($1,378) Movers From Austin, TX to Tucson, AZ

What to know before moving from Austin to Tucson

Moving from Austin to Tucson means adjusting to a different pace of life — and a different price tag. On average, it costs significantly more to live in Austin than in Tucson, making the move an opportunity for many to enjoy a lower cost of living.

Check out how Austin compares to Tucson so you know what to expect before you relocate:

• Rent prices in Tucson are 27% lower than in Austin, which means you’ll have more money in your pocket each month.
• In terms of homeownership, you’ll be able to get more for your money in Tucson.
  Home prices in Tucson are 35.7% lower than in Austin.
• Income in Tucson is 9.5% lower than in Austin, so you could earn less for doing the same job. The top employers in Tucson include University of Arizona, Raytheon Technologies, and State of Arizona.
• The cost of living for a single person in Tucson is 28.6% lower than in Austin. This includes routine expenses like utilities, groceries, clothing, and transportation.
• The cost of living for a family in Tucson is 22.7% lower than in Austin.
• The unemployment rate in Tucson is 111.43% higher than in Austin.
• You’ll spend more on retail and restaurants in Tucson, since the city’s sales taxes in Tucson are 5.45% higher than in Austin.
• State income taxes in Tucson are 2.50% higher than in Austin.

To put this in perspective, you would need around $2,143.50 in Tucson to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with $3,000.00 in Austin.

How life is different in Austin vs. Tucson

• Tucson might offer you a slower pace of life, since the population is about 44% less than Austin.
• Your access to buses, shuttles, trams, or trains in Tucson will be about the same as it currently is in Austin. The cities share a similar public transportation score, which means their transit systems are comparable in terms of how connected they are, how often they provide service, and how close they are to jobs, housing, retail and food stores, and other important locations.
• You’ll find Tucson to be about as walkable as Austin. The two cities have similar walkability scores of 43 and 42 respectively out of 100 in terms of how close housing is to businesses, recreational facilities, and jobs.
• If cycling is your thing, Tucson is considered more bike-friendly than Austin in terms of designated lanes and connectivity and how many residents opt to commute on two wheels rather than by car. Tucson has a bike-friendliness score of 66 out of 100, while Austin is rated as 54 out of 100.
• The crime rate in Tucson is higher than in Austin, so you may want to exercise a little extra caution as you're acclimating to your new location. While the crime index is 54.43 in Tucson, it is 42.91 in Austin. With this index, the lower the score, the better, since it indicates a city’s crime levels.
• You may want to exercise more caution as you’re getting used to your new surroundings in Tucson. With a crime index of 45.57, Tucson ranks lower in overall safety than Austin, whose index is Austin's 59.87. The safety index measures how safe people in a city feel about walking alone, both during the day and at night, as well as data on muggings, theft, vandalism, and other instances of petty crime.
• The air quality in Tucson and Austin is generally the same (Good). Cities with good to moderate ratings have clean or acceptable air quality, with the possibility of small pollutants affecting people with certain health conditions like asthma. Anything beyond the moderate rate means increased impact on residents.