Fairgrounds Homes for Sale

This south-side Tucson neighborhood was once the home of the Pima County Fair. Although the fair moved about 16 miles south in the 1970s, Fairgrounds continues to occasionally buzz with festivites. Annual activities range from game nights at La Mariposa Park to spectators cheering on riders trying to rope calves and stay on bucking broncos. Otherwise, the neighborhood reflects the day-to-day scenery of Tucson’s south side. “It’s an older neighborhood with people that have been in this area for probably many years,” says Richard Martinez, who works sales at the QED Electric store in Fairgrounds. “That community is a little bit more close-knit. They kind of take care of each other because they’ve been living next to each other for so long. That’s probably the best way to describe it.” Most homes in Fairgrounds fill the northwestern pocket of the neighborhood. There, ranch-style houses, Pueblo-influenced builds and other homes with Craftsman bungalow elements line the neighborhood’s streets. Like with several of Fairgrounds’ neighbors, iron gates and fences surround many properties and give homeowners some added privacy. Single-family home costs mainly go from just under $100,000 to