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Gilbert, AZ
288,790 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0427400 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Gilbert ranked #13 of 340 cities and 3rd of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Gilbert and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: McKinney TX, Murrieta CA, Temecula CA, Henderson NV, Peoria AZ, Allen TX, Chandler AZ, Corona CA, Roseville CA, Thornton CO, North Las Vegas NV, Cary NC, Santa Clarita CA · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #13 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #4 | #6 | #48 | #8 | #10 | #10 | #41 | #7 | #8 | #4 | #3 | #6 | #8 | #4 | #11 | #9 | #16 | #19 | #13 | #24 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 167,443 | 178,402 | 187,674 | 196,425 | 203,693 | 209,493 | 211,466 | 215,916 | 221,626 | 227,308 | 232,401 | 237,139 | 242,695 | 249,914 | 254,114 | 269,429 | 274,421 | 281,946 | 286,632 | 288,790 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #125 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | +2.4 | +1.8 | +0.9 | +0.6 | +0.1 | — | +0.3 | +0.9 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +0.9 | +1.1 | +0.9 | +1.1 | +1.3 | +0.4 | +1.0 | +0.7 | +0.1 | -0.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #62 of 271 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 25.8 | 19.5 | 17.9 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 7.3 | 11.4 | 9.8 | 6.5 | 8.4 | 10.7 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 9.8 | 7.0 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 6.4 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #66 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | 16.7% | 17.4% | 18.3% | 18.4% | 19.8% | 17.9% | 20.8% | 18.9% | 18.3% | 18.3% | 18.4% | 18.1% | 19.6% | 18.4% | 18.7% | — | 20.0% | 22.2% | 21.4% | 20.8% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #7 of 304 cities with data · 1st of 11 in its peer group with data | — | 1.7 | 0.5 | — | 2.0 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 0.5 | — | 0.9 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.7 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #71 of 295 cities with data · 8th of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | 9.8 | 11.9 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 19.4 | 10.6 | 9.5 | 7.2 | 10.7 | 12.0 | 16.1 | 14.8 | 18.6 | 21.3 | 14.3 | 24.2 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 39,470 | 44,904 | 42,882 | 44,564 | 43,227 | 44,114 | 42,272 | 52,187 | 54,643 | 59,522 | 62,982 | 66,691 | 71,130 | 74,706 | 76,644 | 76,668 | 80,983 | 87,801 | 94,610 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #33 of 329 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +5.8 | +8.6 | -5.8 | +5.1 | +5.0 | +2.9 | -7.0 | +22.0 | +0.8 | +6.7 | +1.9 | +2.9 | +4.4 | +1.5 | -0.4 | +1.3 | +3.2 | +3.1 | +3.4 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 99,945 | 109,249 | 111,712 | 114,091 | 124,033 | 111,308 | 124,556 | 123,441 | 128,319 | — | 139,837 | 144,253 | 148,438 | 150,591 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #78 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.5% | 5.9% | 5.2% | 5.6% | 3.9% | 6.3% | 3.0% | 3.6% | 3.4% | — | 4.2% | 3.0% | 2.6% | 3.9% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #69 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 56% | 50% | 53% | 43% | 34% | 38% | 29% | 40% | 39% | 42% | 43% | 43% | 32% | 32% | 27% | 25% | 15% | 35% | 34% | 34% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #192 of 314 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group | $2,649 | $2,909 | $3,631 | $3,014 | $4,581 | $4,109 | $3,573 | $3,034 | $2,699 | $2,383 | $2,127 | $1,864 | $2,150 | $2,006 | $1,487 | $965 | $1,274 | $3,632 | $3,311 | $3,258 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Gilbert. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.