It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Gilbert has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Gilbert has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Gilbert than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Gilbert may be for you.
One downside of living in Gilbert, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.17 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Gilbert does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Gilbert is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.11% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Gilbert in 2022 was $45,829, which is wealthy relative to South Carolina, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $183,316 for a family of four. However, Gilbert contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Gilbert is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Gilbert home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gilbert residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Gilbert include German, English, Irish, European, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Gilbert is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
