Gilbert

Gilbert Goodness!

The Town of Gilbert owes its name to William “Bobby” Gilbert, who sold a right-of-way through his land to the Phoenix and Eastern Railroad Company in 1902. The railroad line was built from Phoenix to Kelvin, Arizona, in 1903. The line was later known as the Arizona Eastern Railway.

Gilbert is among the top-ranked places in the country to call home, according to Money’s 2020-21 Best Places to Live rankings. Gilbert landed at No. 46 on the list after an analysis of more than 1,800 U.S. cities and towns and is the only city in Arizona to make the list.

Gilbert is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, located southeast of Phoenix, within the Phoenix metropolitan area. Incorporated in July 1920, Gilbert was primarily a farming community fueled by the rail line and construction of the Roosevelt Dam and the Eastern and Consolidated Canals. It remained an agricultural town for many years and was known as the “Hay Capital of the World” from 1911 until the late 1920s.

Gilbert encompasses 76 square miles, and has undergone a rapid transformation from an agriculture-based community to an economically diverse suburban center. In the last three decades, Gilbert’s population has increased over 770.3% from 29,805 in 1990 to a population of 273,796 in 2022.

With good public schools, affordable healthcare options, low crime rates, and sunny skies, Gilbert earned its place on CNN Money’s list of Best Places To Live countrywide. The family-friendly neighborhoods set in a community that caters to people who enjoy active lifestyles make residents happy to call Gilbert home.

Gilbert is consistently ranked as one of the safest and best places to live in the United States. Trulia.com rated Power Ranch (a Gilbert subdivision) to be the most kid-friendly place in America.

Gilbert was named the number one safest city in Arizona by wallethub.com.

The economy of Gilbert, AZ employs 121k people. The largest industries in Gilbert, AZ are Health Care & Social Assistance (16,236 people), Retail Trade (13,771 people), and Educational Services (12,133 people), and the highest paying industries are Utilities ($83,676), Manufacturing ($82,902), and Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($78,281).

Gilbert Schools:

Gilbert Public Schools is a highly rated, public school district. 34,651 students in grades PK, K-12 with a student-teacher ratio of 18 to 1. According to state test scores, 57% of students are at least proficient in math and 59% in reading.

Gilbert Public Schools Rankings:

Niche ranks nearly 100,000 schools and districts based on statistics and millions of opinions from students and parents.

Best School Districts in Arizona

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Best School Districts for Athletes in Arizona

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Best Places to Teach in Arizona

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