A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Baldwin Park$4,150/mo

Typical home $711K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.71% · or rent about $1,867/mo · Housing →

Pittsburg$3,300/mo

Typical home $559K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.78% · or rent about $2,264/mo · Housing →

The difference: $860 a month, about $10,300 a year, between Baldwin Park and Pittsburg.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Pittsburg places higher on 12 of 22 CA lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every California ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

CBaldwin ParkSafer than 26% of U.S. towns C−PittsburgSafer than 18% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−Baldwin ParkBetter than 45% of districts in the state BPittsburgBetter than 55% of districts in the state

Health

C+Baldwin ParkHealthier than 39% of U.S. towns B−PittsburgHealthier than 49% of U.S. towns

9Baldwin Park

12Pittsburg

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #744#62 Most trailsOutdoors · 677 towns #632#287 Most conserved landOutdoors · 777 towns #689#311 Best schoolsSchools · 574 towns #311#536 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 422 towns #245#402 Shortest commuteGetting around · 843 towns #478#770 Most new homesHousing · 438 towns #323#177 Lowest obesityHealth · 844 towns #308#502

Left end = #1 in California. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Baldwin Park’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

Baldwin ParkPittsburg

Snow a year0″0″

January low—42°F

July high—88°F

Growing season (days)—346d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)81st 81st

Outdoors & history

Baldwin ParkPittsburg

Trails2 mi 27 mi

Conserved land0.7%7.4%

Settled—1839

Archive photos8 18

Famous people born here14 34

Community

Baldwin ParkPittsburg

Library hours a week40 hrs 49 hrs

Colleges in town—1

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

349 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Baldwin ParkCA PittsburgCA

Baldwin Park ↔ Pittsburg349 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs California average

Baldwin ParkPittsburg

People

Population 70,138Lowest 76,257Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -4.3%Lowest CA: +6.1% +20.8%Highest CA: +6.1%

Median age 38.2±1.4Highest about the CA average 36.6±1.2Lowest 3% below CA

Baldwin Park and Pittsburg are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 21.4%±1.5Lowest CA: 22% 21.8%±1.4Highest CA: 22%

Pittsburg and Baldwin Park are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 15%±1Highest CA: 15.7% 14.2%±1.1Lowest CA: 15.7%

Baldwin Park and Pittsburg are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15.1%Lowest CA: 37.1% 23.6%Highest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.7%±0.8Lowest CA: 7.6% 8.3%±0.9Highest CA: 7.6%

Pittsburg and Baldwin Park are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $80,663±$3kLowest 19% below CA $99,861±$6kHighest about the CA average

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $606,900±$9kHighest 17% below CA $597,900±$13kLowest 19% below CA

Baldwin Park and Pittsburg are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,867±$58Lowest 8% below CA $2,264±$58Highest 11% above CA

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,301Lowest 16% below CA $4,689Highest 8% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 57.3%±5.6Lowest CA: 55.3% 65.9%±6.1Highest CA: 55.3%

Pittsburg and Baldwin Park are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 13.5%Highest CA: 12% 11.2%Lowest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 57.7%Lowest CA: 55.9% 62.3%Highest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1964Lowest 12 yrs older than CA 1983Highest 7 yrs newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minLowest about the CA average 38 minHighest 32% above CA

Work from home 6.6%±1.2Lowest CA: 17.2% 9.4%±1.3Highest CA: 17.2%

Work in townworking residents 7%Lowest 8.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.3 miLowest 22.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.61Highest 0.45Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Los Angeles (13%)Concord (9%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in PittsburgFew work in Baldwin Park

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.7%Lowest 7.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.6 miLowest 27.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 1.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Lowest 25Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 107Highest 74.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #311 of 574 in CA #536 of 574 in CA

School district Baldwin Park UnifiedMt. Diablo Unified · Pittsburg Unified

High school in town Sierra Vista HighPittsburg Senior High

Students per teacherat that high school 20.3Lowest 21.5Highest

California average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Baldwin Park vs Pittsburg

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $860 more a month in Baldwin Park

Pittsburg places higher on 12 of 22 CA lists

What daily life feels like in each

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