Hereford, Arizona.
Typical home $382,949 (+0.9% in a year). Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,022 (+103%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $3,319 +1%
- $379,631$382,949 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $50,513 +15%
- $332,436$382,949 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Hereford$2,010
- Arizona$2,187
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 25 years.
Typical home values in Hereford, AZ rose 0.9% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Hereford, Cochise County, Arizona
The Census does not count Hereford on its own, so the figures here are Cochise County's. Half the county's households earn more than $59,742 a year and half less; 15% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 71% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 29% are rented. Unemployment in Cochise County was 6.8% in August 2026, and the county had 1.0% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Cochise County work in schools and health care, then government.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Hereford is a small community in southeastern Arizona, within Cochise County. Across the county, most homes are lived in by their owners, and many residents are in middle age or later life. Household incomes sit below the national middle, and a larger share of people live in poverty than across the country as a whole.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in government, in shops, and in professional and business services. Across Cochise County, unemployment has risen over the past year, and the number of jobs slipped slightly last year. Commutes take longer than a quick drive across town, and relatively few people work from home. Fewer adults hold a university degree than in many parts of the country.
Things to do. Coronado National Memorial, a protected area, is a short drive away. The Lehner Mammoth-Kill Site, an archaeological site, is also a short drive away. For a longer outing, Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park, another protected area, is a longer drive away.
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- 50,982households
- 43.0median age
- 28%of adults have a degree
- 15%below the poverty line
- 23 mintypical commute
- 12%work from home
What people in Cochise County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Cochise County had 34,618 jobs in 2025, 1.0% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 58° and lows near 34°; warmest in June, with highs near 92° and lows near 60°. About 3 inches of snow and 21 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Coronado Nmem weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Cochise County
- Cochise CountyExecutive offices, federal, state, and local640
- Cochise County Community College DistrictTwo-year college579
- Sierra Vista Unified District (4175)School district555FTE
- AZ Department of CorrectionsPrisons550
- Canyon Vista Medical CenterGeneral hospital521FTE
- Douglas Unified District (4174)School district421FTE
- Chiricahua Community Health CentersPhysicians' offices419
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters397
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 64 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 6,971 people in all. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- LightningVery high
- WildfireRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Cochise County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Cochise County and the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro.
Hereford home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Hereford$382,949
- Arizona$416,733
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Hereford listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Hereford24.61%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Hereford73
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Hereford14
Zip codes with a Hereford address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Hereford — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.