Carefree vs Gila Bend

A side-by-side comparison of Carefree and Gila Bend: population, income, housing, and more.

Carefree and Gila Bend are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Carefree has the higher population (3,672 vs 1,871 in Gila Bend). Carefree has the higher median household income ($141,331 vs $49,786 in Gila Bend). Carefree has the higher median home value ($1,066,600 vs $120,400 in Gila Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Carefree	Gila Bend
Population	3,672	1,871
Median age	64.5 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$141,331	$49,786
Median home value	$1,066,600	$120,400
Median gross rent	$1,685	$1,089
Housing units	2,371	780
Homeownership rate	91.1%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.6%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carefree	Gila Bend
Population	3,811 → 3,672 (-3.6%)	1,853 → 1,871 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$79,152 → $141,331 (+78.6%)	$30,273 → $49,786 (+64.5%)
Median home value	$747,000 → $1,066,600 (+42.8%)	$96,000 → $120,400 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,446 → $1,685 (+16.5%)	$603 → $1,089 (+80.6%)

Carefree

Population

3,8113,672

Median household income

$79,152$141,331

Median home value

$747,000$1,066,600

Median gross rent

$1,446$1,685

Gila Bend

Population

1,8531,871

Median household income

$30,273$49,786

Median home value

$96,000$120,400

Median gross rent

$603$1,089

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carefree	Gila Bend
Under 5	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 17	2.6%	24.1%
18 to 24	3.9%	3.2%
25 to 34	3.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	3.6%	16.5%
45 to 54	11.6%	15.1%
55 to 64	27.3%	10.4%
65 to 74	21.5%	12.3%
75 and over	26.4%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carefree	Gila Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	20.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	10.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	69.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carefree	Gila Bend
No high school diploma	0.7%	40.2%
High school graduate	10.3%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	16.1%
Bachelor's degree	39.6%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.0%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carefree	Gila Bend
Drove alone	44.3%	85.1%
Carpooled	1.6%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	50.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carefree	Gila Bend
1-unit, detached	80.9%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.1%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	22.2%

Poverty & households

	Carefree	Gila Bend
Poverty rate	11.8%	35.6%
Average household size	1.94	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	32	14
Median year structure built	1989	1974