Gila Bend is a very small town located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 1,876 people and two associated neighborhoods, Gila Bend is the 125th largest community in Arizona.Gila Bend is a blue-collar town, with 41.51% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Gila Bend is a town of transportation and shipping workers, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gila Bend who work in management occupations (15.32%), farm management occupations (13.65%), and sales jobs (11.88%). Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Gila Bend is worth considering. Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.45 minutes getting to work every day. Being a small town, Gila Bend does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Gila Bend have a very low rate of college education: just 7.08% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities. The per capita income in Gila Bend in 2022 was $27,947, which is middle income relative to Arizona, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $111,788 for a family of four. However, Gila Bend contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Gila Bend also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 36.85% of its population below the federal poverty line.Gila Bend is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Gila Bend home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Gila Bend, accounting for 65.79% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Gila Bend residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Gila Bend include German, English, Dutch, Irish, and Polish. In addition, Gila Bend has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (27.15%). The most common language spoken in Gila Bend is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Native American languages.
