Danville vs Pittsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Danville and Pittsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pittsburg has the higher population (75,868 vs 43,426 in Danville). Danville has the higher median household income ($223,206 vs $101,099 in Pittsburg). Danville has the higher median home value ($1,583,300 vs $583,100 in Pittsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Danville	Pittsburg
Population	43,426	75,868
Median age	45.6 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$223,206	$101,099
Median home value	$1,583,300	$583,100
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,201
Housing units	15,909	24,272
Homeownership rate	85.8%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.5%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danville	Pittsburg
Population	44,605 → 43,426 (-2.6%)	71,422 → 75,868 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$160,808 → $223,206 (+38.8%)	$74,459 → $101,099 (+35.8%)
Median home value	$1,091,900 → $1,583,300 (+45.0%)	$386,200 → $583,100 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,489 → $3,501 (+40.7%)	$1,734 → $2,201 (+26.9%)

Danville

Population

44,60543,426

Median household income

$160,808$223,206

Median home value

$1,091,900$1,583,300

Median gross rent

$2,489$3,501

Pittsburg

Population

71,42275,868

Median household income

$74,459$101,099

Median home value

$386,200$583,100

Median gross rent

$1,734$2,201

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Danville	Pittsburg
Under 5	4.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	20.6%	16.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	10.6%
25 to 34	5.7%	16.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.9%
45 to 54	16.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	15.1%	12.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	8.4%
75 and over	8.5%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danville	Pittsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	65.2%	17.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	13.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	19.7%	18.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.1%
Some other race	0.2%	1.1%
Two or more races	5.6%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	43.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danville	Pittsburg
No high school diploma	1.9%	19.9%
High school graduate	6.8%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	43.1%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	29.4%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danville	Pittsburg
Drove alone	54.9%	70.2%
Carpooled	5.3%	12.6%
Public transit	3.3%	6.9%
Walked	2.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	32.6%	7.9%
Other means	0.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danville	Pittsburg
1-unit, detached	76.8%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	15.8%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	5.6%
20 or more units	2.9%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Danville	Pittsburg
Poverty rate	3.6%	11.0%
Average household size	2.77	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	32	38
Median year structure built	1979	1982