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. Much of the housing stock in Bisbee was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.
Also of interest is that Bisbee has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Bisbee telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.83% 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.
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Bisbee has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Bisbee has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bisbee than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bisbee may be for you.
One of the benefits of Bisbee is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.44 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.
The education level of Bisbee citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.75% of adults in Bisbee have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Bisbee in 2022 was $31,643, which is upper middle income relative to Arizona, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,572 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 Native 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 27.27% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bisbee include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Bisbee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.