Emeryville vs Piedmont

A side-by-side comparison of Emeryville and Piedmont: population, income, housing, and more.

Emeryville and Piedmont are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Emeryville has the higher population (12,756 vs 11,012 in Piedmont). Piedmont has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $120,302 in Emeryville). Piedmont has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $598,300 in Emeryville).

Population, income & housing

	Emeryville	Piedmont
Population	12,756	11,012
Median age	35.5 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$120,302	$250,001
Median home value	$598,300	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,833	$3,501
Housing units	8,447	3,926
Homeownership rate	30.4%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.9%	86.8%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emeryville	Piedmont
Population	11,899 → 12,756 (+7.2%)	11,317 → 11,012 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$102,725 → $120,302 (+17.1%)	$224,659 → $250,001 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$489,400 → $598,300 (+22.3%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,380 → $2,833 (+19.0%)	$3,229 → $3,501 (+8.4%)

Emeryville

Population

11,89912,756

Median household income

$102,725$120,302

Median home value

$489,400$598,300

Median gross rent

$2,380$2,833

Piedmont

Population

11,31711,012

Median household income

$224,659$250,001

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,229$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emeryville	Piedmont
Under 5	3.2%	6.7%
5 to 17	4.3%	21.5%
18 to 24	7.6%	3.2%
25 to 34	33.4%	5.1%
35 to 44	20.2%	15.1%
45 to 54	9.9%	16.1%
55 to 64	9.3%	9.6%
65 to 74	7.3%	13.2%
75 and over	4.7%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emeryville	Piedmont
White (non-Hispanic)	35.4%	65.8%
Black or African American	17.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	29.6%	22.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.1%
Some other race	2.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.8%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emeryville	Piedmont
No high school diploma	2.2%	1.1%
High school graduate	5.7%	4.3%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	7.8%
Bachelor's degree	40.2%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	34.7%	51.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emeryville	Piedmont
Drove alone	38.1%	44.2%
Carpooled	5.7%	8.2%
Public transit	11.5%	10.0%
Walked	6.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	2.6%	0.3%
Worked from home	34.8%	35.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emeryville	Piedmont
1-unit, detached	6.4%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	71.3%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Emeryville	Piedmont
Poverty rate	9.6%	3.8%
Average household size	1.67	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	1987	1938