Housing density: 2,290 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $436,657.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,819 (lower quartile is $1,537, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $2,245
Median gross rent in Gilbert, AZ in 2022: over $2,000
Housing units in Gilbert with a mortgage: 54,421 (4,403 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 3,484 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 529
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $139,048
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $91,764
55,639 married couples with children.
15,934 single-parent households (5,606 men, 10,328 women).
85.0% of residents of Gilbert speak English at home.
7.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
3.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other language at home (86% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 28,641 (10.4%)
(74.0% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 96.4% Number of people working at home: 37,338 (26.2% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 2,469
5 to 9 minutes: 9,348
10 to 14 minutes: 9,472
15 to 19 minutes: 15,102
20 to 24 minutes: 16,947
25 to 29 minutes: 12,811
30 to 34 minutes: 15,568
35 to 39 minutes: 4,291
40 to 44 minutes: 4,137
45 to 59 minutes: 8,904
60 to 89 minutes: 4,810
90 or more minutes: 1,345
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 61,281 (55.2%)
Carpooled: 8,202 (7.4%)
Bus: 17 (0.0%)
Light rail, streetcar or trolley: 56 (0.1%)
Taxi: 1,784 (1.6%)
Bicycle: 1,119 (1.0%)
Walked: 1,185 (1.1%)
Worked at home: 37,338 (33.6%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
2.8%Males
3.6%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
13.1%Males
5.2%Females
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
1.9%Males
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
0.8%Males
1.2%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
2.7%Males
3.7%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
0.5%Males
8.2%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
3.2%Males
3.1%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Gilbert, Arizona
5,8422010 or later
7,0192000 to 2009
5,0711990 to 1999
1,9191980 to 1989
1,5531970 to 1979
1,270Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
American: 13,970 (11.9%)
English: 12,791 (10.9%)
German: 8,985 (7.7%)
Irish: 5,429 (4.6%)
European: 5,228 (4.5%)
Italian: 4,725 (4.0%)
Polish: 1,834 (1.6%)
Norwegian: 1,554 (1.3%)
Scottish: 1,490 (1.3%)
Swedish: 1,249 (1.1%)
African: 980 (0.8%)
Dutch: 956 (0.8%)
British: 757 (0.6%)
Lebanese: 640 (0.5%)
Danish: 582 (0.5%)
Scandinavian: 574 (0.5%)
Canadian: 502 (0.4%)
Iranian: 476 (0.4%)
French: 475 (0.4%)
Eastern European: 446 (0.4%)
Russian: 445 (0.4%)
Greek: 394 (0.3%)
Nigerian: 388 (0.3%)
Portuguese: 334 (0.3%)
Welsh: 334 (0.3%)
Slavic: 308 (0.3%)
French Canadian: 298 (0.3%)
Scotch-Irish: 296 (0.3%)
Turkish: 270 (0.2%)
Czech: 266 (0.2%)
Northern European: 245 (0.2%)
Assyrian: 236 (0.2%)
Sudanese: 232 (0.2%)
Hungarian: 230 (0.2%)
Serbian: 223 (0.2%)
Iraqi: 204 (0.2%)
Egyptian: 185 (0.2%)
Romanian: 184 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 180 (0.2%)
Finnish: 162 (0.1%)
Yugoslavian: 148 (0.1%)
Albanian: 147 (0.1%)
Croatian: 139 (0.1%)
Australian: 136 (0.1%)
Haitian: 130 (0.1%)
Slovak: 128 (0.1%)
Belgian: 92 (0.08%)
Lithuanian: 92 (0.08%)
Swiss: 91 (0.08%)
Brazilian: 81 (0.07%)
Liberian: 80 (0.07%)
Czechoslovakian: 73 (0.06%)
Ethiopian: 73 (0.06%)
Kenyan: 73 (0.06%)
Palestinian: 66 (0.06%)
Arab: 63 (0.05%)
Bulgarian: 58 (0.05%)
Israeli: 42 (0.04%)
Ghanaian: 40 (0.03%)
Austrian: 24 (0.02%)
Jamaican: 24 (0.02%)
German Russian: 21 (0.02%)
Basque: 17 (0.01%)
Syrian: 17 (0.01%)
New Zealander: 14 (0.01%)
Pennsylvania German: 13 (0.01%)
South African: 11 (0.01%)
Moroccan: 10 (0.01%)
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 9 (0.01%)
Cajun: 8 (0.01%)
Armenian: 7 (0.01%)
Belizean: 6 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Gilbert:
17.2% (4,582)
Arizona:
53.4% (500,086)
Vietnam
Gilbert:
9.1% (2,416)
Arizona:
2.1% (19,199)
Philippines
Gilbert:
8.7% (2,327)
Arizona:
3.2% (30,378)
India
Gilbert:
8.1% (2,151)
Arizona:
4.5% (41,719)
Canada
Gilbert:
5.9% (1,584)
Arizona:
4.3% (40,102)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Gilbert:
4.9% (1,304)
Arizona:
2.3% (21,275)
Africa, n.e.c.
Gilbert:
3.2% (849)
Arizona:
0.3% (2,754)
Korea
Gilbert:
2.6% (693)
Arizona:
1.2% (11,275)
Japan
Gilbert:
2.3% (604)
Arizona:
0.6% (6,077)
Haiti
Gilbert:
2.2% (577)
Arizona:
0.2% (1,684)
England
Gilbert:
2.0% (522)
Arizona:
1.1% (9,889)
Iraq
Gilbert:
1.9% (512)
Arizona:
1.0% (9,335)
Germany
Gilbert:
1.7% (448)
Arizona:
1.5% (14,058)
Sudan
Gilbert:
1.6% (424)
Arizona:
0.2% (1,468)
Lebanon
Gilbert:
1.6% (420)
Arizona:
0.2% (1,831)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 109,471
Other state: 132,983
Northeast: 15,996
Midwest: 45,429
South: 17,198
West: 54,360
85.9% of Gilbert residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 35.7% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 24.5% lived in Arizona.
Gilbert:
85.9%
State average:
86.0%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 553
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 135
7th and 8th grade: 229
9th grade: 155
10th grade: 487
11th grade: 407
12th grade, no diploma: 539
High school graduate (or equivalency): 12,015
Less than 1 year of college: 6,089
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 14,380
Associate degree: 11,180
Bachelor's degree: 24,468
Master's degree: 11,130
Professional school degree: 2,820
Doctorate degree: 917
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 805
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 77
7th and 8th grade: 346
9th grade: 130
10th grade: 587
11th grade: 189
12th grade, no diploma: 548
High school graduate (or equivalency): 15,368
Less than 1 year of college: 5,401
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 14,709
Associate degree: 8,875
Bachelor's degree: 28,565
Master's degree: 13,844
Professional school degree: 1,738
Doctorate degree: 1,943
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 81,212
One, attached: 3,725
Two: 163
3 or 4: 682
5 to 9: 1,485
10 to 19: 3,312
20 to 49: 761
50 or more: 6,771
Mobile homes: 239
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.2%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 0.5%