Green Valley Communities and Area Information

Green Valley Community Profile
Community Water Company of Green Valley
HomeTownLocator - Green Valley
Tucson Electric Power Company
Town of Sahuarita
Tubac Chamber of Commerce
Green Valley Sahuarita Chamber of Commerce

 

About Green Valley

Green Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 17,283 at the 2000 census.

 

Green Valley is twenty miles (32 km) south of Tucson and 40 miles (64 km) north of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. Surrounded by copper mines, and near the hiking and birding areas of the Santa Rita Mountains, Green Valley is now an unincorporated retirement community.

As of the census of 2000, there were 17,283 people, 9,995 households, and 6,296 families in Green Valley. There were 9,995 households out of which 1.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.8% were married couples living together, 2.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.0% were non-families. 34.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 28.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.71 and the average family size was 2.07.

 

 

 

About Sahuarita

Sahuarita (Saw wah ree ta) is a town in Pima County, Arizona, United States. Sahuarita is located south of the Tohono O'odham Nation and north of Green Valley, 15 miles (24 km) south of Tucson. The population was 3,242 at the 2000 census; in 2007, it was estimated at 16,153.

 

Sahuarita contains the master planned communities of Rancho Sahuarita & Resort (north), Quail Creek (southeast) and Madera Highlands (south) in addition to the residential neighborhoods of La Joya (southwest), Los Colonias and Los Arroyos (west). The town has 92 acres (370,000 m2) of public and private parks and recreation facilities, with approximately 125 additional acres currently proposed.

 

Sahuarita contains the Titan Missile Museum, which is the only Titan Missile site in the world accessible to the public. The actual Titan II missile, the most powerful nuclear missile on standby in the US, remains in the silo for visitors to see.

 

Just 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Sahuarita is Madera Canyon, rising above the town at 5,500 feet (1,700 m). Visiting the canyon offers residents a way to escape the summer heat (about 15 degrees cooler than Tucson), and travel the extensive trail system or experience the world-renowned bird watching opportunities.