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.

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.

One of the nice things about Pinole is that it is nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

In Pinole, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 36.80 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.

Despite being a small city, Pinole has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.

The education level of Pinole citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 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.

Pinole also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 29.81%.

The most common language spoken in Pinole is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.