Photo: Sanfranman59 · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Gilroy, CA: what to set up and who to call
The City of Gilroy water system reported one health-based violation to EPA in the last five years: nitrate, beginning Jun 2022. Gilroy has its own train station.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Gilroy, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Gilroy.
Power comes from PG&E
PG&E (Pacific Gas & Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Gilroy. Its homes paid an average of 37.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $174 a month (its average across California, for customers on its standard service). California lets you buy power from another supplier; 66% of PG&E’s home customers do, and PG&E still delivers it.
Start or move service: pgecorp.com
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from City of Gilroy water system
The City of Gilroy water system supplies Gilroy: about 50% of residents live in its service area. About 50% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 59,203 people in all.
1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: nitrate, beginning Jun 2022. 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people had none.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 66% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. CA4310004.
8 home internet providers serve Gilroy
97% of 14,611 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 35% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hankins Information Technology | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 100% | 100/20 |
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 97% | 1,000/35 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 35% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Razzolink | Fixed wireless | 100% | 500/250 |
| Etheric Networks | Fixed wireless | 87% | 250/100 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 24% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Gilroy
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Gilroy, from the town’s own site.
San Martin Transfer Station
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Accepted at the curb
- Paper
- Bottles and cans
- Aluminum and bimetal cans
- Foil (clean)
- Glass bottles and jars
- Plastics #1 through #7
- Cereal-type boxes, gift boxes, toilet paper/paper towel rolls
- Magazines, catalogs, phone books
- Junk mail, sticky notes, file folders, shoe boxes
Martin's Recycling
6310 Automall Parkway Gilroy, CA 95020
Martin Recycling Inc
6310 Automall Parkway Gilroy, CA 95020
Metech International LLC
6200 Engel Way Gilroy, CA 95020
From cityofgilroy.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Gilroy is in Gilroy Unified School District.
BSchool gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jul 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Gilroy is in ZIP code 95020
ZIP codes where Gilroy residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Gilroy | ZIP’s residents in Gilroy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 95020 | Gilroy, CA | 100% | 87% |
95021 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Gilroy
Who supplies Gilroy’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of Gilroy water system (EPA ID CA4310004). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: nitrate. 90% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.0 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Gilroy?
PG&E (Pacific Gas & Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 37.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Gilroy?
Hankins Information Technology, Spectrum, Frontier, Razzolink, Etheric Networks, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Gilroy?
95020. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Gilroy in?
Gilroy Unified School District.
How do I register to vote in Gilroy?
In California you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Santa Clara Registrar of Voters. Check your registration at voterstatus.sos.ca.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: Gilroy’s own website (cityofgilroy.org), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.