Gilroy vs Morgan Hill

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

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

Gilroy has the higher population (58,561 vs 45,152 in Morgan Hill). Morgan Hill has the higher median household income ($159,758 vs $131,554 in Gilroy). Morgan Hill has the higher median home value ($1,127,600 vs $975,800 in Gilroy).

Population, income & housing

	Gilroy	Morgan Hill
Population	58,561	45,152
Median age	36.0 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$131,554	$159,758
Median home value	$975,800	$1,127,600
Median gross rent	$2,270	$2,275
Housing units	17,732	15,025
Homeownership rate	62.8%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	44.0%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilroy	Morgan Hill
Population	56,766 → 58,561 (+3.2%)	44,686 → 45,152 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$101,616 → $131,554 (+29.5%)	$124,419 → $159,758 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$663,100 → $975,800 (+47.2%)	$855,100 → $1,127,600 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,881 → $2,270 (+20.7%)	$1,763 → $2,275 (+29.0%)

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

Morgan Hill

Population

44,68645,152

Median household income

$124,419$159,758

Median home value

$855,100$1,127,600

Median gross rent

$1,763$2,275

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gilroy	Morgan Hill
Under 5	6.3%	7.7%
5 to 17	21.2%	18.7%
18 to 24	10.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.4%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	11.4%	13.3%
65 to 74	7.7%	8.6%
75 and over	4.7%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilroy	Morgan Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	24.0%	39.0%
Black or African American	1.9%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	9.7%	16.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	59.4%	36.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilroy	Morgan Hill
No high school diploma	16.4%	8.9%
High school graduate	21.5%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilroy	Morgan Hill
Drove alone	68.7%	66.1%
Carpooled	14.6%	10.6%
Public transit	1.6%	1.7%
Walked	1.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.7%
Worked from home	12.6%	18.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilroy	Morgan Hill
1-unit, detached	70.9%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	17.7%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	7.8%
20 or more units	7.2%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Gilroy	Morgan Hill
Poverty rate	7.6%	3.9%
Average household size	3.43	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	34	35
Median year structure built	1990	1989