Circle City vs Gila Bend

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

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

Gila Bend has the higher population (1,871 vs 857 in Circle City). Gila Bend has the higher median household income ($49,786 vs $34,056 in Circle City). Circle City has the higher median home value ($164,600 vs $120,400 in Gila Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Circle City	Gila Bend
Population	857	1,871
Median age	41.7 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$34,056	$49,786
Median home value	$164,600	$120,400
Median gross rent	$925	$1,089
Housing units	363	780
Homeownership rate	76.3%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Circle City	Gila Bend
Population	680 → 857 (+26.0%)	1,853 → 1,871 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$27,302 → $34,056 (+24.7%)	$30,273 → $49,786 (+64.5%)
Median home value	$77,000 → $164,600 (+113.8%)	$96,000 → $120,400 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$921 → $925 (+0.4%)	$603 → $1,089 (+80.6%)

Circle City

Population

680857

Median household income

$27,302$34,056

Median home value

$77,000$164,600

Median gross rent

$921$925

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)

	Circle City	Gila Bend
Under 5	8.9%	1.8%
5 to 17	12.4%	24.1%
18 to 24	10.4%	3.2%
25 to 34	13.1%	11.3%
35 to 44	9.8%	16.5%
45 to 54	4.4%	15.1%
55 to 64	24.4%	10.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	12.3%
75 and over	7.5%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Circle City	Gila Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	20.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	10.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.2%	69.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Circle City	Gila Bend
No high school diploma	14.3%	40.2%
High school graduate	39.2%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	16.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Circle City	Gila Bend
Drove alone	59.9%	85.1%
Carpooled	18.2%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	0.0%
Other means	21.2%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Circle City	Gila Bend
1-unit, detached	59.0%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.7%	22.2%

Poverty & households

	Circle City	Gila Bend
Poverty rate	23.5%	35.6%
Average household size	2.36	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	42	14
Median year structure built	1988	1974