The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Gila Bend has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Gila Bend a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
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.
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.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Gila Bend's cultural character, accounting for 27.15% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Gila Bend is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Native American languages.
