Apache County vs Cochise County

A side-by-side comparison of Apache County and Cochise County: population, income, housing, and more.

Apache County and Cochise County are counties in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cochise County has the higher population (125,458 vs 65,680 in Apache County). Cochise County has the higher median household income ($58,970 vs $40,338 in Apache County). Cochise County has the higher median home value ($207,400 vs $68,500 in Apache County).

Population, income & housing

	Apache County	Cochise County
Population	65,680	125,458
Median age	36.2 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$40,338	$58,970
Median home value	$68,500	$207,400
Median gross rent	$647	$939
Housing units	29,001	59,312
Homeownership rate	79.1%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apache County	Cochise County
Population	71,511 → 65,680 (-8.2%)	125,867 → 125,458 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$32,508 → $40,338 (+24.1%)	$49,260 → $58,970 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$59,900 → $68,500 (+14.4%)	$146,800 → $207,400 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$506 → $647 (+27.9%)	$783 → $939 (+19.9%)

Apache County

Population

71,51165,680

Median household income

$32,508$40,338

Median home value

$59,900$68,500

Median gross rent

$506$647

Cochise County

Population

125,867125,458

Median household income

$49,260$58,970

Median home value

$146,800$207,400

Median gross rent

$783$939

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apache County	Cochise County
Under 5	6.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	20.3%	15.7%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	13.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.3%
55 to 64	13.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	14.0%
75 and over	6.2%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apache County	Cochise County
White (non-Hispanic)	18.6%	54.6%
Black or African American	0.9%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	71.4%	0.5%
Asian	0.6%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.0%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	34.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apache County	Cochise County
No high school diploma	15.1%	10.8%
High school graduate	31.2%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apache County	Cochise County
Drove alone	80.5%	76.3%
Carpooled	4.7%	8.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.1%
Walked	4.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.3%	10.7%
Other means	0.9%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apache County	Cochise County
1-unit, detached	70.1%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.2%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	22.9%	20.0%

Poverty & households

	Apache County	Cochise County
Poverty rate	31.2%	15.5%
Average household size	3.14	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1988	1986