Discovery Bay vs Orinda

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

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

Orinda has the higher population (19,472 vs 15,243 in Discovery Bay). Orinda has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $154,792 in Discovery Bay). Orinda has the higher median home value ($1,804,400 vs $789,400 in Discovery Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Discovery Bay	Orinda
Population	15,243	19,472
Median age	44.4 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$154,792	$250,001
Median home value	$789,400	$1,804,400
Median gross rent	$2,897	$2,407
Housing units	6,101	7,584
Homeownership rate	88.7%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	85.4%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Discovery Bay	Orinda
Population	16,159 → 15,243 (-5.7%)	19,646 → 19,472 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$130,547 → $154,792 (+18.6%)	$223,217 → $250,001 (+12.0%)
Median home value	$615,900 → $789,400 (+28.2%)	$1,464,400 → $1,804,400 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,541 → $2,897 (+14.0%)	$2,813 → $2,407 (-14.4%)

Discovery Bay

Population

16,15915,243

Median household income

$130,547$154,792

Median home value

$615,900$789,400

Median gross rent

$2,541$2,897

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)

	Discovery Bay	Orinda
Under 5	5.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.8%	19.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.5%
25 to 34	10.8%	3.7%
35 to 44	10.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	14.4%	16.4%
55 to 64	15.5%	15.1%
65 to 74	10.8%	11.3%
75 and over	8.5%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Discovery Bay	Orinda
White (non-Hispanic)	61.8%	67.6%
Black or African American	5.7%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	5.1%	15.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	2.9%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.3%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	18.1%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Discovery Bay	Orinda
No high school diploma	5.5%	1.9%
High school graduate	21.0%	3.9%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	8.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	39.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	46.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Discovery Bay	Orinda
Drove alone	66.9%	48.6%
Carpooled	10.6%	3.0%
Public transit	0.3%	10.4%
Walked	0.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	18.9%	35.4%
Other means	2.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Discovery Bay	Orinda
1-unit, detached	92.0%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.1%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Discovery Bay	Orinda
Poverty rate	6.0%	2.0%
Average household size	2.77	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	42	36
Median year structure built	1995	1961