Lafayette vs Pinole

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

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

Lafayette has the higher population (25,277 vs 18,835 in Pinole). Lafayette has the higher median household income ($222,393 vs $120,833 in Pinole). Lafayette has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $697,100 in Pinole).

Population, income & housing

	Lafayette	Pinole
Population	25,277	18,835
Median age	45.0 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$222,393	$120,833
Median home value	$2,000,001	$697,100
Median gross rent	$2,855	$2,738
Housing units	9,715	7,285
Homeownership rate	77.3%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.0%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lafayette	Pinole
Population	26,305 → 25,277 (-3.9%)	19,279 → 18,835 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$178,889 → $222,393 (+24.3%)	$100,315 → $120,833 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$1,428,900 → $2,000,001 (+40.0%)	$500,900 → $697,100 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,222 → $2,855 (+28.5%)	$1,835 → $2,738 (+49.2%)

Lafayette

Population

26,30525,277

Median household income

$178,889$222,393

Median home value

$1,428,900$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,222$2,855

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)

	Lafayette	Pinole
Under 5	4.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	21.3%	12.6%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	6.9%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	16.2%
45 to 54	16.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.1%	12.6%
75 and over	9.9%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lafayette	Pinole
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	30.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	11.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	9.1%	24.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.5%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	27.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lafayette	Pinole
No high school diploma	0.9%	10.2%
High school graduate	5.2%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	17.0%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	39.0%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	38.0%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lafayette	Pinole
Drove alone	42.8%	67.7%
Carpooled	2.6%	9.3%
Public transit	10.4%	7.1%
Walked	2.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.4%
Worked from home	40.6%	13.7%
Other means	0.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lafayette	Pinole
1-unit, detached	75.7%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	13.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	4.8%
20 or more units	7.6%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lafayette	Pinole
Poverty rate	3.9%	6.5%
Average household size	2.73	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	29	37
Median year structure built	1960	1971