† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupGilroyCaliforniaUnited States
Mexican46.9%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran1.9%2.0%0.7%
Colombian1.4%0.3%0.4%
Spaniard1.2%0.3%—
Puerto Rican0.9%0.6%1.8%
Guatemalan0.9%1.3%0.5%
Spanish0.9%0.3%—
Nicaraguan0.7%0.3%—
German6.2%6.8%12.5%
English5.7%6.3%9.5%
Irish5.1%5.9%9.4%
Italian3.8%3.4%4.8%
American1.9%2.8%5.3%
French1.4%1.3%1.6%
Portuguese1.3%——
Iranian1.3%——
Chinese2.7%3.9%1.3%
Asian Indian2.5%2.3%1.4%
Vietnamese1.7%1.7%0.6%
Filipino1.0%3.3%0.9%
Korean0.4%1.2%0.4%
Japanese0.3%0.6%0.2%
Taiwanese0.3%0.3%—
African American†1.4%4.4%9.9%
African0.2%0.3%0.5%
Ethiopian0.2%——
Aztec4.8%0.3%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Gilroy
California
United States
Median age
37
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
9.7%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.0%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Gilroy
California
United States
Median household income
$133,107
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
6.7%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
29.3%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Gilroy
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
45.9%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
36.6%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
3.8%
3.4%
2.0%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
1.4%
2.1%
0.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.2%
2.0%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Gilroy
California
United States
Catholic
—
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
55.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Gilroy, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+23.2%
2008
+35.7%
2012
+34.2%
2016
+37.1%
2020
+37.5%
2024
+26.6%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
61.8%Harris14,625
35.1%Trump8,321
3.1%
D+26.6
R+10.8
D+28.1
23,676
D
67.6%Biden17,035
30.2%Trump7,601
2.2%
D+37.5
D+0.4
D+33.0
25,187
D
65.5%Clinton12,287
28.4%Trump5,333
6.1%
D+37.1
D+2.9
D+35.0
18,765
D
65.7%Obama10,721
31.5%Romney5,136
2.9%
D+34.2
R+1.5
D+30.3
16,329
D
67.6%Obama10,480
31.9%McCain4,942
0.5%
D+35.7
D+12.5
D+28.5
15,493
D
60.6%Kerry8,860
37.4%Bush5,468
1.9%
D+23.2
—
D+25.7
14,612
Gilroy sits at the demographic transition zone between the Bay Area's dense suburbs and the agricultural Central Valley, with a majority-Hispanic population that has shifted local electoral patterns noticeably over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 37.5 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 10.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 26.6 points.
A population of 59,004, a 24% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $133,107 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of La Presa and Lemon Grove.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Gilroy, California voted Democratic by 26.6 points (D+26.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 23,676 votes cast, 14,625 went Democratic and 8,321 went Republican.
How many people live in Gilroy, California?
Gilroy, California has a population of 59,004 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Gilroy, California?
Median household income in Gilroy, California is $133,107 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Gilroy, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Gilroy, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
