Living in Pirtleville, AZ
Pirtleville is a small town of 1,939 people in Cochise County, Arizona. It's about 46 miles from Sierra Vista, AZ and 94 miles from Tucson, AZ, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 95°F and winter highs 65°F, with about 2 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $154k and rent runs about $592 a month.
1,939people
$154kTypical home
$592/moRent
95° / 65°Summer / winter
2"Snow
315Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,939
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,041 people per sq mi
- 94 mi to Tucson, AZ
- 46 mi to Sierra Vista, AZ
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $154k (≈$973/mo)
- Median rent $592/mo
- Median household income $49k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 15.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 95°F
- Winter highs around 65°F
- Dry summers (dew point 48°F)
- 315 sunny days a year (189 totally clear)
- 50 cloudy days a year
- 14 of 90 winter days are gray
- 2" of snow a year
- Snow days are rare
- 23 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (151 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (970 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 32
- 37% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 11% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 37 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 96 mi to TUS airport
- 96 mi to TUS (major hub)
- 60 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 62% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1977
- 78% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 3,990 ft
- 206 mi to the ocean
- 56 mi to a big lake
- 41 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 103 mi to the nearest ski area
- 17 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 18 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 5 bars within 25 mi
- 3 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 7 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 38 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 34% of Arizona districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 21 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 103 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 89 mi to the nearest vet
- 21 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 97 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Cochise County: R+23 in 2024
- Arizona: R+6 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.