Bisbee vs Sierra Vista

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

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

Sierra Vista has the higher population (45,203 vs 4,963 in Bisbee). Sierra Vista has the higher median household income ($69,783 vs $46,689 in Bisbee). Sierra Vista has the higher median home value ($239,000 vs $209,600 in Bisbee).

Population, income & housing

	Bisbee	Sierra Vista
Population	4,963	45,203
Median age	61.7 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$46,689	$69,783
Median home value	$209,600	$239,000
Median gross rent	$846	$1,110
Housing units	3,195	20,351
Homeownership rate	72.7%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.6%	35.0%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bisbee	Sierra Vista
Population	5,203 → 4,963 (-4.6%)	43,398 → 45,203 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$34,452 → $46,689 (+35.5%)	$59,585 → $69,783 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$132,500 → $209,600 (+58.2%)	$172,600 → $239,000 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $846 (+20.2%)	$938 → $1,110 (+18.3%)

Bisbee

Population

5,2034,963

Median household income

$34,452$46,689

Median home value

$132,500$209,600

Median gross rent

$704$846

Sierra Vista

Population

43,39845,203

Median household income

$59,585$69,783

Median home value

$172,600$239,000

Median gross rent

$938$1,110

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bisbee	Sierra Vista
Under 5	2.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	8.5%	16.6%
18 to 24	3.9%	9.0%
25 to 34	8.4%	14.7%
35 to 44	8.9%	13.5%
45 to 54	8.9%	9.1%
55 to 64	20.6%	9.6%
65 to 74	26.7%	12.0%
75 and over	11.8%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bisbee	Sierra Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	65.5%	58.2%
Black or African American	0.9%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.6%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	29.5%	22.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bisbee	Sierra Vista
No high school diploma	10.5%	6.7%
High school graduate	17.2%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bisbee	Sierra Vista
Drove alone	71.7%	75.5%
Carpooled	4.1%	9.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	2.1%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	21.8%	10.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bisbee	Sierra Vista
1-unit, detached	87.0%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	10.5%
20 or more units	1.0%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Bisbee	Sierra Vista
Poverty rate	21.2%	10.9%
Average household size	1.78	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1938	1989