Gilroy is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 41,587 people and 12 constituent neighborhoods, Gilroy is the 187th largest community in California.

Unlike some cities, Gilroy isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Gilroy are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Gilroy is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gilroy who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.97%), sales jobs (13.09%), and management occupations (9.27%).

Also of interest is that Gilroy has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One downside of living in Gilroy, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.57 minutes every day commuting to work.

The city of Gilroy is a decent size, but despite this, it doesn't have a viable public transit system that people can use to get to work.

Gilroy Information and Demographics

The citizens of Gilroy are slightly better educated than the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns, with 19.07% of adults in Gilroy having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Gilroy in 2000 was $22,071, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $88,284 for a family of four.

Gilroy is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Gilroy home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Gilroy is White, followed by Asian. Gilroy also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 54.10% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Gilroy include Italian, German, Irish, and English.

In addition, Gilroy has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (24.15%).

The most common language spoken in Gilroy is English. Some people also speak Spanish.