Arizona · Census place 0427050
Gila Bend, Arizona
Gila Bend is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona with an estimated 1,847 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 79th largest of 85 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,847
- #79 of 85 in Arizona
- Change since 2020
- -2.3%
- -43 people
- Land area
- 64.4 sq mi
- Density
- 29 / sq mi
- State median 980
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Gila Bend population, 2020 to 2024
Gila Bend lost 43 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by -13.
Gila Bend covers 64.37 square miles of land, for 29 people per square mile of land. The median Arizona place of 5,000+ has 980, so Gila Bend is less dense than the typical town.
What county Gila Bend is in
All of Gila Bend's residents live in Maricopa County, which had 4,673,096 residents in 2024. Gila Bend holds 0.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Gila Bend
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Gila Bend by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 85326, 85337. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Gila Bend is
The Census internal point of Gila Bend is at 32.966200, -112.715500. Phoenix, the capital, is 49.8 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Goodyear, AZ (118,186 people), 28.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.966200, -112.715500
- DMS
- 32°57'58.32"N 112°42'55.80"W
- UTM
- 12N 339674.2E 3648846.2N
- Geohash
- 9mzge1744
- Plus code
- 8549X78M+FQ
Daylight in Gila Bend
At 32.97° N, Gila Bend gets about 14 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Gila Bend
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arizona, measured between internal points. The closest is Goodyear, 28.3 miles away, with 118,186 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Gila Bend, AZ?
1,847 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 43 (2.3%) from 1,890 in July 2020.
What county is Gila Bend in?
Maricopa County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Gila Bend?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 85326, 85337.
How far is Gila Bend from Phoenix?
49.8 miles (80.2 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Gila Bend.
What is the nearest larger city to Gila Bend?
Goodyear, AZ, with 118,186 residents, 28.3 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.