Tucson Rent Report: July 2026

Welcome to the Apartment List July 2026 Rent Report for Tucson, AZ. Currently, the overall median rent in the city stands at $1,040, after rising 0.9% last month. Prices remain down 2.0% year-over-year. Read on to learn more about what’s been happening in the Tucson rental market and how it compares to trends throughout the nation as a whole.

The median rent in Tucson rose by 0.9% over the course of June, and has now decreased by a total of 2.0% over the past 12 months. Tucson’s rent growth over the past year has has outpaced the state average (-3.2%) and is similar to the national average (-1.2%).

Six months into the year, rents in Tucson have risen 2.0%. This is a faster rate of growth compared to what the city was experiencing at this point last year: from January to June 2025 rents had decreased 0.6%.

Tucson rents went up 0.9% in the past month, compared to the national rate of 0.4%. Among the nation's 100 largest cities, this ranks #25. Similar monthly rent growth took place in New Orleans, LA (0.9%) and Seattle, WA (0.9%).

Citywide, the median rent currently stands at $868 for a 1-bedroom apartment and $1,113 for a 2-bedroom. Across all bedroom sizes (ie, the entire rental market), the median rent is $1,040. That ranks #98 in the nation, among the country's 100 largest cities.

For comparison, the median rent across the nation as a whole is $1,217 for a 1-bedroom, $1,371 for a 2-bedroom, and $1,385 overall. The median rent in Tucson is 24.9% lower than the national, and is similar to the prices you would find in Wichita, KS ($1,042) and Detroit, MI ($1,036).

Apartment List is committed to the accuracy and transparency of our rent estimates. We begin with reliable median rent statistics from the Census Bureau, then extrapolate them forward to the current month using a growth rate calculated from our listing data. In doing so, we use a same-unit analysis similar to Case-Shiller’s approach, capturing apartment transactions over time to provide an accurate picture of rent growth in cities across the country. Our approach corrects for the sample bias inherent in other private sources, producing results that are much closer to statistics published by the Census Bureau and HUD. For more details, please see the Apartment List Rent Estimate Methodology.

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