Bisbee is a very small city located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 4,994 people and three associated neighborhoods, Bisbee is the 73rd largest community in Arizona. Bisbee has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.
A relatively large number of people in Bisbee telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 21.84% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Bisbee has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Bisbee a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.74 minutes getting to work every day.
In terms of college education, Bisbee is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 32.59% of adults in Bisbee have a college degree.
The per capita income in Bisbee in 2022 was $31,970, which is middle income relative to Arizona and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $127,880 for a family of four. However, Bisbee contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Bisbee is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bisbee home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bisbee residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Bisbee also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.48% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bisbee include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Bisbee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.