Cupertino vs Gilroy

A side-by-side comparison of Cupertino and Gilroy: population, income, housing, and more.

Cupertino and Gilroy are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cupertino has the higher population (58,886 vs 58,561 in Gilroy). Cupertino has the higher median household income ($231,139 vs $131,554 in Gilroy). Cupertino has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $975,800 in Gilroy).

Population, income & housing

	Cupertino	Gilroy
Population	58,886	58,561
Median age	41.3 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$231,139	$131,554
Median home value	$2,000,001	$975,800
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,270
Housing units	22,341	17,732
Homeownership rate	61.3%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.1%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cupertino	Gilroy
Population	60,257 → 58,886 (-2.3%)	56,766 → 58,561 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$171,917 → $231,139 (+34.4%)	$101,616 → $131,554 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$1,711,300 → $2,000,001 (+16.9%)	$663,100 → $975,800 (+47.2%)
Median gross rent	$3,163 → $3,501 (+10.7%)	$1,881 → $2,270 (+20.7%)

Cupertino

Population

60,25758,886

Median household income

$171,917$231,139

Median home value

$1,711,300$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,163$3,501

Gilroy

Population

56,76658,561

Median household income

$101,616$131,554

Median home value

$663,100$975,800

Median gross rent

$1,881$2,270

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cupertino	Gilroy
Under 5	4.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.7%	21.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	10.0%
25 to 34	10.2%	11.6%
35 to 44	15.1%	13.6%
45 to 54	16.7%	13.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	11.4%
65 to 74	7.5%	7.7%
75 and over	6.8%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cupertino	Gilroy
White (non-Hispanic)	21.0%	24.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	71.7%	9.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.3%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	59.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cupertino	Gilroy
No high school diploma	2.8%	16.4%
High school graduate	4.7%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	9.5%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	34.1%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	49.0%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cupertino	Gilroy
Drove alone	62.1%	68.7%
Carpooled	4.0%	14.6%
Public transit	1.1%	1.6%
Walked	2.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.6%
Worked from home	28.3%	12.6%
Other means	1.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cupertino	Gilroy
1-unit, detached	56.6%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	13.3%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	7.2%
20 or more units	15.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Cupertino	Gilroy
Poverty rate	4.3%	7.6%
Average household size	2.76	3.43
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1973	1990