Gila Crossing vs Maricopa Colony

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

Gila Crossing 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 Crossing has the higher population (965 vs 723 in Maricopa Colony). Gila Crossing has the higher median household income ($53,846 vs $35,833 in Maricopa Colony). Since 2019, Gila Crossing's population has grown faster (+23.2% vs +19.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Gila Crossing	Maricopa Colony
Population	965	723
Median age	29.9 yrs	25.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,846	$35,833
Housing units	172	155
Homeownership rate	80.2%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gila Crossing	Maricopa Colony
Population	783 → 965 (+23.2%)	607 → 723 (+19.1%)
Median household income	$31,875 → $53,846 (+68.9%)	$39,464 → $35,833 (-9.2%)
Median home value	$153,300 → $302,200 (+97.1%)	$88,900 → $168,200 (+89.2%)

Gila Crossing

Population

783965

Median household income

$31,875$53,846

Median home value

$153,300$302,200

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 Crossing	Maricopa Colony
Under 5	6.9%	17.2%
5 to 17	26.1%	13.6%
18 to 24	9.4%	15.8%
25 to 34	18.2%	15.2%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.4%	7.3%
55 to 64	4.0%	10.4%
65 to 74	10.2%	4.6%
75 and over	1.8%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gila Crossing	Maricopa Colony
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	48.6%	95.0%
Asian	5.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	8.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.0%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	28.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gila Crossing	Maricopa Colony
No high school diploma	55.3%	19.4%
High school graduate	27.7%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	13.2%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gila Crossing	Maricopa Colony
Drove alone	70.2%	68.8%
Carpooled	6.7%	31.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	23.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gila Crossing	Maricopa Colony
1-unit, detached	89.5%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Gila Crossing	Maricopa Colony
Poverty rate	29.8%	56.4%
Average household size	5.61	4.82
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	2003	2004