THE GILROY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Upper Santa Clara Valley setting.
Gilroy city has 16.6 square miles of land in Santa Clara County. Its Census reference point is in Upper Santa Clara Valley, within Central California Foothills and Coastal Mountains.
Oak woodland, chaparral and grassland occupy foothills and low coastal mountains around the Central Valley. Narrow agricultural valleys interrupt this landscape of dry summers and wetter winters.
Regional context: Central California Foothills and Coastal Mountains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Gilroy and Santa Clara County
Gilroy is associated with Santa Clara County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Gilroy by land and water
The Census records 0.01 square miles of water within Gilroy, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 0.9 percentage points lower than the 1% recorded for Santa Clara County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Gilroy city has 1.4 times the land area of nearby San Martin CDP (11.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

