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Petaluma, CA

59,321 Population
14.4 square miles 4,115.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$59,036 ±$2,531 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area: $54,941 ±$1,049
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$109,823 ±$5,265 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area: $102,840 ±$2,032
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

6.2% ±1.4% (3,619  ±821) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area: 8.6% 41,044 (±0.5% / ±2,383)
  • about half the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

30.4 minutes ±0.8 (736,310  ±36,363) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area: 25.3 5,187,895 (±0.4 / ±110,232)
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

24,155 ±570 Number of households
  • the Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area: 190,498 ±860
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
2.4 ±0.1 (58,594  ±47) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area: 2.5 475,426 (±0 / ±160)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

3.8% ±1.2% (466  ±146) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area: 4.6% † 4,907 (±0.6% / ±605)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

24,842 ±536 Number of housing units
  • the Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area: 206,319 ±179
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$834,900 ±$14,186 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area: $779,000 ±$8,876
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

9.6% ±1.3% (5,649  ±784.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area: 12.1% 58,205 (±0.6% / ±2,721.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

92.1% ±2.9% (41,301  ±1,490.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area: 88.9% 314,312 (±1.1% / ±4,024.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
42.9% ±2% (19,247  ±975.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area: 37.9% 133,865 (±0.7% / ±2,318.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 36.5% 9,834,361 (±0.1% / ±27,165.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

15.1% ±1.5% (8,963  ±876) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area: 16.6% 80,758
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

5.7% ±0.9% (2,736  ±421) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area: 5.2% 20,384 (±0.3% / ±974)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
2,736 Total veterans ±421 2,621 Male ±411 115 Female ±71

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