Gila Bend vs Maricopa Colony

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

Gila Bend and Maricopa Colony 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 723 in Maricopa Colony). Gila Bend has the higher median household income ($49,786 vs $35,833 in Maricopa Colony). Since 2019, Maricopa Colony's population has grown faster (+19.1% vs +1.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Gila Bend	Maricopa Colony
Population	1,871	723
Median age	41.6 yrs	25.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,786	$35,833
Median home value	$120,400	—
Median gross rent	$1,089	—
Housing units	780	155
Homeownership rate	69.2%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gila Bend	Maricopa Colony
Population	1,853 → 1,871 (+1.0%)	607 → 723 (+19.1%)
Median household income	$30,273 → $49,786 (+64.5%)	$39,464 → $35,833 (-9.2%)
Median home value	$96,000 → $120,400 (+25.4%)	$88,900 → $168,200 (+89.2%)
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

Maricopa Colony

Population

607723

Median household income

$39,464$35,833

Median home value

$88,900$168,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gila Bend	Maricopa Colony
Under 5	1.8%	17.2%
5 to 17	24.1%	13.6%
18 to 24	3.2%	15.8%
25 to 34	11.3%	15.2%
35 to 44	16.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	15.1%	7.3%
55 to 64	10.4%	10.4%
65 to 74	12.3%	4.6%
75 and over	5.2%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gila Bend	Maricopa Colony
White (non-Hispanic)	20.1%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	95.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	10.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	69.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gila Bend	Maricopa Colony
No high school diploma	40.2%	19.4%
High school graduate	37.3%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	16.1%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gila Bend	Maricopa Colony
Drove alone	85.1%	68.8%
Carpooled	3.1%	31.2%
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%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gila Bend	Maricopa Colony
1-unit, detached	74.1%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.2%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Gila Bend	Maricopa Colony
Poverty rate	35.6%	56.4%
Average household size	2.57	4.82
Mean commute (minutes)	14	17
Median year structure built	1974	2004