Work & commute · Gilroy

Work & commute in Gilroy, CA

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.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

4,028 of 26,191 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 22,163 Gilroy residents head out of town to work, 4,028 work right here, and 12,056 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gilroy.

22,163live here, work elsewhere

4,028live and work here

12,056work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gilroy goes to work

San Jose23.7 mi away

24%6,355

Gilroy (in town)right here

15%4,028

Morgan Hill9.3 mi away

6%1,661

Santa Clara32.5 mi away

4%935

San Francisco93.8 mi away

3%791

Sunnyvale35.7 mi away

2%606

Fremont39 mi away

2%584

Salinas22 mi away

2%484

Palo Alto40.9 mi away

2%467

Mountain View38.4 mi away

2%434

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%9,846

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Gilroy commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

24%

15%

41%

20%

24%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gilroy is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.61 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Gilroy are

16,084 jobs are based in Gilroy. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gilroy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gilroy

16,084 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Gilroy residents hold

26,191 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+13%

Jobs based in Gilroy, 2013 → 2023: 14,212 → 16,084. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.