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.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 21.84% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.
One of the benefits of Bisbee is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.74 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
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.