Sierra Vista is a medium-sized city located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 45,439 people and 14 associated neighborhoods, Sierra Vista is the 25th largest community in Arizona.
10.56% of the workforce is employed in the armed forces, making the military a huge focus of life in Sierra Vista. Even though it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy. The Public Service and Healthcare industries respectively employ 19.55% and 14.95% of the civilian workforce.
Also of interest is that Sierra Vista 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 Sierra Vista telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.87% 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.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Sierra Vista spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.46 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
The education level of Sierra Vista citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.80% of adults in Sierra Vista have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Sierra Vista in 2022 was $37,671, which is upper middle income relative to Arizona and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $150,684 for a family of four. However, Sierra Vista contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Sierra Vista is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sierra Vista home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sierra Vista residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Sierra Vista also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.59% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Sierra Vista include German, Irish, English, Italian, and European.
The most common language spoken in Sierra Vista is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.