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Piedmont is a big small town of 10,945 people in Alameda County, California. It's about 20 miles from Vallejo, CA and 43 miles from San Jose, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 72°F and winter highs 59°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $2.0M and rent runs about $4k a month.
10,945people
$2.0MTypical home
$3,501/moRent
72° / 59°Summer / winter
0"Snow
270Sunny days
63Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 10,945
- Part of a metro area
- About 6,438 people per sq mi
- 43 mi to San Jose, CA
- 20 mi to Vallejo, CA
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $2.0M (≈$13k/mo)
- Median rent $3,501/mo
- Median household income $250k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 72°F
- Winter highs around 59°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 52°F)
- 270 sunny days a year (95 totally clear)
- 95 cloudy days a year
- 34 of 90 winter days are gray
- 63 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (167 per 100k)
- About average property crime (2,111 per 100k)
People
- Median age 44
- 47% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 87% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 34 min
- 10% walk or take transit to work
- 7 mi to OAK airport
- 7 mi to OAK (major hub)
- 4 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 94% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1938
- 98% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 279 ft
- 4 mi to the ocean
- 126 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- 123 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 75 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 4,719 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 622 bars within 25 mi
- 1,678 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 61 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 164 museums within 25 mi
- 60 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the top 48% of California districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 2 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- Dog park in town
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 2 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Alameda County: D+54 in 2024
- California: D+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- High drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk