The city of Sahuarita is just a few minutes south of Tucson via Interstate 19 or by the Old Nogales Highway.

Surrounded by Pecan groves, it has one of the newest and most beautiful master planned communities in Southern Arizona, "Rancho Sahuarita". Known for it's large artificial lake, a fantastic community center with two swimming pools, club house, billiard tables, a complete gym, tennis courts, miles of walking & jogging trails, grassy parks everywhere, reasonable home prices by all of the major builders, great schools and much, much more. I'll bet you that you'll be asking yourself, "I am I really in Arizona?" You may think that you're in Florida or California instead! Come see why Sahuarita is such great place to raise your family!

As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 3,242 people, 1,155 households, and 927 families residing in the town. The population density was 82.3/km? (213.2/mi?). There were 1,247 housing units at an average density of 31.7/km? (82.0/mi?). The racial makeup of the town was 87.85% White, 0.59% Black or African American, 1.08% Native American, 0.99% Asian, 7.40% from other races, and 2.10% from two or more races. 24.18% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 1,155 households out of which 33.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.6% were married couples living together, 6.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.7% were non-families. 15.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.09.

In the town the population was spread out with 25.6% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 96.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $53,194, and the median income for a family was $55,338. Males had a median income of $42,258 versus $26,174 for females. The per capita income for the town was $22,075. About 4.0% of families and 5.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.6% of those under age 18 and 7.0% of those age 65 or over.