Explore Piedmont local geography, civic resources and voter guides, with dated official population and registration facts for Alameda County.
At a glance: Piedmont is an incorporated city in Alameda County. Population: 10,802 (California Department of Finance estimate as of January 1, 2026). Registered voters: 9,103 (California Secretary of State, as of September 4, 2026).
Piedmont is a small hillside municipality surrounded by Oakland. Winding residential streets, mature planting, and steep changes in elevation distinguish it from the larger city's flatter commercial districts below. Piedmont Park and Exedra Plaza form a recognizable civic landscape near Highland Avenue. Dracena Quarry Park provides another distinctive public space, while Crocker Park offers a small landscaped retreat with a Benny Bufano bear sculpture. Piedmont incorporated on January 31, 1907. It is a charter city with council-manager government.
It is a separately incorporated charter city, although Oakland surrounds it.
The city lists access at the end of Artuna Avenue and at 130 Dracena Avenue.
Crocker Park contains the sculpture of a bear and her two cubs.
9,103 (California Secretary of State, as of September 4, 2026).
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