economy of gilbert zip codes 85233 85234 85236 85296 85297 and 85299 has a small employment base high technology manufacturing finance credit operations help drive the but for most part town s is dependent on phoenix urbanized area construction provides any sector in availability economic data by city industrial severely limited see sources section page 9 are used as an approximation these include considerable unincorporated exclude southwestern 66 square mile land about 50 percent larger than 43 miles 2000 decennial census count 116 463 residents was 6 higher population 109 697 this report presents results study using industry primary measure purpose analysis to identify leading activities provide useful