Palo Verde Park Homes for Sale — Tucson, AZ

A postwar east-central Tucson neighborhood filling the roughly one-square-mile grid bounded by East Broadway Boulevard on the north, East 22nd Street on the south, North Wilmot Road on the west, and South Kolb Road on the east (ZIP 85710), about seven miles east of downtown. Six adjoining subdivisions — among them Glen Heather Estates and Manana Vista — were platted and built out through the 1950s, and the housing stock is unusually consistent as a result: low-profile Modern Ranch houses of three to four bedrooms, most on compact lots of roughly a quarter acre, with rectangular, L- or U-shaped plans and carports or garages tucked under the main roofline. The materials are the local signature of the period — brick, slump block, burnt adobe, and stuccoed concrete, used because lumber ran expensive and hard to source in Tucson in the early postwar years — and the neighborhood association marks that inheritance with a mid-century home tour. Roughly 1,100 homes hold a population of about 2,500; the exact platted lot count across the six subdivisions is not published, so the home figure is an estimate. There is no fee-based HOA: the volunteer Palo Verde Park Neighborhood Association, organized in the spring of 2018 and registered with the City of Tucson, handles advocacy and events. The neighborhood takes its name from the park at its center — Palo Verde Park, a 27.6-acre City of Tucson community park at 425 South Mann Avenue with little league and softball fields, an adult baseball field, tennis and basketball courts, a batting cage, a playground, ramadas and grills, a paved walking path, and a roughly 38,000-square-foot dog park with separate gated areas for small and large dogs. A City of Tucson renovation of about $5 million — funded by Proposition 407 park bonds, impact fees, and Ward 2 funds — closed the park for redevelopment and reopened it with new pickleball and basketball courts, a new playground, ramadas, lighting, and more than 100 new trees. Retail sits at the edge of the grid: Park Place, the enclosed mall at Broadway and Wilmot, anchors the northwest corner, and the Broadway and 22nd Street corridors cover everyday shopping. Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, the metro's third-largest employer, is about three miles southwest; the Raytheon (RTX) missile plant near Tucson International Airport, the metro's largest employer, is roughly seven miles southwest; the University of Arizona is about six miles west via Broadway or 22nd Street; and Interstate 10 is roughly six miles south via Kolb Road. Tucson Unified School District serves the area, including Kellond Elementary and Palo Verde High Magnet School — confirm exact assignments by specific address.

Affordable neighborhood · Central Tucson · TUSD

Key facts

Average sale price

$305,000

Price range

$220K – $415K

School district

TUSD

Approximate population

~2,500

Approximate number of homes

~1,100 homes

What defines this area

• Six adjoining subdivisions platted and built in the 1950s
• Low-profile postwar Modern Ranch houses, 3–4 bedrooms
• Brick, slump block, burnt adobe & stuccoed concrete
• Carports and garages under the main roofline
• Compact lots of roughly a quarter acre
• No fee HOA — volunteer neighborhood association (2018)
• 27.6-acre Palo Verde Park at 425 S. Mann Avenue
• Ball fields, tennis, pickleball & basketball courts
• ~38,000 sq ft dog park with small- and large-dog areas
• $5M park renovation funded by Proposition 407 bonds
• Park Place mall at Broadway Boulevard & Wilmot Road
• Broadway–22nd Street grid, ~7 miles east of downtown

About Palo Verde Park

Palo Verde Park is a affordable neighborhood in central Tucson, Arizona, served by TUSD. Homes trade in the $220K – $415K range, with an average sale price of $305,000 across roughly 1,100 homes and a population of about 2,500. Kyle Berglund, REALTOR® at Tierra Antigua Realty, represents buyers and sellers here — call (520) 250-8904.

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