Gilbert vs Tempe

A side-by-side comparison of Gilbert and Tempe: population, income, housing, and more.

Gilbert and Tempe are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gilbert has the higher population (271,118 vs 186,419 in Tempe). Gilbert has the higher median household income ($121,351 vs $77,643 in Tempe). Gilbert has the higher median home value ($518,600 vs $421,900 in Tempe).

Population, income & housing

	Gilbert	Tempe
Population	271,118	186,419
Median age	35.7 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$121,351	$77,643
Median home value	$518,600	$421,900
Median gross rent	$2,028	$1,623
Housing units	94,983	84,664
Homeownership rate	73.9%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.5%	49.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilbert	Tempe
Population	243,254 → 271,118 (+11.5%)	187,454 → 186,419 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$96,857 → $121,351 (+25.3%)	$57,994 → $77,643 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$328,700 → $518,600 (+57.8%)	$272,900 → $421,900 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,518 → $2,028 (+33.6%)	$1,164 → $1,623 (+39.4%)

Gilbert

Population

243,254271,118

Median household income

$96,857$121,351

Median home value

$328,700$518,600

Median gross rent

$1,518$2,028

Tempe

Population

187,454186,419

Median household income

$57,994$77,643

Median home value

$272,900$421,900

Median gross rent

$1,164$1,623

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gilbert	Tempe
Under 5	6.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	22.5%	10.2%
18 to 24	8.1%	22.3%
25 to 34	11.8%	23.0%
35 to 44	16.1%	11.7%
45 to 54	14.3%	8.6%
55 to 64	10.1%	9.1%
65 to 74	6.6%	6.1%
75 and over	4.0%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilbert	Tempe
White (non-Hispanic)	66.4%	52.4%
Black or African American	3.2%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	1.7%
Asian	6.5%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	23.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilbert	Tempe
No high school diploma	3.5%	6.2%
High school graduate	16.1%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.7%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilbert	Tempe
Drove alone	65.8%	60.6%
Carpooled	7.3%	8.1%
Public transit	0.4%	3.3%
Walked	0.8%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	2.4%
Worked from home	23.6%	19.4%
Other means	1.9%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilbert	Tempe
1-unit, detached	82.7%	38.5%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	17.5%
20 or more units	6.4%	24.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Gilbert	Tempe
Poverty rate	5.1%	16.2%
Average household size	2.95	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	2002	1983