Best PlacesOld Gilroy, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Old Gilroy, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Old Gilroy ranks 13,094th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Old Gilroy
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Old Gilroy's strengths and weaknesses
Where Old Gilroy ranks high
- Household income$174,434 median, better than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 171 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 95% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 95% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
Where Old Gilroy ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,106 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Short commute36.0 minutes each way, better than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Old Gilroy
A household needs to earn about $315,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Old Gilroy home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $174,434, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Old Gilroy's effective rate of 0.68%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Old Gilroy
Old Gilroy runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Old Gilroy.
Who works in Old Gilroy, and how
Work in Old Gilroy centers on manufacturing and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Old Gilroy
The coast is about 30 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Old Gilroy, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Old Gilroy, month by month
Old Gilroy sees roughly 171 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 49° | 41° |
| April | 72° | 57° | 46° |
| July | 87° | 68° | 56° |
| October | 80° | 63° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Old Gilroy
The nearest airport, Monterey Regional, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Norman Y Mineta San Jose International, about 34 miles away.
Old Gilroy measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Old Gilroy against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Old Gilroy
Is Old Gilroy a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Old Gilroy ranks 13,094th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on high incomes, the weather, and clean air, and lowest on childcare costs and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Old Gilroy expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,224,855. The overall cost of living runs about 41% above the national average. Set against a $174,434 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Old Gilroy safe?
Old Gilroy is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $343 per resident a year.
Compare Old Gilroy with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Old Gilroy. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Old Gilroy represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Old Gilroy detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Old Gilroy: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Old Gilroy: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Old Gilroy: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Old Gilroy: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Old Gilroy detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
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