Bay Point vs Pinole

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

Bay Point and Pinole 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 18,835 in Pinole). Pinole has the higher median household income ($120,833 vs $80,684 in Bay Point). Pinole has the higher median home value ($697,100 vs $479,100 in Bay Point).

Population, income & housing

	Bay Point	Pinole
Population	24,065	18,835
Median age	32.7 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$80,684	$120,833
Median home value	$479,100	$697,100
Median gross rent	$1,946	$2,738
Housing units	6,901	7,285
Homeownership rate	57.2%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay Point	Pinole
Population	25,808 → 24,065 (-6.8%)	19,279 → 18,835 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$65,098 → $80,684 (+23.9%)	$100,315 → $120,833 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$302,900 → $479,100 (+58.2%)	$500,900 → $697,100 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,486 → $1,946 (+31.0%)	$1,835 → $2,738 (+49.2%)

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

Pinole

Population

19,27918,835

Median household income

$100,315$120,833

Median home value

$500,900$697,100

Median gross rent

$1,835$2,738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay Point	Pinole
Under 5	8.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	18.7%	12.6%
18 to 24	11.4%	6.3%
25 to 34	14.6%	13.2%
35 to 44	15.7%	16.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	9.5%	14.0%
65 to 74	6.1%	12.6%
75 and over	4.1%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay Point	Pinole
White (non-Hispanic)	12.0%	30.1%
Black or African American	8.5%	11.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	11.9%	24.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.0%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	62.7%	27.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay Point	Pinole
No high school diploma	27.5%	10.2%
High school graduate	32.1%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay Point	Pinole
Drove alone	70.2%	67.7%
Carpooled	19.1%	9.3%
Public transit	5.3%	7.1%
Walked	0.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	4.4%	13.7%
Other means	0.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay Point	Pinole
1-unit, detached	69.4%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	13.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	4.8%
20 or more units	2.6%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bay Point	Pinole
Poverty rate	13.3%	6.5%
Average household size	3.55	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	37	37
Median year structure built	1981	1971