Drexel Heights Homes for Sale — Tucson, AZ

Key facts

Jurisdiction

Unincorporated Pima County, Arizona

Average sale price

$300,000

Price range

$240K – $360K

School district

Sunnyside USD & TUSD

Approximate population

~27,500

Approximate number of homes

~10,000 homes

What defines this area

• Established 1950s — affordable SW Tucson value
• Median price well below the Tucson metro
• Mostly no HOA — horse, RV & trailer friendly
• Bordered by Tucson Mountain Park (20,000 acres)
• Minutes from Mission San Xavier del Bac
• Single-story ranch, stucco & manufactured homes
• Six neighborhood parks incl. Kennedy Park lake
• Near Tucson International Airport & I-19
• Sunnyside USD & TUSD schools
• Saguaro National Park West trail access

About Drexel Heights

One of southwest Tucson's largest and most affordable communities, Drexel Heights is an unincorporated census-designated place that began taking shape in the 1950s and is named — by long-standing local tradition — for 19th-century Philadelphia financier Francis Anthony Drexel, father of Saint Katharine Drexel. Spread across the desert flats between the Tucson Mountains and Tucson International Airport, the community is bordered on the north by 20,000-acre Tucson Mountain Park and sits just minutes from Mission San Xavier del Bac — the 'White Dove of the Desert' — on the neighboring Tohono O'odham San Xavier District to the south. The housing stock is overwhelmingly owner-occupied and was largely built between 1970 and 1999, with an older 1940s–1960s core: a practical mix of single-story Southwest stucco and red-brick ranch homes, well-kept manufactured and modular homes, and larger horse- and RV-friendly lots that give the area its semi-rural, wide-open feel. Most properties carry no HOA at all — a major draw for buyers who want room to park trailers, keep animals, or expand — while a handful of newer infill subdivisions maintain modest associations of their own. There is no single community pool, but residents have six neighborhood parks to choose from, anchored by nearby John F. Kennedy Park with its lake, fishing, ramadas, and birdlife, plus quick trail access to Tucson Mountain Park and Saguaro National Park West. With a median sale price well below the Tucson metro, Sunnyside and TUSD schools, and an easy shot up I-19 and I-10 to downtown, Drexel Heights remains one of the metro's best values for first-time buyers, investors, and anyone after low-density desert living close to the city.

Drexel Heights is an affordable neighborhood in unincorporated Pima County, on the southwest side of metro Tucson, Arizona, served by Sunnyside USD & TUSD. Homes trade in the $240K – $360K range, with an average sale price of $300,000 across roughly 10,000 homes and a population of about 27,500. Kyle Berglund, REALTOR® at Tierra Antigua Realty, represents buyers and sellers here — call (520) 250-8904.

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