Chandler vs Gilbert

A side-by-side comparison of Chandler and Gilbert: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chandler has the higher population (278,123 vs 271,118 in Gilbert). Gilbert has the higher median household income ($121,351 vs $103,691 in Chandler). Gilbert has the higher median home value ($518,600 vs $469,800 in Chandler).

Population, income & housing

	Chandler	Gilbert
Population	278,123	271,118
Median age	37.4 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$103,691	$121,351
Median home value	$469,800	$518,600
Median gross rent	$1,806	$2,028
Housing units	111,444	94,983
Homeownership rate	65.6%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.8%	47.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chandler	Gilbert
Population	252,692 → 278,123 (+10.1%)	243,254 → 271,118 (+11.5%)
Median household income	$82,925 → $103,691 (+25.0%)	$96,857 → $121,351 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$300,800 → $469,800 (+56.2%)	$328,700 → $518,600 (+57.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,312 → $1,806 (+37.7%)	$1,518 → $2,028 (+33.6%)

Chandler

Population

252,692278,123

Median household income

$82,925$103,691

Median home value

$300,800$469,800

Median gross rent

$1,312$1,806

Gilbert

Population

243,254271,118

Median household income

$96,857$121,351

Median home value

$328,700$518,600

Median gross rent

$1,518$2,028

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chandler	Gilbert
Under 5	5.5%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.9%	22.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	14.8%	11.8%
35 to 44	15.0%	16.1%
45 to 54	14.4%	14.3%
55 to 64	11.6%	10.1%
65 to 74	7.9%	6.6%
75 and over	5.2%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chandler	Gilbert
White (non-Hispanic)	55.3%	66.4%
Black or African American	5.1%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.7%
Asian	11.3%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.8%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	21.4%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chandler	Gilbert
No high school diploma	6.3%	3.5%
High school graduate	16.2%	16.1%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.6%	30.7%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chandler	Gilbert
Drove alone	65.5%	65.8%
Carpooled	8.5%	7.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.4%
Walked	0.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	22.7%	23.6%
Other means	1.5%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chandler	Gilbert
1-unit, detached	68.2%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	5.1%
20 or more units	8.9%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Chandler	Gilbert
Poverty rate	7.7%	5.1%
Average household size	2.61	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1997	2002