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 16.45 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.
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.
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.
