Cloverdale vs Cotati

A side-by-side comparison of Cloverdale and Cotati: population, income, housing, and more.

Cloverdale and Cotati are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cloverdale has the higher population (8,933 vs 7,533 in Cotati). Cotati has the higher median household income ($112,841 vs $104,238 in Cloverdale). Cotati has the higher median home value ($702,500 vs $613,400 in Cloverdale).

Population, income & housing

	Cloverdale	Cotati
Population	8,933	7,533
Median age	42.9 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$104,238	$112,841
Median home value	$613,400	$702,500
Median gross rent	$1,245	$1,899
Housing units	3,566	3,338
Homeownership rate	71.4%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cloverdale	Cotati
Population	8,754 → 8,933 (+2.0%)	7,454 → 7,533 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$71,378 → $104,238 (+46.0%)	$82,182 → $112,841 (+37.3%)
Median home value	$476,100 → $613,400 (+28.8%)	$525,500 → $702,500 (+33.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,341 → $1,245 (-7.2%)	$1,618 → $1,899 (+17.4%)

Cloverdale

Population

8,7548,933

Median household income

$71,378$104,238

Median home value

$476,100$613,400

Median gross rent

$1,341$1,245

Cotati

Population

7,4547,533

Median household income

$82,182$112,841

Median home value

$525,500$702,500

Median gross rent

$1,618$1,899

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cloverdale	Cotati
Under 5	2.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.0%	13.1%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.1%
25 to 34	9.9%	16.2%
35 to 44	15.7%	19.7%
45 to 54	14.9%	10.6%
55 to 64	12.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	14.5%	7.8%
75 and over	7.3%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cloverdale	Cotati
White (non-Hispanic)	59.1%	70.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.8%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	36.5%	18.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cloverdale	Cotati
No high school diploma	18.7%	3.1%
High school graduate	17.4%	16.1%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cloverdale	Cotati
Drove alone	77.7%	68.7%
Carpooled	7.0%	7.9%
Public transit	0.4%	4.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	10.9%	16.7%
Other means	0.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cloverdale	Cotati
1-unit, detached	72.0%	53.1%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	12.3%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	13.2%
20 or more units	2.6%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Cloverdale	Cotati
Poverty rate	4.5%	8.0%
Average household size	2.52	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1979	1985