City of Pinole

The City of Pinole is primarily a residential community located in the San Francisco Bay Area on the shores of San Pablo Bay in West Contra Costa County. Highway Interstate 80, which traverses Pinole, connects the San Francisco/Oakland metropolitan area with Sacramento and points east. Pinole is linked to central Contra Costa County which includes the cities of Martinez, Concord, and Pleasant Hill by State Route 4 which begins just north of Pinole and connects with Interstate 680. There are approximately four square miles of land included in Pinole’s boundary. The City’s population at January 1, 2021 was 19,369, according to the California Department of Finance.

The City is a full-service city that provides public safety (police and fire), public works, community services (including recreation programs and Pinole community television), community development, and general administration services.

Pinole presents a superb quality of life and offers the feel of a small-town community. Pinole has a daytime population of more than 15,000. The City has a historic and quaint downtown with many turn of the century buildings. With a mild climate of an average low temperature of mid-40's in the winter to mid-80's in the summer, Pinole is the perfect place to live, work, shop and visit.