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Gila Bend town, Arizona: commercial real estate data.
Gila Bend town is a Census town of 1,363 people across 64.37 square miles of land, in Maricopa County. Median household income is $52,254, 62.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $815,000.
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Gila Bend
What Gila Bend is
- Census place typetown
- Land area64.37 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land21 plus or minus 7
- County holding the largest share of its areaMaricopa County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gila Bend
How many people live in Gila Bend
- Population1,363 plus or minus 454
- Median age46.7
- Population under 18119 plus or minus 133
- Share under 188.7 percent plus or minus 9.3
- Population 65 and over327 plus or minus 183
- Share 65 and over24.0 percent plus or minus 10.8
- Households696
- Family households287 plus or minus 169
- Share of households that are families41.2 percent plus or minus 23.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gila Bend
Income and work in Gila Bend
- Median household income$52,254 plus or minus $22,113
- Per capita income$44,366 plus or minus $24,029
- Civilian labor force706 plus or minus 346
- Employed706 plus or minus 346
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over1,150 plus or minus 324
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher55.3 percent plus or minus 14.4
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher8.7 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.1 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gila Bend
Housing in Gila Bend
- Housing units736
- Occupied units696
- Vacant units40 plus or minus 28
- Vacancy rate5.4 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Owner occupied436 plus or minus 149
- Renter occupied260 plus or minus 178
- Ownership rate62.6 percent plus or minus 18.0
- Median owner-occupied home value$116,200 plus or minus $35,864
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,069
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.5 percent plus or minus 10.6
- Single family units520 plus or minus 194
- Share single family70.7 percent plus or minus 23.3
- Units in buildings of two or more38 plus or minus 42
- Share in buildings of two or more5.2 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Mobile homes178 plus or minus 138
- Median year structure built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gila Bend
How Gila Bend gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute699 plus or minus 347
- Commuting under 15 minutes180 plus or minus 138
- Share commuting under 15 minutes25.8 percent plus or minus 15.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more324 plus or minus 270
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more46.4 percent plus or minus 31.1
- Drove alone92.6 percent
- Carpooled0.0 percent
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gila Bend
SBA 7(a) lending to Gila Bend borrowers
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$815,000
- Average approval$271,667
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$650,000
- Largest approval$650,000
- Jobs supported8
- Jobs per approval2.7
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more33.3 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Gila Bend
SBA 504 lending to Gila Bend borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$209,000
- Average approval$209,000
- Median approval$209,000
- Largest approval$209,000
- Jobs supported6
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Gila Bend
Flood programme status in Gila Bend
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number040043
- Currently effective map date02/08/24
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Maricopa County, not Gila Bend
Maricopa County context, not Gila Bend figures
These are Maricopa County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Gila Bend measurements.
- Establishments in Maricopa County109,863
- Employment at those establishments, Maricopa County2,016,986
- Covered employment, Maricopa County2,280,645
- Average annual pay, Maricopa County$73,840
- Average weekly wage, Maricopa County$1,420
- Housing units permitted, Maricopa County36,380
- Of those, single family, Maricopa County21,667
- County product, 2024, Maricopa County$419,250,222,000
- County product change over the prior year, Maricopa County7.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Maricopa County$98,820
Every figure in this section is published for Maricopa County as a whole and is not a measurement of Gila Bend. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Gila Bend questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Gila Bend, Arizona?
1,363, in 696 households. Gila Bend town covers 64.37 square miles of land, which is 21 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Gila Bend in?
Maricopa County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Gila Bend?
$52,254. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $116,200. Median gross rent is $1,069 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Gila Bend businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $815,000, across 3 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $209,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Gila Bend, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Gila Bend borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Gila Bend. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Gila Bend in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Gila Bend appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 040043, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Gila Bend figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Maricopa County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Gila Bend.
Is zoning published for Gila Bend?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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