A city of 59,004, settled in 1870. A typical home worth about $1.05M.
The 3 things Gilroy does most differently from other towns.
1908 · Live Oak Creamery postcard back12 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 9 places on the National Register.
48,821 people in 2010; 59,004 today.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 · ACS
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Ordered by what stands out in Gilroy. Another town gets a different order.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 96% of U.S. communities.
The typical Gilroy home is worth about $1,049,000, up 0.6% in a year, 37% above the California typical home.
Gilroy beats the California average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| What stands out | Gilroy | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.6% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 4.3% | 5.1% |
| More uninsured adults | 13% | 10.6% |
19 miles of trails across 13 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Debell Uvas Creek Preserve | 1.6 mi | 94 |
| 2. Las Animas Veterans Park | 1.5 mi | 31 |
| 3. Christmas Hill Park | 1 mi | 53 |
Gilroy reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 85% report less.
Most working residents leave Gilroy for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are San Jose (24%), Morgan Hill (6%) and Santa Clara (4%). Half commute less than 29 miles.
Gilroy has mild winters and pleasant summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 82°, a January night drops to 39°, and snow is almost unheard of.
The public schools Gilroy’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 56% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Las Animas Elementary | K–5 | 800 | Not graded |
| Luigi Aprea Elementary | K–5 | 722 | Not graded |
| Rod Kelley Elementary | K–5 | 697 | Not graded |
| Gilroy Prep (a Navigator School) | K–8 | 587 | Not graded |
| El Roble Elementary | K–5 | 551 | Not graded |
| Glen View Elementary | K–5 | 508 | Not graded |
1908
Live Oak Creamery postcard back
Postcard · Wikimedia Commons. A different picture from Gilroy’s archive appears here every day.
See all 12 archive items →9 places in Gilroy on the National Register of Historic Places.
24 notable people were born in Gilroy.
City in California, United States
Gilroy is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States, south of the San Francisco Bay Area. It had a population of 59,520 as of the 2020 census. Gilroy's origins lie in the village of San Ysidro, which developed in the early 19th century from Rancho San Ysidro. This land had been granted to Californio ranchero Ygnacio Ortega in 1809. Following Ygnacio's death in 1833, his daughter Clara Ortega de Gilroy and son-in-law John Gilroy inherited the largest portion of the rancho, and began developing the settlement. When the town was incorporated in 1868, it was renamed in honor of John Gilroy, a Scotsman who had emigrated to California in 1814, naturalized as a Mexican citizen, adopt…
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