Gilroy vs Mountain View

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

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

Mountain View has the higher population (82,363 vs 58,561 in Gilroy). Mountain View has the higher median household income ($179,917 vs $131,554 in Gilroy). Mountain View has the higher median home value ($1,927,400 vs $975,800 in Gilroy).

Population, income & housing

	Gilroy	Mountain View
Population	58,561	82,363
Median age	36.0 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$131,554	$179,917
Median home value	$975,800	$1,927,400
Median gross rent	$2,270	$2,975
Housing units	17,732	38,770
Homeownership rate	62.8%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	74.3%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilroy	Mountain View
Population	56,766 → 58,561 (+3.2%)	81,656 → 82,363 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$101,616 → $131,554 (+29.5%)	$139,720 → $179,917 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$663,100 → $975,800 (+47.2%)	$1,413,500 → $1,927,400 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,881 → $2,270 (+20.7%)	$2,456 → $2,975 (+21.1%)

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

Mountain View

Population

81,65682,363

Median household income

$139,720$179,917

Median home value

$1,413,500$1,927,400

Median gross rent

$2,456$2,975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gilroy	Mountain View
Under 5	6.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	21.2%	14.3%
18 to 24	10.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	22.4%
35 to 44	13.6%	17.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.4%	10.1%
65 to 74	7.7%	6.6%
75 and over	4.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilroy	Mountain View
White (non-Hispanic)	24.0%	39.3%
Black or African American	1.9%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	9.7%	34.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.3%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	59.4%	18.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilroy	Mountain View
No high school diploma	16.4%	5.3%
High school graduate	21.5%	8.1%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	12.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	44.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilroy	Mountain View
Drove alone	68.7%	52.8%
Carpooled	14.6%	5.7%
Public transit	1.6%	4.1%
Walked	1.5%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	4.9%
Worked from home	12.6%	27.9%
Other means	0.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilroy	Mountain View
1-unit, detached	70.9%	27.1%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	13.9%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	16.8%
20 or more units	7.2%	31.8%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Gilroy	Mountain View
Poverty rate	7.6%	5.5%
Average household size	3.43	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	34	24
Median year structure built	1990	1974