Cotati vs Sebastopol

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

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

Cotati has the higher population (7,533 vs 7,466 in Sebastopol). Cotati has the higher median household income ($112,841 vs $99,600 in Sebastopol). Sebastopol has the higher median home value ($821,400 vs $702,500 in Cotati).

Population, income & housing

	Cotati	Sebastopol
Population	7,533	7,466
Median age	38.3 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$112,841	$99,600
Median home value	$702,500	$821,400
Median gross rent	$1,899	$1,767
Housing units	3,338	3,388
Homeownership rate	58.2%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	51.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cotati	Sebastopol
Population	7,454 → 7,533 (+1.1%)	7,760 → 7,466 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$82,182 → $112,841 (+37.3%)	$82,244 → $99,600 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$525,500 → $702,500 (+33.7%)	$638,600 → $821,400 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,618 → $1,899 (+17.4%)	$1,410 → $1,767 (+25.3%)

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

Sebastopol

Population

7,7607,466

Median household income

$82,244$99,600

Median home value

$638,600$821,400

Median gross rent

$1,410$1,767

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cotati	Sebastopol
Under 5	5.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	13.1%	11.3%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.0%
25 to 34	16.2%	11.2%
35 to 44	19.7%	10.1%
45 to 54	10.6%	13.6%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.2%
65 to 74	7.8%	17.8%
75 and over	7.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cotati	Sebastopol
White (non-Hispanic)	70.0%	72.7%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.2%
Two or more races	7.4%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	18.1%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cotati	Sebastopol
No high school diploma	3.1%	5.0%
High school graduate	16.1%	13.5%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	22.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cotati	Sebastopol
Drove alone	68.7%	66.0%
Carpooled	7.9%	3.1%
Public transit	4.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.6%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.3%
Worked from home	16.7%	22.7%
Other means	1.2%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cotati	Sebastopol
1-unit, detached	53.1%	58.0%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	10.6%
20 or more units	7.0%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Cotati	Sebastopol
Poverty rate	8.0%	8.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1985	1975