Pittsburg vs San Ramon

A side-by-side comparison of Pittsburg and San Ramon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

San Ramon has the higher population (85,734 vs 75,868 in Pittsburg). San Ramon has the higher median household income ($197,358 vs $101,099 in Pittsburg). San Ramon has the higher median home value ($1,359,100 vs $583,100 in Pittsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Pittsburg	San Ramon
Population	75,868	85,734
Median age	35.8 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$101,099	$197,358
Median home value	$583,100	$1,359,100
Median gross rent	$2,201	$2,916
Housing units	24,272	30,396
Homeownership rate	61.0%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	71.2%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pittsburg	San Ramon
Population	71,422 → 75,868 (+6.2%)	75,648 → 85,734 (+13.3%)
Median household income	$74,459 → $101,099 (+35.8%)	$160,783 → $197,358 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$386,200 → $583,100 (+51.0%)	$958,800 → $1,359,100 (+41.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,734 → $2,201 (+26.9%)	$2,391 → $2,916 (+22.0%)

Pittsburg

Population

71,42275,868

Median household income

$74,459$101,099

Median home value

$386,200$583,100

Median gross rent

$1,734$2,201

San Ramon

Population

75,64885,734

Median household income

$160,783$197,358

Median home value

$958,800$1,359,100

Median gross rent

$2,391$2,916

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pittsburg	San Ramon
Under 5	6.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.3%	21.8%
18 to 24	10.6%	6.6%
25 to 34	16.1%	8.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	15.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	19.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	12.3%
65 to 74	8.4%	6.4%
75 and over	5.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pittsburg	San Ramon
White (non-Hispanic)	17.2%	34.2%
Black or African American	13.8%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	18.4%	49.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	0.2%
Some other race	1.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.3%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	43.9%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pittsburg	San Ramon
No high school diploma	19.9%	3.0%
High school graduate	25.7%	8.4%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	39.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	32.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pittsburg	San Ramon
Drove alone	70.2%	55.3%
Carpooled	12.6%	4.6%
Public transit	6.9%	3.9%
Walked	1.2%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.9%	32.4%
Other means	1.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pittsburg	San Ramon
1-unit, detached	68.4%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	12.8%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	9.3%
20 or more units	10.0%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Pittsburg	San Ramon
Poverty rate	11.0%	4.1%
Average household size	3.20	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	38	35
Median year structure built	1982	1993