Gila Crossing vs Rio Verde

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

Gila Crossing 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 965 in Gila Crossing). Rio Verde has the higher median household income ($141,020 vs $53,846 in Gila Crossing). Since 2019, Gila Crossing's population has grown faster (+23.2% vs +4.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Gila Crossing	Rio Verde
Population	965	2,271
Median age	29.9 yrs	72.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,846	$141,020
Median home value	—	$728,300
Housing units	172	1,861
Homeownership rate	80.2%	99.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	68.6%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gila Crossing	Rio Verde
Population	783 → 965 (+23.2%)	2,180 → 2,271 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$31,875 → $53,846 (+68.9%)	$98,846 → $141,020 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$153,300 → $302,200 (+97.1%)	$493,200 → $728,300 (+47.7%)

Gila Crossing

Population

783965

Median household income

$31,875$53,846

Median home value

$153,300$302,200

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 Crossing	Rio Verde
Under 5	6.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	26.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	9.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	18.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	2.6%
55 to 64	4.0%	10.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	50.1%
75 and over	1.8%	36.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gila Crossing	Rio Verde
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	48.6%	0.0%
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%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	28.3%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gila Crossing	Rio Verde
No high school diploma	55.3%	0.4%
High school graduate	27.7%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	13.2%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	49.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	19.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gila Crossing	Rio Verde
Drove alone	70.2%	35.0%
Carpooled	6.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	65.0%
Other means	23.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gila Crossing	Rio Verde
1-unit, detached	89.5%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	12.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gila Crossing	Rio Verde
Poverty rate	29.8%	3.4%
Average household size	5.61	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	2003	1994