Douglas vs Sierra Vista Southeast

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

Douglas and Sierra Vista Southeast 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 14,213 in Sierra Vista Southeast). Sierra Vista Southeast has the higher median household income ($70,958 vs $39,350 in Douglas). Sierra Vista Southeast has the higher median home value ($261,500 vs $138,200 in Douglas).

Population, income & housing

	Douglas	Sierra Vista Southeast
Population	16,118	14,213
Median age	34.0 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,350	$70,958
Median home value	$138,200	$261,500
Median gross rent	$755	$1,050
Housing units	5,570	6,659
Homeownership rate	62.1%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Douglas	Sierra Vista Southeast
Population	16,307 → 16,118 (-1.2%)	15,841 → 14,213 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$35,514 → $39,350 (+10.8%)	$66,011 → $70,958 (+7.5%)
Median home value	$100,300 → $138,200 (+37.8%)	$188,900 → $261,500 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $755 (+23.4%)	$797 → $1,050 (+31.7%)

Douglas

Population

16,30716,118

Median household income

$35,514$39,350

Median home value

$100,300$138,200

Median gross rent

$612$755

Sierra Vista Southeast

Population

15,84114,213

Median household income

$66,011$70,958

Median home value

$188,900$261,500

Median gross rent

$797$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Douglas	Sierra Vista Southeast
Under 5	7.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	18.3%
18 to 24	10.9%	5.4%
25 to 34	18.1%	6.3%
35 to 44	14.5%	9.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.3%	16.2%
65 to 74	7.4%	15.0%
75 and over	4.8%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Douglas	Sierra Vista Southeast
White (non-Hispanic)	10.8%	67.8%
Black or African American	2.8%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.2%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	83.5%	24.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Douglas	Sierra Vista Southeast
No high school diploma	24.8%	3.9%
High school graduate	32.6%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Douglas	Sierra Vista Southeast
Drove alone	78.8%	77.8%
Carpooled	8.0%	9.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	12.0%
Other means	3.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Douglas	Sierra Vista Southeast
1-unit, detached	72.9%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	35.8%

Poverty & households

	Douglas	Sierra Vista Southeast
Poverty rate	30.2%	10.0%
Average household size	2.84	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1968	1994