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Cochise County, AZ: cost of living

Compare HUD rent benchmarks with household income in Cochise County, Arizona. These figures describe area-wide conditions rather than a personal budget.

Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro RPP: 89.2 (BEA 2024; U.S. = 100). Regional context, not a county-specific price estimate.

BEA 2024 · HUD FY2027 · ACS 2020–2024 · CPI through 2026-10

$1,153
2BR monthly rent

HUD FY2027

23.2%
Rent / household income

Annual 2BR FMR ÷ ACS median income

$59,742
Median household income

ACS 2020–2024

$218,300
Median home value

Owner-occupied homes, ACS 2020–2024

Read the local picture

Fair Market Rent (FMR) is HUD’s estimate of the 40th percentile gross rent for standard-quality rental homes occupied by recent movers. It includes rent and most tenant-paid utilities. A household’s actual rent can differ substantially by neighborhood, lease and property.

2BR rent: county vs state vs US

HUD FY2027 monthly gross FMR. State and U.S. values are population-weighted county means. Dollars per month.

  1. Cochise County$1,153
  2. Arizona$1,616
  3. United States$1,761
0$1,761

Put the benchmark in context

The rent-to-income comparison uses 12 months of the 2BR FMR divided by median household income. It compares different vintages and all household types; it is not the share of renter households that are cost burdened.

Annual income vs annual 2BR rent

ACS 2020–2024 median household income and 12 × HUD FY2027 2BR FMR. Dollars per year; separate vintages and household groups.

  1. Median household income$59,742
  2. Annual 2BR rent$13,836
0$59,742

Income remaining after this rent benchmark is $45,906 per year, before taxes, food, transport, health care and other expenses.

This county or equivalent belongs to the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area. Its 2024 metro-wide all-items RPP is 89.2. A metro RPP is not a county-specific price estimate.

A matching metro wage page is unavailable on JobPayFacts; the wage link provides state context instead.

The data in view

Monthly rent by bedroom

HUD FY2027 gross monthly FMR; includes most tenant-paid utilities. Dollars per month.

  1. Studio$836
  2. 1 bedroom$1,000
  3. 2 bedrooms$1,153
  4. 3 bedrooms$1,597
  5. 4 bedrooms$1,927
0$1,927

Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ: RPP components

BEA 2024 regional context; each category is compared with its own U.S. = 100 benchmark. These are not county price estimates or spending shares.

  1. All items89.2
  2. Goods96.2
  3. Housing rents61.9
  4. Utilities91.9
  5. Other services99.8
0100.0

Black marker: U.S. benchmark = 100 in each row.

Monthly Fair Market Rent by bedroom

HUD 40th percentile gross rent for standard-quality units; includes tenant-paid utilities except telephone, cable and internet. These are benchmarks, not asking-rent medians.

Home sizeFY2027 monthly gross rent
Studio$836
1 bedroom$1,000
2 bedrooms$1,153
3 bedrooms$1,597
4 bedrooms$1,927

Homeownership and population

Property taxes are for owner-occupied homes, not a renter charge. A + marks a Census top-coded estimate.

MeasureValue
Median annual real estate taxes paid$1,310
Population used for weighting (HUD pop2024)125,566

Compare rent and income

State and U.S. rents are population-weighted means of available county benchmarks; income is the published ACS median.

Area2BR rent / monthMedian household income
Cochise County$1,153$59,742
Arizona$1,616$79,964
United States$1,761$80,734