Circle City vs Gila Crossing

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

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

Gila Crossing has the higher population (965 vs 857 in Circle City). Gila Crossing has the higher median household income ($53,846 vs $34,056 in Circle City). Since 2019, Circle City's population has grown faster (+26.0% vs +23.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Circle City	Gila Crossing
Population	857	965
Median age	41.7 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$34,056	$53,846
Median home value	$164,600	—
Median gross rent	$925	—
Housing units	363	172
Homeownership rate	76.3%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	3.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Circle City	Gila Crossing
Population	680 → 857 (+26.0%)	783 → 965 (+23.2%)
Median household income	$27,302 → $34,056 (+24.7%)	$31,875 → $53,846 (+68.9%)
Median home value	$77,000 → $164,600 (+113.8%)	$153,300 → $302,200 (+97.1%)
Median gross rent	$921 → $925 (+0.4%)	—

Circle City

Population

680857

Median household income

$27,302$34,056

Median home value

$77,000$164,600

Median gross rent

$921$925

Gila Crossing

Population

783965

Median household income

$31,875$53,846

Median home value

$153,300$302,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Circle City	Gila Crossing
Under 5	8.9%	6.9%
5 to 17	12.4%	26.1%
18 to 24	10.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	13.1%	18.2%
35 to 44	9.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	4.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	24.4%	4.0%
65 to 74	9.2%	10.2%
75 and over	7.5%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Circle City	Gila Crossing
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	48.6%
Asian	0.8%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	8.8%
Two or more races	4.4%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.2%	28.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Circle City	Gila Crossing
No high school diploma	14.3%	55.3%
High school graduate	39.2%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	13.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Circle City	Gila Crossing
Drove alone	59.9%	70.2%
Carpooled	18.2%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	0.0%
Other means	21.2%	23.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Circle City	Gila Crossing
1-unit, detached	59.0%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.7%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Circle City	Gila Crossing
Poverty rate	23.5%	29.8%
Average household size	2.36	5.61
Mean commute (minutes)	42	22
Median year structure built	1988	2003