Gilbert Arizona Is A Great Place To Visit Or Move To

Tired of large cities and cold winters? Tired of high humidity and bugs? Consider moving to Arizona where the weather is warm and dry year round. You can choose a large metropolitan area or a smaller town like Gilbert Arizona. Gilbert is small enough to have home town atmosphere, while being large enough to supply all your needs with interesting and varied shopping. If you want to visit a large city, Phoenix Arizona is within 30 minutes drive. Gilbert is considered a suburb of Phoenix.

Gilbert Arizona is located in Maricopa county south east of Phoenix Arizona. It offers affluent suburban living close to the major metropolitan area that is Phoenix. Gilbert has changed from the agricultural town it started as to an affluent, highly educated community with low crime rates and high paying jobs in the medical, high tech and life science fields. Gilbert has a varied population of educated, interesting people of all faiths and ages. A population of around 217,000 as of the 2009 census makes it a medium size town with plenty of employment opportunities. The average home will cost between $270,000.00 and 276,000.00 with homes available for both less and more.

Gilbert Arizona has an area of approximately 76 square miles which includes the downtown area, beautiful residential communities, a business district, parks, lake areas and a riparian preserve at Water ranch that is a bird watcher's delight. Gilbert Arizona is bicycle friendly with bike paths and lanes.There are wonderful dog parks throughout the town. Gilbert promotes the use of clean renewable energy by it's businesses and residents. There are several highly rated school districts for the education of all ages of children. In addition to all of this, Gilbert Arizona has statistics to show that is one of the safest towns in the United States to live in.

Gilbert Arizona was settled in 1891 and was incorporated into a town in July of 1920 with a varied population including the LDS Morman Gilbert ward formed in 1918. It was an agricultural town surrounded by a large farming community growing hay and other farm products. Today Gilbert Arizona has become one of the fastest growing communities in the country with high median incomes and education levels. This town offers a mix of cultural, recreational and human services like libraries and hospitals that can't be beat. It has it's own news paper and TV station, along with a very informative official web site.

Gilbert Arizona also offers a great climate with 310 days of sunshine a year on average and only 7.66 inches of rain most years. Temperatures are warm all year round with January averages of 67 degrees for high and 45 degrees for low, April averages at 90 degrees high and 62 degrees low, July averages are 112 degrees high and 85 degrees low and then October averages of 88 degress high and 60 degrees low. You would not need many winter clothes and can leave the snow shovels behind.