Huachuca City vs Tombstone

A side-by-side comparison of Huachuca City and Tombstone: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Huachuca City has the higher population (1,808 vs 1,022 in Tombstone). Tombstone has the higher median household income ($54,792 vs $47,621 in Huachuca City). Tombstone has the higher median home value ($150,500 vs $124,800 in Huachuca City).

Population, income & housing

	Huachuca City	Tombstone
Population	1,808	1,022
Median age	45.8 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,621	$54,792
Median home value	$124,800	$150,500
Median gross rent	$652	$696
Housing units	920	796
Homeownership rate	66.3%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huachuca City	Tombstone
Population	1,948 → 1,808 (-7.2%)	1,209 → 1,022 (-15.5%)
Median household income	$39,943 → $47,621 (+19.2%)	$35,174 → $54,792 (+55.8%)
Median home value	$93,800 → $124,800 (+33.0%)	$123,000 → $150,500 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$648 → $652 (+0.6%)	$563 → $696 (+23.6%)

Huachuca City

Population

1,9481,808

Median household income

$39,943$47,621

Median home value

$93,800$124,800

Median gross rent

$648$652

Tombstone

Population

1,2091,022

Median household income

$35,174$54,792

Median home value

$123,000$150,500

Median gross rent

$563$696

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huachuca City	Tombstone
Under 5	4.4%	2.2%
5 to 17	15.0%	9.3%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.9%	4.1%
35 to 44	9.3%	10.0%
45 to 54	15.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	11.9%	15.3%
65 to 74	17.4%	18.1%
75 and over	7.0%	21.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huachuca City	Tombstone
White (non-Hispanic)	70.3%	79.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huachuca City	Tombstone
No high school diploma	8.9%	3.8%
High school graduate	29.2%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	47.3%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huachuca City	Tombstone
Drove alone	79.1%	74.0%
Carpooled	14.4%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	3.3%	8.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huachuca City	Tombstone
1-unit, detached	57.8%	65.1%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	2.3%
20 or more units	5.3%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	17.1%	21.7%

Poverty & households

	Huachuca City	Tombstone
Poverty rate	23.2%	11.7%
Average household size	2.16	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1975	1978