Gilbert is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 601 people and four associated neighborhoods, Gilbert is the 223rd largest community in South Carolina. Gilbert has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Gilbert, where the median household income is $72,500.00.

Gilbert is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Gilbert, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town.

Also of interest is that Gilbert has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.15% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

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.

In Gilbert, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.58 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Gilbert 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 terms of college education, Gilbert is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.20% of adults 25 and older in Gilbert have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Gilbert in 2022 was $40,681, 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 $162,724 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, European, Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Gilbert is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.