Bisbee vs Whetstone

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

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

Bisbee has the higher population (4,963 vs 2,840 in Whetstone). Whetstone has the higher median household income ($51,050 vs $46,689 in Bisbee). Bisbee has the higher median home value ($209,600 vs $200,600 in Whetstone).

Population, income & housing

	Bisbee	Whetstone
Population	4,963	2,840
Median age	61.7 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,689	$51,050
Median home value	$209,600	$200,600
Median gross rent	$846	$1,057
Housing units	3,195	1,398
Homeownership rate	72.7%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.6%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bisbee	Whetstone
Population	5,203 → 4,963 (-4.6%)	2,304 → 2,840 (+23.3%)
Median household income	$34,452 → $46,689 (+35.5%)	$51,622 → $51,050 (-1.1%)
Median home value	$132,500 → $209,600 (+58.2%)	$125,800 → $200,600 (+59.5%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $846 (+20.2%)	$807 → $1,057 (+31.0%)

Bisbee

Population

5,2034,963

Median household income

$34,452$46,689

Median home value

$132,500$209,600

Median gross rent

$704$846

Whetstone

Population

2,3042,840

Median household income

$51,622$51,050

Median home value

$125,800$200,600

Median gross rent

$807$1,057

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bisbee	Whetstone
Under 5	2.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	8.5%	10.8%
18 to 24	3.9%	4.8%
25 to 34	8.4%	13.2%
35 to 44	8.9%	10.9%
45 to 54	8.9%	10.2%
55 to 64	20.6%	19.3%
65 to 74	26.7%	13.9%
75 and over	11.8%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bisbee	Whetstone
White (non-Hispanic)	65.5%	63.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	29.5%	28.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bisbee	Whetstone
No high school diploma	10.5%	5.7%
High school graduate	17.2%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bisbee	Whetstone
Drove alone	71.7%	75.5%
Carpooled	4.1%	15.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.8%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bisbee	Whetstone
1-unit, detached	87.0%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	42.3%

Poverty & households

	Bisbee	Whetstone
Poverty rate	21.2%	28.9%
Average household size	1.78	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	18	40
Median year structure built	1938	1995