Bay Point vs Orinda

A side-by-side comparison of Bay Point and Orinda: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bay Point has the higher population (24,065 vs 19,472 in Orinda). Orinda has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $80,684 in Bay Point). Orinda has the higher median home value ($1,804,400 vs $479,100 in Bay Point).

Population, income & housing

	Bay Point	Orinda
Population	24,065	19,472
Median age	32.7 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$80,684	$250,001
Median home value	$479,100	$1,804,400
Median gross rent	$1,946	$2,407
Housing units	6,901	7,584
Homeownership rate	57.2%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	85.4%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay Point	Orinda
Population	25,808 → 24,065 (-6.8%)	19,646 → 19,472 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$65,098 → $80,684 (+23.9%)	$223,217 → $250,001 (+12.0%)
Median home value	$302,900 → $479,100 (+58.2%)	$1,464,400 → $1,804,400 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,486 → $1,946 (+31.0%)	$2,813 → $2,407 (-14.4%)

Bay Point

Population

25,80824,065

Median household income

$65,098$80,684

Median home value

$302,900$479,100

Median gross rent

$1,486$1,946

Orinda

Population

19,64619,472

Median household income

$223,217$250,001

Median home value

$1,464,400$1,804,400

Median gross rent

$2,813$2,407

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay Point	Orinda
Under 5	8.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.7%	19.2%
18 to 24	11.4%	4.5%
25 to 34	14.6%	3.7%
35 to 44	15.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	16.4%
55 to 64	9.5%	15.1%
65 to 74	6.1%	11.3%
75 and over	4.1%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay Point	Orinda
White (non-Hispanic)	12.0%	67.6%
Black or African American	8.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	11.9%	15.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.0%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	62.7%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay Point	Orinda
No high school diploma	27.5%	1.9%
High school graduate	32.1%	3.9%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	8.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	39.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	46.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay Point	Orinda
Drove alone	70.2%	48.6%
Carpooled	19.1%	3.0%
Public transit	5.3%	10.4%
Walked	0.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.4%	35.4%
Other means	0.8%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay Point	Orinda
1-unit, detached	69.4%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bay Point	Orinda
Poverty rate	13.3%	2.0%
Average household size	3.55	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	37	36
Median year structure built	1981	1961