Gilbert, AZ

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Trends

Survey and county figures by year. Dollar values are not adjusted for inflation.

How Gilbert ranks

• #2 Best-Connected Cities of 100 cities · score 99.0
• #3 Healthiest Cities of 96 cities · score 88.5
• #29 Most Affordable Cities of 100 cities · score 59.9
• #53 Best Cities for Park Access of 99 cities · score 48.3
• #62 Best Cities Overall of 100 cities · score 45.5
• #67 Lowest Student-Teacher Ratios of 96 cities · score 30.5
• #68 Safest Cities from Natural Disasters of 75 cities · score 15.9
• #88 Cities with the Cleanest Air of 95 cities · score 6.9
• #95 Best Cities for Car-Free Commuting of 100 cities · score 14.7

Local facts

Median household income

$121,351

Median rent

$2,028 / mo

Median home value

$518,600

Median age

35.7

Unemployment

3.3%

Bachelor's degree or higher

47.5%

Poverty rate

5.1%

Renter-occupied homes

26.1%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools

76

Students enrolled

57,156

Students per teacher

18.1 : 1

Free or reduced-price lunch

21.0%

Charter schools

27.6%

School districts serving the city

19

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Districts: Gilbert Unified District (4239), Higley Unified School District (4248), East Valley Institute Of Technology (4516), Chandler Unified District #80 (4242), American Leadership Academy Inc. (4348)

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity

27.2%

No leisure-time physical activity

15.2%

Adults with diabetes

7.8%

Adults who smoke

8.8%

Frequent mental distress

14.4%

Sleeping under 7 hours

33.6%

Adults without health insurance

8.1%

Routine checkup in past year

72.6%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park

76.3%

Share of city that is parkland

8.1%

EPA walkability index (1-20)

10.2

Median air quality index (county)

73

Unhealthy air days (county)

38

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband

97.0%

Households with no internet

1.8%

Average commute

26.1 min

Work from home

23.6%

Commute by transit

0.4%

Commute on foot

0.8%

Commute by bike

0.3%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Maricopa County as very high overall for natural hazard risk, with 10 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

• Heat wave: very high
• Riverine flooding: very high
• Wildfire: relatively high
• Hail: very high

ZIP codes

• 85233
• 85234
• 85236
• 85295
• 85296
• 85297
• 85298