Cochise County vs Pinal County

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

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

Pinal County has the higher population (449,219 vs 125,458 in Cochise County). Pinal County has the higher median household income ($77,588 vs $58,970 in Cochise County). Pinal County has the higher median home value ($312,100 vs $207,400 in Cochise County).

Population, income & housing

	Cochise County	Pinal County
Population	125,458	449,219
Median age	42.9 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,970	$77,588
Median home value	$207,400	$312,100
Median gross rent	$939	$1,417
Housing units	59,312	179,861
Homeownership rate	70.5%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cochise County	Pinal County
Population	125,867 → 125,458 (-0.3%)	432,793 → 449,219 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$49,260 → $58,970 (+19.7%)	$58,174 → $77,588 (+33.4%)
Median home value	$146,800 → $207,400 (+41.3%)	$183,100 → $312,100 (+70.5%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $939 (+19.9%)	$1,064 → $1,417 (+33.2%)

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

Pinal County

Population

432,793449,219

Median household income

$58,174$77,588

Median home value

$183,100$312,100

Median gross rent

$1,064$1,417

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cochise County	Pinal County
Under 5	5.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.7%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.0%	11.6%
65 to 74	14.0%	12.5%
75 and over	10.2%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cochise County	Pinal County
White (non-Hispanic)	54.6%	55.9%
Black or African American	3.2%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	3.8%
Asian	1.9%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	34.3%	29.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cochise County	Pinal County
No high school diploma	10.8%	10.9%
High school graduate	25.2%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cochise County	Pinal County
Drove alone	76.3%	70.8%
Carpooled	8.8%	11.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	2.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.7%	14.9%
Other means	1.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cochise County	Pinal County
1-unit, detached	66.0%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	1.8%
20 or more units	3.4%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Cochise County	Pinal County
Poverty rate	15.5%	10.9%
Average household size	2.37	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1986	2003