Gila Bend vs Gila Crossing

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

Gila Bend 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 Bend has the higher population (1,871 vs 965 in Gila Crossing). Gila Crossing has the higher median household income ($53,846 vs $49,786 in Gila Bend). Since 2019, Gila Crossing's population has grown faster (+23.2% vs +1.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Gila Bend	Gila Crossing
Population	1,871	965
Median age	41.6 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,786	$53,846
Median home value	$120,400	—
Median gross rent	$1,089	—
Housing units	780	172
Homeownership rate	69.2%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	3.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gila Bend	Gila Crossing
Population	1,853 → 1,871 (+1.0%)	783 → 965 (+23.2%)
Median household income	$30,273 → $49,786 (+64.5%)	$31,875 → $53,846 (+68.9%)
Median home value	$96,000 → $120,400 (+25.4%)	$153,300 → $302,200 (+97.1%)
Median gross rent	$603 → $1,089 (+80.6%)	—

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

Gila Crossing

Population

783965

Median household income

$31,875$53,846

Median home value

$153,300$302,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gila Bend	Gila Crossing
Under 5	1.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	24.1%	26.1%
18 to 24	3.2%	9.4%
25 to 34	11.3%	18.2%
35 to 44	16.5%	10.9%
45 to 54	15.1%	12.4%
55 to 64	10.4%	4.0%
65 to 74	12.3%	10.2%
75 and over	5.2%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gila Bend	Gila Crossing
White (non-Hispanic)	20.1%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	48.6%
Asian	0.0%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	10.0%	8.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	69.9%	28.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gila Bend	Gila Crossing
No high school diploma	40.2%	55.3%
High school graduate	37.3%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	16.1%	13.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gila Bend	Gila Crossing
Drove alone	85.1%	70.2%
Carpooled	3.1%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	3.8%	23.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gila Bend	Gila Crossing
1-unit, detached	74.1%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.2%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Gila Bend	Gila Crossing
Poverty rate	35.6%	29.8%
Average household size	2.57	5.61
Mean commute (minutes)	14	22
Median year structure built	1974	2003