Gila Bend vs Rio Verde

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

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

Rio Verde has the higher population (2,271 vs 1,871 in Gila Bend). Rio Verde has the higher median household income ($141,020 vs $49,786 in Gila Bend). Rio Verde has the higher median home value ($728,300 vs $120,400 in Gila Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Gila Bend	Rio Verde
Population	1,871	2,271
Median age	41.6 yrs	72.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,786	$141,020
Median home value	$120,400	$728,300
Median gross rent	$1,089	—
Housing units	780	1,861
Homeownership rate	69.2%	99.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	68.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gila Bend	Rio Verde
Population	1,853 → 1,871 (+1.0%)	2,180 → 2,271 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$30,273 → $49,786 (+64.5%)	$98,846 → $141,020 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$96,000 → $120,400 (+25.4%)	$493,200 → $728,300 (+47.7%)
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

Rio Verde

Population

2,1802,271

Median household income

$98,846$141,020

Median home value

$493,200$728,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gila Bend	Rio Verde
Under 5	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	24.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	3.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	16.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	15.1%	2.6%
55 to 64	10.4%	10.8%
65 to 74	12.3%	50.1%
75 and over	5.2%	36.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gila Bend	Rio Verde
White (non-Hispanic)	20.1%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	69.9%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gila Bend	Rio Verde
No high school diploma	40.2%	0.4%
High school graduate	37.3%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	16.1%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	49.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	19.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gila Bend	Rio Verde
Drove alone	85.1%	35.0%
Carpooled	3.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	65.0%
Other means	3.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gila Bend	Rio Verde
1-unit, detached	74.1%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	12.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gila Bend	Rio Verde
Poverty rate	35.6%	3.4%
Average household size	2.57	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	14	26
Median year structure built	1974	1994