The appellation “Guiguinto” literally translates to “Gold” (ginto for Tagalog, gintu for Kapampangan) for the early conquistadores came and saw this town on a harvest season when it lushes in golden rice stalks against the sun.

Guiguinto is bounded on the east by the town of Balagtas, on the west by Malolos City, on the north by Plaridel, and on the south by Bulacan.

Poverty incidence of Guiguinto Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] A quarter of its 2,512 hectares (6,210 acres) was converted into nurseries giving livelihood to 500 families of gardeners and landscapers.

[18] San Miguel Corporation is developing a new community called AcroCity (formerly T12 Polo Land Industrial Estates) in Barangay Tabang.

[19] In 2024, Development Bank of the Philippines under its DBP SHIELD program, granted a PHP1.6-billion loan for the construction of 10-story Luzon Alliance Medical Center, Inc. (LAMCI).

Guiguinto's biggest private hospital was founded by President Dr. Oscar Evangelista, Chairman Dr. Roberto De Leon, and Dra.

Maria Socorro Caldevida with Ospital ng Guiguinto administrator, Dr. Paul Ruel C. Camiña, medical director.

It is considered that grand Street Dancing Festival, the participation of dancers from the schools and villages of Guiguinto and be in different towns of Bulacan.

Besides the celebration for the feast of San Ildefonso was also a means to further pitting and display capabilities and "galing" of Guiguinteño in various fields of horticulture as landscaping, propagation seedling, plant growing, flower cutting, arranging and interior decorating.