Gilroy vs Palo Alto

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

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

Palo Alto has the higher population (67,231 vs 58,561 in Gilroy). Palo Alto has the higher median household income ($220,408 vs $131,554 in Gilroy). Palo Alto has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $975,800 in Gilroy).

Population, income & housing

	Gilroy	Palo Alto
Population	58,561	67,231
Median age	36.0 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$131,554	$220,408
Median home value	$975,800	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,270	$3,328
Housing units	17,732	29,104
Homeownership rate	62.8%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	82.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilroy	Palo Alto
Population	56,766 → 58,561 (+3.2%)	66,573 → 67,231 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$101,616 → $131,554 (+29.5%)	$158,271 → $220,408 (+39.3%)
Median home value	$663,100 → $975,800 (+47.2%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,881 → $2,270 (+20.7%)	$2,569 → $3,328 (+29.5%)

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

Palo Alto

Population

66,57367,231

Median household income

$158,271$220,408

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,569$3,328

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gilroy	Palo Alto
Under 5	6.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	21.2%	17.1%
18 to 24	10.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	13.4%	15.2%
55 to 64	11.4%	12.9%
65 to 74	7.7%	9.0%
75 and over	4.7%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilroy	Palo Alto
White (non-Hispanic)	24.0%	47.3%
Black or African American	1.9%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	9.7%	36.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.3%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	59.4%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilroy	Palo Alto
No high school diploma	16.4%	3.0%
High school graduate	21.5%	5.1%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	9.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	55.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilroy	Palo Alto
Drove alone	68.7%	46.7%
Carpooled	14.6%	3.9%
Public transit	1.6%	3.1%
Walked	1.5%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.6%	6.9%
Worked from home	12.6%	33.3%
Other means	0.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilroy	Palo Alto
1-unit, detached	70.9%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	12.0%
20 or more units	7.2%	20.3%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Gilroy	Palo Alto
Poverty rate	7.6%	5.4%
Average household size	3.43	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	34	23
Median year structure built	1990	1963