Pinole is a medium-sized coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of California. With a population of 18,481 people and three associated neighborhoods, Pinole is the 328th largest community in California. Housing costs in Pinole are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Pinole is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pinole is a city of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Pinole who work in management occupations (15.45%), sales jobs (11.65%), and office and administrative support (10.92%). Also of interest is that Pinole has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Pinole telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.74% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Pinole is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. One downside of living in Pinole is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Pinole, the average commute to work is 36.80 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the city, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. In Pinole, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Pinole is a relatively small city. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.The citizens of Pinole are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 38.67% of adults in Pinole have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Pinole in 2022 was $52,589, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $210,356 for a family of four. Pinole is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pinole home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pinole residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Pinole also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.42% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pinole include Irish, German, English, Italian, and European. Foreign born people are also an important part of Pinole's cultural character, accounting for 29.81% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Pinole is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
