Metro area · Arizona

Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area

Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ is a metropolitan area of 1 county in Arizona, home to 126,332 residents. Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area has a quality-of-life score of 38 out of 100 (low), ranking #570 of 925 US metro and micro areas. Among metro and micro areas based in Arizona it ranks #5 of 11. It ranks best on comfortable days (high), preventable hospital stays (low) and loneliness (low). It ranks worst on job growth (low), suicide rate (high) and flu vaccinations (low).

38Low
Quality-of-life score
#570 of 925 metro and micro areas
Arizona
#5 of 11 in AZ
Population
126,332 (2025)
Land area
6,210 mi²
Density
20.3 /mi²
CBSA code
43420

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 69 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Location of Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area

Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

  • Safety46#498/924
  • Economy25#698/925
  • Housing52#447/925
  • Health57#401/925
  • Healthcare22#720/923
  • Environment66#311/917
  • Education52#441/925
  • Infrastructure30#648/925
  • Community63#341/925
  • Leisure & amenities14#798/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Weaknesses

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Metro and micro areas like Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Federal contract spending

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Counties in Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

  1. Cochise CountyCentral county34126,332

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

  1. DouglasPrincipal city15,981
  2. Sierra VistaPrincipal city45,155

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

  1. Sierra Vista45,155
  2. Douglas15,981
  3. Sierra Vista Southeast14,330
  4. Benson5,417
  5. Bisbee4,977
  6. Willcox3,222
  7. Whetstone2,971
  8. Pirtleville1,939
  9. Mescal1,760
  10. Huachuca City1,614
  11. St. David1,098
  12. Naco1,060
  13. Tombstone1,026
  14. Miracle Valley716
  15. Sunsites611
  16. Bowie384
  17. Palominas253
  18. McNeal246
  19. San Simon244
  20. Elfrida194
  21. Sunizona191
  22. Dragoon85

Other metro and micro areas in Arizona

Areas based in Arizona, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

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