,000Tucson: $266,200 (-28%)
- Median gross rent
- $930 a monthTucson: $1,145 (-18%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 55.7%Tucson: 51.8%
- Homes built before 1980
- 49.7%
- Median year built
- 1980
Cherry Avenue and Sunnyside are almost twins on price, with medians of $192,000 and $193,000, and both sit far beneath Tucson's $266,200. Cherry Avenue lands ninth of ten, 28% lower than the city. Its renters pay $930, which is 18% below the $1,145 Tucson figure, and the sector ranks eighth on rent. Homeownership, at 55.7% of households, edges past the 51.8% across Tucson and ranks sixth, with 2,420 households owning and 1,922 renting among 4,416 housing units. The housing here splits almost evenly by age: 49.7% was built before 1980, and the median home dates from 1980 itself. Farther along the map, Midvale Park shows a very different profile, with $257,000 values, $1,250 rents, and just 9.1% older stock, while West University climbs to $342,000. Cherry Avenue lies south-west of the city centre and counts 12,061 residents. Sunnyside next door houses 13,764 people and Midvale Park 13,791, so Cherry Avenue is the smaller of the three.
Questions about Cherry Avenue
What is the median home value in Cherry Avenue, Tucson?
$192,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $266,200 for Tucson 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 Cherry Avenue?
$930 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,145 in Tucson (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Cherry Avenue own or rent?
Most own: 55.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 51.8% in Tucson (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 3 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.
Cherry Avenue is one of the 10 most populous of 154 registered neighborhood associations of Tucson: estimated population about 12,061 (Payotte estimate: Census ACS 2020-2024 populations of the census tracts whose internal point lies inside the boundary; boundaries from City of Tucson GIS, Neighborhood Associations, 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 Tucson as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
Near Cherry Avenue
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Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Cherry Avenue. 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 Cherry Avenue? Ask for your spot.