Fourth Avenue
Fourth Avenue is the strip that survived gentrification by leaning harder into being weird. The streetcar deposits University of Arizona undergrads onto a half-mile of vintage shops, tattoo parlors, dive bars, and the kind of patio where someone is always playing acoustic guitar badly. The tradeoff is honest: parking is a circling exercise, weekends after midnight skew toward bachelorette chaos, and rent has crept up enough that the artists who built the reputation increasingly commute in from elsewhere. Best on a Thursday evening, when the crowd tilts local and the Fourth Avenue Street Fair vendors are setting up under string lights.
Fourth Avenue by the numbers
Fourth Avenue runs male-heavy, about 52% men to 48% women.
Median individual income in Fourth Avenue is about $26,300.
Arizona registers voters by party, and Pima County is about 36% Democratic to 28% Republican, with a near-equal 34% independent bloc - the Democratic-leaning mirror of Republican Maricopa.
The median renter in Fourth Avenue pays about $970 a month.
About 15,600 Fourth Avenue residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
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Bison Witches
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JoJo's Restaurant
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Caruso's
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Sky Bar Tucson
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Gentle Ben's
Outdoor seatingLGBTQ+ friendly - Fourth AvenueDrinks
Mr. Heads
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The Hut
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Che's Lounge
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O’Malley’s Bar & Grill
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Surly Wench Pub
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The Boxyard
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Cafe Passe
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ANELLO
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Graduate by Hilton Tucson
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Chez Peachy
Wheelchair access - Fourth AvenueDining
Woops! Bakeshop (Main Gate Square)
Outdoor seatingLGBTQ+ friendly - Fourth AvenueActivity
Will You Escape?
Wheelchair access - Fourth AvenueActivity
Center for Creative Photography
Wheelchair access - Fourth AvenueActivity
University of Arizona Museum of Art
Wheelchair access - Fourth AvenueActivity
Fox in a Box Tucson Escape Room
Wheelchair access - Fourth AvenueActivity
Solar Culture
Wheelchair access