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%

Pittsburg$3,300/mo

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

Baldwin Park$4,150/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

12Pittsburg

9Baldwin Park

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

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

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

PittsburgBaldwin Park

Snow a year0″0″

January low42°F —

July high88°F —

Growing season (days)346d —

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

Outdoors & history

PittsburgBaldwin Park

Trails27 mi 2 mi

Conserved land7.4%0.7%

Settled1839 —

Archive photos18 8

Famous people born here34 14

Community

PittsburgBaldwin Park

Library hours a week49 hrs 40 hrs

Colleges in town1 —

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.

PittsburgCA Baldwin ParkCA

Pittsburg ↔ Baldwin Park349 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

PittsburgBaldwin Park

People

Population 76,257Highest 70,138Lowest

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

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

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

Kids under 18 21.8%±1.4Highest CA: 22% 21.4%±1.5Lowest 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+ 14.2%±1.1Lowest CA: 15.7% 15%±1Highest 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+ 23.6%Highest CA: 37.1% 15.1%Lowest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 8.3%±0.9Highest CA: 7.6% 7.7%±0.8Lowest 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 $99,861±$6kHighest about the CA average $80,663±$3kLowest 19% below CA

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $597,900±$13kLowest 19% below CA $606,900±$9kHighest 17% 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 $2,264±$58Highest 11% above CA $1,867±$58Lowest 8% below CA

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

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 65.9%±6.1Highest CA: 55.3% 57.3%±5.6Lowest 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 11.2%Lowest CA: 12% 13.5%Highest CA: 12%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

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

Work in townworking residents 8.8%Highest 7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 22.3 miHighest 12.3 miLowest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Baldwin ParkFew work in Pittsburg

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7.4%Highest 0.7%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 27.4 miHighest 1.6 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.3 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 25Highest 4Lowest

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

Schools

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

School district Mt. Diablo Unified · Pittsburg UnifiedBaldwin Park Unified

High school in town Pittsburg Senior HighSierra Vista High

Students per teacherat that high school 21.5Highest 20.3Lowest

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.

Pittsburg vs Baldwin Park

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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