Orinda vs Pinole

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

Orinda and Pinole 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 18,835 in Pinole). Orinda has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $120,833 in Pinole). Orinda has the higher median home value ($1,804,400 vs $697,100 in Pinole).

Population, income & housing

	Orinda	Pinole
Population	19,472	18,835
Median age	49.1 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$120,833
Median home value	$1,804,400	$697,100
Median gross rent	$2,407	$2,738
Housing units	7,584	7,285
Homeownership rate	92.2%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	85.4%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orinda	Pinole
Population	19,646 → 19,472 (-0.9%)	19,279 → 18,835 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$223,217 → $250,001 (+12.0%)	$100,315 → $120,833 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$1,464,400 → $1,804,400 (+23.2%)	$500,900 → $697,100 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,813 → $2,407 (-14.4%)	$1,835 → $2,738 (+49.2%)

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

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)

	Orinda	Pinole
Under 5	5.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	19.2%	12.6%
18 to 24	4.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	3.7%	13.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	16.2%
45 to 54	16.4%	11.0%
55 to 64	15.1%	14.0%
65 to 74	11.3%	12.6%
75 and over	12.3%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orinda	Pinole
White (non-Hispanic)	67.6%	30.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	11.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	15.5%	24.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	9.6%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	27.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orinda	Pinole
No high school diploma	1.9%	10.2%
High school graduate	3.9%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	8.9%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	39.4%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	46.0%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orinda	Pinole
Drove alone	48.6%	67.7%
Carpooled	3.0%	9.3%
Public transit	10.4%	7.1%
Walked	0.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	35.4%	13.7%
Other means	1.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orinda	Pinole
1-unit, detached	94.9%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	13.0%
2 to 4 units	0.1%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	4.0%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Orinda	Pinole
Poverty rate	2.0%	6.5%
Average household size	2.63	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	36	37
Median year structure built	1961	1971