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%

Lodi$2,970/mo

Typical home $512K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.67% · or rent about $1,680/mo · Housing →

Pittsburg$3,300/mo

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

The difference: $330 a month, about $3,900 a year, between Pittsburg and Lodi.

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

Lodi 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

–LodiNot graded C−PittsburgSafer than 18% of U.S. towns

Schools

C+LodiBetter than 40% of districts in the state BPittsburgBetter than 55% of districts in the state

Health

B−LodiHealthier than 51% of U.S. towns B−PittsburgHealthier than 49% of U.S. towns

12Lodi

7Pittsburg

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

Shortest commuteGetting around · 843 towns #221#770 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 422 towns #171#402 Most trailsOutdoors · 677 towns #635#287 Best schoolsSchools · 574 towns #288#536 Lowest depressionHealth · 844 towns #420#99 Cheapest rentCost of living · 830 towns #294#570 Most walkableOutdoors · 841 towns #135#394 Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #310#62

Left end = #1 in California. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Lodi’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

LodiPittsburg

Snow a year0″0″

January low40°F 42°F

July high92°F 88°F

Growing season (days)301d 346d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)77th 81st

Outdoors & history

LodiPittsburg

Trails3 mi 27 mi

Conserved land5.5%7.4%

Settled—1839

National Register places4 —

Archive photos9 18

Famous people born here36 34

Community

LodiPittsburg

Library hours a week32 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

34 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

LodiCA PittsburgCA

Lodi ↔ Pittsburg34 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

LodiPittsburg

People

Population 67,607Lowest 76,257Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +6.8%Lowest CA: +6.1% +20.8%Highest CA: +6.1%

Median age 36.4±1.2Lowest 4% below CA 36.6±1.2Highest 3% below CA

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

Kids under 18 24.1%±1.5Highest CA: 22% 21.8%±1.4Lowest CA: 22%

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

Age 65+ 16%±1Highest CA: 15.7% 14.2%±1.1Lowest CA: 15.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 24.6%Highest CA: 37.1% 23.6%Lowest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.6%±0.8Lowest CA: 7.6% 8.3%±0.9Highest CA: 7.6%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $88,530±$5kLowest 11% below CA $99,861±$6kHighest about the CA average

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $492,500±$10kLowest 33% below CA $597,900±$13kHighest 19% below CA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,680±$66Lowest 17% below CA $2,264±$58Highest 11% above CA

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,314Lowest 35% below CA $4,689Highest 8% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 54.3%±3.8Lowest CA: 55.3% 65.9%±6.1Highest CA: 55.3%

Below poverty line 12.4%Highest CA: 12% 11.2%Lowest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 56.8%Lowest CA: 55.9% 62.3%Highest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1976Lowest same as CA 1983Highest 7 yrs newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minLowest 16% below CA 38 minHighest 32% above CA

Work from home 11.8%±1.8Highest CA: 17.2% 9.4%±1.3Lowest CA: 17.2%

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

Work in townworking residents 22.5%Highest 8.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 14.8 miLowest 22.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.92Highest 0.45Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Stockton (18%)Concord (9%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in PittsburgFew work in Lodi

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 5.5%Lowest 7.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 3.2 miLowest 27.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 1.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 22Lowest 25Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 121Highest 74.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #288 of 574 in CA #536 of 574 in CA

School district Lodi UnifiedMt. Diablo Unified · Pittsburg Unified

High school in town Tokay HighPittsburg Senior High

Students per teacherat that high school 19.9Lowest 21.5Highest

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

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Lodi vs Pittsburg

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $330 more a month in Pittsburg

Lodi places higher on 12 of 22 CA lists

What daily life feels like in each

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