($1,502) Movers From Columbus, OH to Tucson, AZ

What to know before moving from Columbus to Tucson

Moving from Columbus to Tucson means adjusting to a different pace of life — and a different price tag. On average, it costs significantly more to live in Columbus than in Tucson, making the move an opportunity for many to enjoy a lower cost of living.

Check out how Columbus compares to Tucson so you know what to expect before you relocate:

• Rent prices in Tucson are 10% lower than in Columbus, which means you’ll have more money in your pocket each month.
• In terms of homeownership, you’ll be able to get more for your money in Columbus.
  Home prices in Tucson are 37.0% higher than in Columbus.
• Income in Tucson is 5.1% lower than in Columbus, so you could earn less for doing the same job. The top employers in Tucson include University of Arizona, Raytheon Technologies, and State of Arizona.
• The cost of living for a single person in Tucson is 14.2% lower than in Columbus. This includes routine expenses like utilities, groceries, clothing, and transportation.
• The cost of living for a family in Tucson is 16.6% lower than in Columbus.
• The unemployment rate in Tucson is 29.82% higher than in Columbus.
• You’ll spend more on retail and restaurants in Tucson, since the city’s sales taxes in Tucson are 16.00% higher than in Columbus.
• One perk of moving to Tucson is paying less in state income taxes, which are 28.57% lower than in Columbus.

To put this in perspective, you would need around $2,575.43 in Tucson to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with $3,000.00 in Columbus.

How life is different in Columbus vs. Tucson

• Tucson might offer you a slower pace of life, since the population is about 40% less than Columbus.
• Your access to buses, shuttles, trams, or trains in Tucson will be about the same as it currently is in Columbus. The cities share a similar public transportation score, which means their transit systems are comparable in terms of how connected they are, how often they provide service, and how close they are to jobs, housing, retail and food stores, and other important locations.
• You’ll find Tucson to be about as walkable as Columbus. The two cities have similar walkability scores of 43 and 41 respectively out of 100 in terms of how close housing is to businesses, recreational facilities, and jobs.
• If cycling is your thing, Tucson is considered more bike-friendly than Columbus in terms of designated lanes and connectivity and how many residents opt to commute on two wheels rather than by car. Tucson has a bike-friendliness score of 66 out of 100, while Columbus is rated as 48 out of 100.
• The crime rate in Tucson is higher than in Columbus, so you may want to exercise a little extra caution as you're acclimating to your new location. While the crime index is 54.43 in Tucson, it is 49.65 in Columbus. With this index, the lower the score, the better, since it indicates a city’s crime levels.
• You may want to exercise more caution as you’re getting used to your new surroundings in Tucson. With a crime index of 45.57, Tucson ranks lower in overall safety than Columbus, whose index is Columbus's 50.35. The safety index measures how safe people in a city feel about walking alone, both during the day and at night, as well as data on muggings, theft, vandalism, and other instances of petty crime.
• The air quality in Tucson and Columbus is generally the same (Good). Cities with good to moderate ratings have clean or acceptable air quality, with the possibility of small pollutants affecting people with certain health conditions like asthma. Anything beyond the moderate rate means increased impact on residents.