Arizona · Census place 0451600
Oro Valley, Arizona
Oro Valley is a town in Pima County, Arizona with an estimated 48,855 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 22nd largest of 85 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 48,855
- #22 of 85 in Arizona
- Change since 2020
- +3.4%
- +1,629 people
- Land area
- 35.1 sq mi
- + 0.12 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,391 / sq mi
- State median 980
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Oro Valley population, 2020 to 2024
Oro Valley added 1,629 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.4%. In the latest year it moved by +299. Among 57 Arizona places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 32nd; the median place changed by +4.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arizona has 36,468 people, so Oro Valley is 1.3 times that size.
Oro Valley covers 35.12 square miles of land and 0.12 of water, for 1,391 people per square mile of land. The median Arizona place of 5,000+ has 980, so Oro Valley is denser than the typical town.
What county Oro Valley is in
All of Oro Valley's residents live in Pima County, which had 1,080,149 residents in 2024. Oro Valley holds 4.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Oro Valley
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Oro Valley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 85704, 85737, 85742, 85755. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Oro Valley is
The Census internal point of Oro Valley is at 32.420700, -110.977000. Phoenix, the capital, is 95.3 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Marana, AZ (62,380 people), 9.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tucson, AZ, 19.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.420700, -110.977000
- DMS
- 32°25'14.52"N 110°58'37.20"W
- UTM
- 12N 502162.5E 3587068.9N
- Geohash
- 9tc06wj02
- Plus code
- 854FC2CF+76
Daylight in Oro Valley
At 32.42° N, Oro Valley gets about 14 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Oro Valley
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arizona, measured between internal points. The closest is Marana, 9.7 miles away, with 62,380 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Oro Valley, AZ?
48,855 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,629 (3.4%) from 47,226 in July 2020.
What county is Oro Valley in?
Pima County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Oro Valley?
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 85704, 85737, 85742, 85755.
How far is Oro Valley from Phoenix?
95.3 miles (153.4 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Oro Valley.
What is the nearest larger city to Oro Valley?
Marana, AZ, with 62,380 residents, 9.8 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.