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Bayview vs Pinole

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: jobs per worker (13.8× in Pinole) and trails (8.5× in Pinole).

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Bayview, CAAn outdoors townCalifornia · 2,751 people
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Pinole, CAOne of the healthiest townsCalifornia · 18,761 people
Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

The biggest differences

Where they part ways

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

★ What stands out · Report cards

Pinole places higher on 10 of 18 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.

Monthly cost

A typical home costs $480 more a month in Pinole

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.

Bayview$3,750/mo
Typical home $655K (Census) · tax rate 0.59% · or rent about $2,784/mo · Housing →
Pinole$4,230/mo
Typical home $715K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.82% · or rent about $2,700/mo · Housing →

The difference: $480 a month, about $5,700 a year, between Pinole and Bayview.

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.

Where they are

Bayview and Pinole share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

BayviewPinoleBayviewPinole
Bayview ↔ Pinole0.4 miles apart · They share a border
Who commutes between them
14 Bayview residents work in Pinole (2% of its workers)
Work & commute in Bayview →
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
BayviewPinole
Snow a year0″0″
January low43°F43°F
July high74°F74°F
Growing season (days)365d365d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)89th95th
Outdoors & history
BayviewPinole
Trails1 mi11 mi
Conserved land32.9%4.8%
Settled—1772
National Register places—2
Archive photos—12
Famous people born here—3
Community
BayviewPinole
Library hours a week—40 hrs
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined00

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.

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.

BayviewPinole
People
Population 2,751Lowest 18,761Highest
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1.6%Lowest CA: +6.1% +3.4%Highest CA: +6.1%
Median age 44.9±10.8Highest 18% above CA 44.7±1.6Lowest 18% above CA
Bayview and Pinole are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 11.7%±5.4Lowest CA: 22% 15.7%±2.4Highest CA: 22%
Pinole and Bayview are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 14.1%±8.1Lowest CA: 15.7% 23.8%±3.1Highest CA: 15.7%
Pinole and Bayview are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 14.7%Lowest CA: 37.1% 38.6%Highest CA: 37.1%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 14.9%±7.4Highest CA: 7.6% 5.7%±1.3Lowest CA: 7.6%
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $162,537±$70kHighest 64% above CA $127,717±$14kLowest 29% above CA
Bayview and Pinole are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $654,900±$23kLowest 11% below CA $718,600±$29kHighest about the CA average
Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,784±$126Highest 37% above CA $2,700±$233Lowest 33% above CA
Bayview and Pinole are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Property taxmedian, yearly $3,832Lowest 25% below CA $5,863Highest 14% above CA
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 29.2%±35.2Lowest CA: 55.3% 76.3%±13.6Highest CA: 55.3%
Pinole and Bayview are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 9%Highest CA: 12% 6.9%Lowest CA: 12%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 66.6%Lowest CA: 55.9% 79.4%Highest CA: 55.9%
Typical home builtmedian year 1965Lowest 11 yrs older than CA 1970Highest 6 yrs older than CA
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 30 minLowest 3% above CA 35 minHighest 22% above CA
Work from home 9%±7Lowest CA: 17.2% 17.1%±4.1Highest CA: 17.2%
Pinole and Bayview are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 0.1%Lowest 4%Highest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.3 miHighest 14.8 miLowest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.04Lowest 0.55Highest
Top workplaceoutside town San Francisco (18%)San Francisco (15%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others 2% work in PinoleFew work in Bayview
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 32.9%Highest 4.8%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 1.3 miLowest 11.0 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 3.3 miHighest 0.9 miLowest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 9Highest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 88.6Highest 38.5Lowest
Schools
School district —West Contra Costa Unified
High school in town —Pinole Valley High
Students per teacherat that high school — 24.8
California average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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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.

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