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Gila Bend, AZ
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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.

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!) Gila Bend 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. Gila Bend has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Gila Bend than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Gila Bend may be for you.

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.

Gila Bend is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

In Gila Bend, just 7.08% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.

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.

Gila Bend also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 27.15%.

The most common language spoken in Gila Bend is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Native American languages.


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