Moraga vs Pinole

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

Moraga 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 16,790 in Moraga). Moraga has the higher median household income ($199,800 vs $120,833 in Pinole). Moraga has the higher median home value ($1,597,600 vs $697,100 in Pinole).

Population, income & housing

	Moraga	Pinole
Population	16,790	18,835
Median age	41.4 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$199,800	$120,833
Median home value	$1,597,600	$697,100
Median gross rent	$3,119	$2,738
Housing units	5,761	7,285
Homeownership rate	84.3%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	81.0%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moraga	Pinole
Population	17,539 → 16,790 (-4.3%)	19,279 → 18,835 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$140,378 → $199,800 (+42.3%)	$100,315 → $120,833 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$1,140,700 → $1,597,600 (+40.1%)	$500,900 → $697,100 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,128 → $3,119 (+46.6%)	$1,835 → $2,738 (+49.2%)

Moraga

Population

17,53916,790

Median household income

$140,378$199,800

Median home value

$1,140,700$1,597,600

Median gross rent

$2,128$3,119

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)

	Moraga	Pinole
Under 5	5.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	16.5%	12.6%
18 to 24	16.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	4.4%	13.2%
35 to 44	12.6%	16.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	11.2%	12.6%
75 and over	9.6%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moraga	Pinole
White (non-Hispanic)	61.2%	30.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	11.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	21.6%	24.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.5%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	27.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moraga	Pinole
No high school diploma	0.8%	10.2%
High school graduate	4.8%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	13.4%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	42.0%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	39.0%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moraga	Pinole
Drove alone	45.0%	67.7%
Carpooled	5.6%	9.3%
Public transit	6.7%	7.1%
Walked	6.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	35.6%	13.7%
Other means	0.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moraga	Pinole
1-unit, detached	70.8%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	13.6%	13.0%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	4.8%
20 or more units	3.6%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Moraga	Pinole
Poverty rate	8.4%	6.5%
Average household size	2.69	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	31	37
Median year structure built	1972	1971