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Sierra Vista, AZ

45,203 Population
152.4 square miles 296.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 42.9 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in Arizona: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$38,109 ±$2,070 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: $32,708 ±$1,039
  • a little less than the amount in Arizona: $40,736 ±$241
$69,783 ±$4,476 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: $58,970 ±$1,831
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arizona: $76,872 ±$414

10.9% ±1.9% (4,673  ±830) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 15.5% 18,544 (±1.1% / ±1,364)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arizona: 12.8% 907,125 (±0.2% / ±14,212)

17.5 minutes ±1.5 (305,275  ±28,339) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 22.8 937,035 (±0.9 / ±46,617)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Arizona: 25.5 70,317,520 (±0.1 / ±410,503)

Families

18,592 ±456 Number of households
  • the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 50,476 ±767
  • Arizona: 2,796,790 ±6,018
2.3 ±0.1 (43,054  ±90) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 2.4 119,401 (±0 / ±203)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,105,986

7.4% ±2.5% (698  ±241) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 5.6% † 1,344 (±1.2% / ±282)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arizona: 5.3% 87,489 (±0.2% / ±3,122)

Housing

20,351 ±472 Number of housing units
  • the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 59,312 ±114
  • Arizona: 3,142,443 ±466

$239,000 ±$7,262 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: $207,400 ±$5,633
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arizona: $358,900 ±$1,200

18.8% ±2.3% (8,363  ±1,007.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 13.8% 17,087 (±1.2% / ±1,541.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 14.9% 1,069,460 (±0.2% / ±13,475.1)

Social

93.3% ±3.8% (28,887  ±1,327.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 89.2% 79,635 (±2.3% / ±2,044.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 89.1% 4,446,105 (±0.3% / ±16,725.9)
35% ±2.5% (10,836  ±818.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 27.7% 24,687 (±1.3% / ±1,177.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 32.6% 1,627,462 (±0.2% / ±10,137.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.4% ±1.2% (4,240  ±519) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 10.7% 13,411
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arizona: 12.9% 935,586

24.2% ±2.3% (7,505  ±721) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 18.2% 17,297 (±1% / ±929)
  • more than double the rate in Arizona: 8.1% 459,818 (±0.1% / ±4,961)
7,505 Total veterans ±721 6,213 Male ±610 1,292 Female ±279

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