Gilroy vs Milpitas

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

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

Milpitas has the higher population (78,216 vs 58,561 in Gilroy). Milpitas has the higher median household income ($176,822 vs $131,554 in Gilroy). Milpitas has the higher median home value ($1,180,000 vs $975,800 in Gilroy).

Population, income & housing

	Gilroy	Milpitas
Population	58,561	78,216
Median age	36.0 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$131,554	$176,822
Median home value	$975,800	$1,180,000
Median gross rent	$2,270	$3,112
Housing units	17,732	25,763
Homeownership rate	62.8%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	58.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilroy	Milpitas
Population	56,766 → 58,561 (+3.2%)	79,517 → 78,216 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$101,616 → $131,554 (+29.5%)	$132,320 → $176,822 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$663,100 → $975,800 (+47.2%)	$858,600 → $1,180,000 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,881 → $2,270 (+20.7%)	$2,428 → $3,112 (+28.2%)

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

Milpitas

Population

79,51778,216

Median household income

$132,320$176,822

Median home value

$858,600$1,180,000

Median gross rent

$2,428$3,112

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gilroy	Milpitas
Under 5	6.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	21.2%	14.6%
18 to 24	10.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.6%	19.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	16.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.4%	12.0%
65 to 74	7.7%	7.8%
75 and over	4.7%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilroy	Milpitas
White (non-Hispanic)	24.0%	9.6%
Black or African American	1.9%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	9.7%	71.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	59.4%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilroy	Milpitas
No high school diploma	16.4%	10.4%
High school graduate	21.5%	13.3%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	25.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilroy	Milpitas
Drove alone	68.7%	62.4%
Carpooled	14.6%	10.1%
Public transit	1.6%	2.4%
Walked	1.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.6%	22.5%
Other means	0.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilroy	Milpitas
1-unit, detached	70.9%	46.0%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	19.7%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	6.9%
20 or more units	7.2%	19.5%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Gilroy	Milpitas
Poverty rate	7.6%	5.4%
Average household size	3.43	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	34	26
Median year structure built	1990	1987