Pleasanton | |
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![]() Pleasanton sign on Main Street | |
Motto: The City of Planned Progress | |
![]() Location of Pleasanton within Alameda County, California. | |
Coordinates: 37°39′45″N 121°52′29″W / 37.66250°N 121.87472°W | |
Country | ![]() |
State | ![]() |
County | Alameda |
Incorporated | June 18, 1894[1] |
Government | |
• Type | Council–manager |
• State Senate | Steve Glazer (D)[2] |
• State Assembly | Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D)[3] |
• U.S. Congress | Kevin Mullin (D)[4] |
Area | |
• Total | 24.27 sq mi (62.85 km2) |
• Land | 24.12 sq mi (62.47 km2) |
• Water | 0.15 sq mi (0.38 km2) 0.63% |
Elevation | 351 ft (107 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 79,871 |
• Density | 3,300/sq mi (1,300/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−8 (PST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
ZIP Codes | 94566, 94568, 94588 |
Area code | 925 |
FIPS code | 06-57792 |
GNIS feature IDs | 277578, 2411441 |
Website | www |
Pleasanton is a city in Alameda County, California, incorporated in 1894. It is a suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is about 25 miles (40 km) east of Oakland, and 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Livermore. The population was 79,871 at the 2020 census.[7]
Pleasanton was ranked number 4 in USA Today's list of "America's 50 best cities to live in" in 2014,[8] number 63 in Money's list of "The Best Places to Live" in 2010,[9] and was named one of "Americans' Top Hometown Spots" in the United States in 2009 by Forbes.[10] Pleasanton was named the third richest city in terms of earnings in the United States by NerdWallet in 2013.[11]