Piedmont vs Sunol

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

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

Piedmont has the higher population (11,012 vs 931 in Sunol). Piedmont has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $182,250 in Sunol). Piedmont has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,514,900 in Sunol).

Population, income & housing

	Piedmont	Sunol
Population	11,012	931
Median age	43.5 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$182,250
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,514,900
Median gross rent	$3,501	$3,501
Housing units	3,926	347
Homeownership rate	90.0%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	86.8%	48.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Piedmont	Sunol
Population	11,317 → 11,012 (-2.7%)	850 → 931 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$224,659 → $250,001 (+11.3%)	$129,231 → $182,250 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$1,197,000 → $1,514,900 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$3,229 → $3,501 (+8.4%)	$1,606 → $3,501 (+118.0%)

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

Sunol

Population

850931

Median household income

$129,231$182,250

Median home value

$1,197,000$1,514,900

Median gross rent

$1,606$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Piedmont	Sunol
Under 5	6.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	21.5%	14.3%
18 to 24	3.2%	2.6%
25 to 34	5.1%	8.1%
35 to 44	15.1%	14.9%
45 to 54	16.1%	10.8%
55 to 64	9.6%	20.0%
65 to 74	13.2%	16.9%
75 and over	9.3%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Piedmont	Sunol
White (non-Hispanic)	65.8%	66.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	22.6%	9.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	14.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Piedmont	Sunol
No high school diploma	1.1%	4.8%
High school graduate	4.3%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	7.8%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	34.9%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	51.9%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Piedmont	Sunol
Drove alone	44.2%	72.8%
Carpooled	8.2%	5.0%
Public transit	10.0%	0.7%
Walked	1.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	35.1%	20.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Piedmont	Sunol
1-unit, detached	96.7%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Piedmont	Sunol
Poverty rate	3.8%	6.9%
Average household size	2.95	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	31	36
Median year structure built	1938	1961