Pittsburg vs Walnut Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Pittsburg and Walnut Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pittsburg has the higher population (75,868 vs 69,790 in Walnut Creek). Walnut Creek has the higher median household income ($135,665 vs $101,099 in Pittsburg). Walnut Creek has the higher median home value ($1,031,100 vs $583,100 in Pittsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Pittsburg	Walnut Creek
Population	75,868	69,790
Median age	35.8 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$101,099	$135,665
Median home value	$583,100	$1,031,100
Median gross rent	$2,201	$2,613
Housing units	24,272	33,618
Homeownership rate	61.0%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	69.4%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pittsburg	Walnut Creek
Population	71,422 → 75,868 (+6.2%)	69,567 → 69,790 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$74,459 → $101,099 (+35.8%)	$105,948 → $135,665 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$386,200 → $583,100 (+51.0%)	$793,100 → $1,031,100 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,734 → $2,201 (+26.9%)	$2,095 → $2,613 (+24.7%)

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

Walnut Creek

Population

69,56769,790

Median household income

$105,948$135,665

Median home value

$793,100$1,031,100

Median gross rent

$2,095$2,613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pittsburg	Walnut Creek
Under 5	6.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.3%	11.1%
18 to 24	10.6%	6.1%
25 to 34	16.1%	14.1%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.5%
65 to 74	8.4%	14.0%
75 and over	5.0%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pittsburg	Walnut Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	17.2%	62.2%
Black or African American	13.8%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	18.4%	16.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	0.3%
Some other race	1.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.3%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	43.9%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pittsburg	Walnut Creek
No high school diploma	19.9%	2.8%
High school graduate	25.7%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	38.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	30.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pittsburg	Walnut Creek
Drove alone	70.2%	49.9%
Carpooled	12.6%	7.7%
Public transit	6.9%	8.9%
Walked	1.2%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.7%
Worked from home	7.9%	28.7%
Other means	1.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pittsburg	Walnut Creek
1-unit, detached	68.4%	38.2%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	14.9%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	12.5%
20 or more units	10.0%	23.8%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Pittsburg	Walnut Creek
Poverty rate	11.0%	5.9%
Average household size	3.20	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	38	33
Median year structure built	1982	1974