Cloverdale vs Petaluma

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

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

Petaluma has the higher population (59,321 vs 8,933 in Cloverdale). Petaluma has the higher median household income ($109,823 vs $104,238 in Cloverdale). Petaluma has the higher median home value ($834,900 vs $613,400 in Cloverdale).

Population, income & housing

	Cloverdale	Petaluma
Population	8,933	59,321
Median age	42.9 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$104,238	$109,823
Median home value	$613,400	$834,900
Median gross rent	$1,245	$2,379
Housing units	3,566	24,842
Homeownership rate	71.4%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cloverdale	Petaluma
Population	8,754 → 8,933 (+2.0%)	60,767 → 59,321 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$71,378 → $104,238 (+46.0%)	$91,528 → $109,823 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$476,100 → $613,400 (+28.8%)	$633,900 → $834,900 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,341 → $1,245 (-7.2%)	$1,830 → $2,379 (+30.0%)

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

Petaluma

Population

60,76759,321

Median household income

$91,528$109,823

Median home value

$633,900$834,900

Median gross rent

$1,830$2,379

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cloverdale	Petaluma
Under 5	2.4%	4.3%
5 to 17	16.0%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.1%	5.8%
25 to 34	9.9%	12.7%
35 to 44	15.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	14.9%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.1%	15.7%
65 to 74	14.5%	12.5%
75 and over	7.3%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cloverdale	Petaluma
White (non-Hispanic)	59.1%	66.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.7%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.8%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	36.5%	21.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cloverdale	Petaluma
No high school diploma	18.7%	7.9%
High school graduate	17.4%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cloverdale	Petaluma
Drove alone	77.7%	69.6%
Carpooled	7.0%	6.8%
Public transit	0.4%	1.5%
Walked	3.6%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.9%	18.0%
Other means	0.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cloverdale	Petaluma
1-unit, detached	72.0%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	4.9%
20 or more units	2.6%	10.8%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Cloverdale	Petaluma
Poverty rate	4.5%	6.2%
Average household size	2.52	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1979	1979