Gilbert, Arizona

Gilbert population, 2020 to 2024

Gilbert added 19,361 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.2%. In the latest year it moved by +2,158. Among 57 Arizona places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 19th; the median place changed by +4.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arizona has 36,468 people, so Gilbert is 7.9 times that size.

Gilbert covers 68.78 square miles of land and 0.20 of water, for 4,199 people per square mile of land. The median Arizona place of 5,000+ has 980, so Gilbert is denser than the typical town.

What county Gilbert is in

All of Gilbert's residents live in Maricopa County, which had 4,673,096 residents in 2024. Gilbert holds 6.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Gilbert

7 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Gilbert by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 85233, 85234, 85236, 85295, 85296, 85297, 85298. 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 Gilbert is

The Census internal point of Gilbert is at 33.310300, -111.743100. Phoenix, the capital, is 21.3 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mesa, AZ (517,151 people), 6.4 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 394 m (1,293 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Gilbert

At 33.31° N, Gilbert gets about 14 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Gilbert daylight page.

Places near Gilbert

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arizona, measured between internal points. The closest is Mesa, 6.4 miles away, with 517,151 people.