Bisbee vs Douglas

A side-by-side comparison of Bisbee and Douglas: population, income, housing, and more.

Bisbee and Douglas are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Douglas has the higher population (16,118 vs 4,963 in Bisbee). Bisbee has the higher median household income ($46,689 vs $39,350 in Douglas). Bisbee has the higher median home value ($209,600 vs $138,200 in Douglas).

Population, income & housing

	Bisbee	Douglas
Population	4,963	16,118
Median age	61.7 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,689	$39,350
Median home value	$209,600	$138,200
Median gross rent	$846	$755
Housing units	3,195	5,570
Homeownership rate	72.7%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.6%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	11.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bisbee	Douglas
Population	5,203 → 4,963 (-4.6%)	16,307 → 16,118 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$34,452 → $46,689 (+35.5%)	$35,514 → $39,350 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$132,500 → $209,600 (+58.2%)	$100,300 → $138,200 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $846 (+20.2%)	$612 → $755 (+23.4%)

Bisbee

Population

5,2034,963

Median household income

$34,452$46,689

Median home value

$132,500$209,600

Median gross rent

$704$846

Douglas

Population

16,30716,118

Median household income

$35,514$39,350

Median home value

$100,300$138,200

Median gross rent

$612$755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bisbee	Douglas
Under 5	2.4%	7.4%
5 to 17	8.5%	15.5%
18 to 24	3.9%	10.9%
25 to 34	8.4%	18.1%
35 to 44	8.9%	14.5%
45 to 54	8.9%	10.1%
55 to 64	20.6%	11.3%
65 to 74	26.7%	7.4%
75 and over	11.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bisbee	Douglas
White (non-Hispanic)	65.5%	10.8%
Black or African American	0.9%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	29.5%	83.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bisbee	Douglas
No high school diploma	10.5%	24.8%
High school graduate	17.2%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bisbee	Douglas
Drove alone	71.7%	78.8%
Carpooled	4.1%	8.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	2.1%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.8%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bisbee	Douglas
1-unit, detached	87.0%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	8.5%
20 or more units	1.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Bisbee	Douglas
Poverty rate	21.2%	30.2%
Average household size	1.78	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1938	1968