Discovery Bay vs Pinole

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

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

Pinole has the higher population (18,835 vs 15,243 in Discovery Bay). Discovery Bay has the higher median household income ($154,792 vs $120,833 in Pinole). Discovery Bay has the higher median home value ($789,400 vs $697,100 in Pinole).

Population, income & housing

	Discovery Bay	Pinole
Population	15,243	18,835
Median age	44.4 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$154,792	$120,833
Median home value	$789,400	$697,100
Median gross rent	$2,897	$2,738
Housing units	6,101	7,285
Homeownership rate	88.7%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Discovery Bay	Pinole
Population	16,159 → 15,243 (-5.7%)	19,279 → 18,835 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$130,547 → $154,792 (+18.6%)	$100,315 → $120,833 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$615,900 → $789,400 (+28.2%)	$500,900 → $697,100 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,541 → $2,897 (+14.0%)	$1,835 → $2,738 (+49.2%)

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

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)

	Discovery Bay	Pinole
Under 5	5.3%	4.4%
5 to 17	17.8%	12.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.8%	13.2%
35 to 44	10.2%	16.2%
45 to 54	14.4%	11.0%
55 to 64	15.5%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.8%	12.6%
75 and over	8.5%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Discovery Bay	Pinole
White (non-Hispanic)	61.8%	30.1%
Black or African American	5.7%	11.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.1%	24.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	2.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.3%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	18.1%	27.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Discovery Bay	Pinole
No high school diploma	5.5%	10.2%
High school graduate	21.0%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Discovery Bay	Pinole
Drove alone	66.9%	67.7%
Carpooled	10.6%	9.3%
Public transit	0.3%	7.1%
Walked	0.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.4%
Worked from home	18.9%	13.7%
Other means	2.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Discovery Bay	Pinole
1-unit, detached	92.0%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	13.0%
2 to 4 units	0.1%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	1.1%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Discovery Bay	Pinole
Poverty rate	6.0%	6.5%
Average household size	2.77	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	42	37
Median year structure built	1995	1971