Community Facilities

Willcox offers a broad range of community facilities including a library, airport, Olympic-size swimming pool, community center with meeting facilities, historic Railroad Avenue, a nine-hole golf course and tennis courts. There are five parks with ramadas and playground equipment, athletic facilities that include lighted baseball/softball fields, a basketball court and a soccer field. If you are a hiker, or prefer the scenic views visit the Cochise Stronghold in the Dragoon Mountains (part of the Coronado National Forest), or hike the trails of the Chiricahua Mountains (the Indians referred to these mountains as ‘the land of the standing up rocks’). These mountain and deserts were once home to the Chiricahua Apache Indians, and the county is named for the great chief Cochise.

The Willcox Unified School District serves a total student population of 1400 students in grades Pre-K-12. The district offers quality educational programs in the core academic areas and exposes students at all grade levels to strings and instrumental music, choral music, art, computers, and physical education. Additionally, high school students have the opportunity to experience vocational programs such has computer technology, automotive mechanics, agri-science, business, graphic arts, and woodworking. The quality of the district’s instructional programs has been affirmed by both the state and federal education agencies for the 2005-06 school year. Under the federal No Child Left Behind act, each school and the district achieved AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress). The State of Arizona recognized the elementary school with a Performing Plus rating and the middle and high schools with Performing labels.

Higher Education: Cochise Community College has an extension campus (serving approximately 350 students) in Willcox, located in the same proximity as the high school. The college offers associate arts degrees and classes to allow transfer on to higher degrees. Willcox is also located close to Eastern Arizona College in Thatcher (800)678-3808. The University of Arizona in Tucson (520)621-5918, University of Arizona South in Sierra Vista (520)458-8278 and Northern Arizona University (520)364-8084 offer undergraduate and graduate degree programs.

Communications: In addition to communication resources from the rest of the state, Willcox has access to several newspapers from Tucson and Phoenix as well as the local Arizona Range News, local AM/FM radio stations (KHIL, Country and KWCX, Rock), four Tucson Television Stations via antenna and cable TV via Cox Cable Company. 

Medical: Medical facilities include the Northern Cochise Community Hospital (NCCH) offering full medical facilities, including emergency room, x-ray/CT scan/ultrasound, laboratories, respiratory therapy, as well as a completely staffed nursing home facility. There are two long term extended care facilities located in the Willcox Area. Six physicians, one dentist, two chiropractors, and an optometrist. There is a helicopter based medical air service that operates from NCCH (the local hospital), that services most of Southeastern Cochise and Eastern Graham Counties. The ambulance service has fully trained EMT's on call 24 hours a day, 7 days per week. There are also three veterinarians available for animal care in our area.

Governmental: The City of Willcox is governed by the City Council and the City Manager. The council is made up of six council members and a council appointed Mayor. The local Police Department is fully staffed with well trained officers. The county areas are served by the Cochise County Sheriff's Department. Other agencies include the Border Patrol, Department of Public Safety and the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Financial: There are four financial institutions with local branch offices in Willcox. Further, Willcox businesses are eligible for assistance in financing fixed assets through the Strategic Finance Division, Arizona Department of Commerce. Information on private activity bonds within the city may be obtained from the same source or from the Industrial Development Authority of Willcox, 151 West Maley, Willcox, Arizona 86543

Airport: The residents of Willcox have access to the Cochise County Airport which has one lighted , paved 6,100-ft runway, UNICOM radio, fuel and maintenance.

Lodging and Meeting Facilities: There are 15 motels with 523 rooms, 10 mobile home and trailer parks with 250 spaces, Three RV Parks with 170 spaces, and numerous facilities, the largest with a seating capacity of 300.