† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupPinoleCaliforniaUnited States
German6.5%6.8%12.5%
English6.5%6.3%9.5%
Irish5.9%5.9%9.4%
Italian3.8%3.4%4.8%
American1.8%2.8%5.3%
French1.2%1.3%1.6%
Scottish1.2%0.9%1.3%
Polish1.1%0.9%2.2%
Mexican18.8%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran2.7%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan1.1%1.3%0.5%
Nicaraguan0.9%0.3%—
Peruvian0.8%——
Puerto Rican0.7%0.6%1.8%
Spaniard0.7%0.3%—
Spanish0.6%0.3%—
Filipino7.4%3.3%0.9%
Chinese6.5%3.9%1.3%
Asian Indian5.6%2.3%1.4%
Korean1.3%1.2%0.4%
Vietnamese1.2%1.7%0.6%
Japanese0.9%0.6%0.2%
Pakistani0.6%——
Afghan0.6%——
African American†8.3%4.4%9.9%
African0.5%0.3%0.5%
Nigerian0.4%—0.2%
Aztec3.2%0.3%—
Maya2.1%——
Samoan2.1%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Pinole
California
United States
Median age
44.7
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
7.4%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
23.9%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Pinole
California
United States
Median household income
$127,717
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
6.9%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
38.6%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Pinole
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
41.2%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
15.9%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
4.6%
3.4%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
4.7%
3.5%
1.1%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
7.2%
2.1%
0.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Pinole
California
United States
Catholic
—
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
55.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Pinole, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+36.1%
2008
+47.6%
2012
+50.5%
2016
+54.8%
2020
+53.6%
2024
+44.6%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
70.6%Harris6,366
26.0%Trump2,347
3.4%
D+44.6
R+9.1
D+46.0
9,021
D
75.9%Biden7,852
22.3%Trump2,306
1.8%
D+53.6
R+1.1
D+49.2
10,341
D
75.2%Clinton6,331
20.4%Trump1,717
4.5%
D+54.8
D+4.3
D+52.7
8,424
D
73.9%Obama6,044
23.4%Romney1,914
2.7%
D+50.5
D+2.9
D+46.6
8,178
D
73.7%Obama6,187
26.1%McCain2,191
0.2%
D+47.6
D+11.5
D+40.3
8,395
D
67.6%Kerry5,202
31.5%Bush2,427
0.9%
D+36.1
—
D+38.5
7,697
Pinole sits on the eastern edge of Contra Costa County, where its working-class waterfront neighborhoods and proximity to Richmond shape an electorate that consistently mirrors broader Bay Area demographic trends at compressed scale.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 54.8 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 9.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 44.6 points.
A population of 18,761, a 30% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $127,717 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fairview and Hercules.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Pinole, California voted Democratic by 44.6 points (D+44.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 9,021 votes cast, 6,366 went Democratic and 2,347 went Republican.
How many people live in Pinole, California?
Pinole, California has a population of 18,761 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pinole, California?
Median household income in Pinole, California is $127,717 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Pinole, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Pinole, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
