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.
One of the benefits of Gila Bend is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.79 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
As is often the case in a small town, Gila Bend doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Gila Bend has a very low overall level of education: only 6.41% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Gila Bend in 2022 was $28,785, 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 $115,140 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 35.60% 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 69.86% 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. Important ancestries of people in Gila Bend include German, English, Polish, Dutch, and European.
Gila Bend also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 26.88%.
The most common language spoken in Gila Bend is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Native American languages.
