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.
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.
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 6.41% 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 $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.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Gila Bend's cultural character, accounting for 26.88% 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.
