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 →

Lodi$2,970/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

7Pittsburg

12Lodi

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

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

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

PittsburgLodi

Snow a year0″0″

January low42°F 40°F

July high88°F 92°F

Growing season (days)346d 301d

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

Outdoors & history

PittsburgLodi

Trails27 mi 3 mi

Conserved land7.4%5.5%

Settled1839 —

National Register places—4

Archive photos18 9

Famous people born here34 36

Community

PittsburgLodi

Library hours a week49 hrs 32 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

34 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

PittsburgCA LodiCA

Pittsburg ↔ Lodi34 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

PittsburgLodi

People

Population 76,257Highest 67,607Lowest

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

Median age 36.6±1.2Highest 3% below CA 36.4±1.2Lowest 4% 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 21.8%±1.4Lowest CA: 22% 24.1%±1.5Highest CA: 22%

Lodi and Pittsburg 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% 16%±1Highest 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+ 23.6%Lowest CA: 37.1% 24.6%Highest CA: 37.1%

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

Cost of living

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

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

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

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

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

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

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 9.4%±1.3Lowest CA: 17.2% 11.8%±1.8Highest 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 8.8%Lowest 22.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 22.3 miHighest 14.8 miLowest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in LodiFew work in Pittsburg

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7.4%Highest 5.5%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 27.4 miHighest 3.2 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.3 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 25Highest 22Lowest

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

Schools

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

School district Mt. Diablo Unified · Pittsburg UnifiedLodi Unified

High school in town Pittsburg Senior HighTokay High

Students per teacherat that high school 21.5Highest 19.9Lowest

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 Lodi

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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