Gila Bend is a very small town located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 1,854 people and two associated neighborhoods, Gila Bend is the 125th largest community in Arizona.Gila Bend is a blue-collar town, with 39.54% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Gila Bend is a town of transportation and shipping workers, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gila Bend who work in management occupations (19.16%), sales jobs (15.20%), and maintenance occupations (13.00%). 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. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Gila Bend spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.79 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be. 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. 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.
