City safety & data profile

DouglasAZ

Douglas, AZ is a 17K-resident city in Cochise County with a median household income of $42,019.

Cochise County, Arizona. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Douglas, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Douglas has a population larger than 34% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $157,700.

Data updated 2026-09-04

17K
Population (place)
Bottom 35%
By size
$42,019
Median income (place)
$157,700
Median home (place)
27.8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Douglas

Douglas posts a median household income higher than 3% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 4%
by median income, US cities

Where Douglas income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$42,019 Bottom 3% higher than 3% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Douglas $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in AZ

Population among 66 AZ places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Phoenix is the largest AZ city on this list; Paradise Valley leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in AZ

Median household income among the same 66-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Paradise Valley posts the highest place-level median income in AZ; Phoenix is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Douglas, AZ beyond the headline numbers

Douglas sits inside Cochise County, Arizona, at roughly 31.34°N, -109.55°W. Population 16,592, $42,019 median household income. Median home value $157,700, median rent $772. Poverty rate 27.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

27.8% of Douglas, AZ residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Douglas costs roughly 3.8 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Only 7.7% of Douglas workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 30.6% in Douglas, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Douglas's median age is 34.4 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Douglas from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
16,592
Douglas · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$42,019
-53% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$157,700
-62% vs avg
Median Age (place)
34.4
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Cochise County): Douglas's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
126K-4%
Median Income
$59,742+31%
Median Home Value
$218,300+49%
Poverty Rate
15.4%-10%
Unemployment
6.9%-21%

Economics

Economics indicators for Douglas, AZ
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$772/mo
Poverty Rate
27.8% +124% vs avg
Unemployment 12.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 12.4%
Work From Home 7.7%
Public Transit 0.3%

Population

White 28.5%
African American 3.7%
Asian 0.9%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Physical Inactivity
39%
Obesity
38.5%
Short Sleep Duration
38%
High Blood Pressure
37.7%
Lack of Health Insurance
30.6%
Frequent Physical Distress
19.5%
Diabetes
18%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.6%
Current Smoking
16.7%
Binge Drinking
13.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 41.5%
Annual Checkup 70.1%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
9.8%
Coronary Heart Disease
8.1%
Stroke
4.5%

What alerts and safety updates affect Douglas?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Douglas right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet AZ-DOUGLAS-AZ · Douglas

Douglas: 11 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-ACTIVE 11 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Albuquerque

Tagged alert mix: Douglas

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 11 tagged notices on record for Douglas.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Albuquerque, NM (10 tagged · Δ1)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Douglas; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Arizona state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (11 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Albuquerque, NM 10 alerts Victoria, TX 13 alerts Central, LA 8 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Douglas, AZ? ▼
Douglas, AZ has a population of 16,592 people, located in Cochise County, Arizona.
What is the median household income in Douglas? ▼
The median household income in Douglas, AZ is $42,019 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 27.8%.
What is the median home value in Douglas? ▼
The median home value in Douglas, AZ is $157,700. Median rent is $772/month.
What are the top health concerns in Douglas? ▼
The top health indicators in Douglas include Physical Inactivity (39%), Obesity (38.5%), Short Sleep Duration (38%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Douglas? ▼
The median age in Douglas, AZ is 34.4 years. 12.4% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Douglas, both outside Arizona so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside AZ (27.8% here).

Rochester, NY 27.8% Lexington, NC 27.8% Jackson, MS 27.9% Bessemer, AL 27.9%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside AZ ($42,019 here).

Leisure City, FL $41,977 Jackson, MS $42,071 Poplar Bluff, MO $41,941 East Chicago, IN $42,125

Compare Douglas with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

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Using Douglas's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Douglas area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Douglas against Arizona peers on any ranking lens. Explore Arizona

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Cochise County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.