Best PlacesCatalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills ranks 676th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and walkability ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
Where Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills
A household needs to earn about $215,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $149,087, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills' effective rate of 0.69%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills
Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills.
Who works in Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills, and how
Work in Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills.
What the weather is like in Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills, month by month
Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills sees roughly 174 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 103 degrees. January highs sit near 68, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs February through April, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68° | 51° | 38° |
| April | 86° | 69° | 51° |
| July | 103° | 88° | 76° |
| October | 89° | 73° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills
The nearest airport, Tucson International, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Phoenix Sky Harbor International, about 100 miles away.
The best schools in and around Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills
Schools across Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills average a B, better than 75% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Sunrise Drive Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Manzanita SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Rio Vista Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Orange Grove Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Ida Flood Dodge Traditional Middle Magnet SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Amphitheater Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- University High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Catalina Foothills High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Amphitheater High SchoolF · 8% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills
Is Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills ranks 676th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on an educated workforce, health care access, and what local pay buys, and lowest on walkability and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $834,535. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $149,087 median income, cost of living beats 97% of neighborhoods.
Is Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills safe?
Yes, Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills is safer than 71% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $355 per resident a year.
Compare Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Catalina Foothills Estates, Catalina Foothills detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
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