Fulton vs Petaluma Center

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

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

Petaluma Center has the higher population (815 vs 637 in Fulton). Fulton has the higher median household income ($166,336 vs $74,250 in Petaluma Center). Since 2019, Fulton's population has grown faster (-2.7% vs -20.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Fulton	Petaluma Center
Population	637	815
Median age	57.6 yrs	22.3 yrs
Median household income	$166,336	$74,250
Median home value	$864,400	—
Median gross rent	—	$2,431
Housing units	291	188
Homeownership rate	92.9%	1.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fulton	Petaluma Center
Population	655 → 637 (-2.7%)	1,020 → 815 (-20.1%)
Median household income	$146,000 → $166,336 (+13.9%)	$46,625 → $74,250 (+59.2%)
Median home value	$763,900 → $864,400 (+13.2%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,676 → $2,431 (+45.0%)

Fulton

Population

655637

Median household income

$146,000$166,336

Median home value

$763,900$864,400

Petaluma Center

Population

1,020815

Median household income

$46,625$74,250

Median gross rent

$1,676$2,431

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fulton	Petaluma Center
Under 5	4.7%	15.3%
5 to 17	10.0%	20.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	17.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	35.5%
35 to 44	21.5%	10.2%
45 to 54	4.7%	1.0%
55 to 64	22.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	11.0%	0.0%
75 and over	25.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fulton	Petaluma Center
White (non-Hispanic)	56.8%	48.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	9.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	34.1%	36.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fulton	Petaluma Center
No high school diploma	10.3%	1.1%
High school graduate	34.6%	6.3%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fulton	Petaluma Center
Drove alone	76.7%	62.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.8%	17.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.1%
Worked from home	16.5%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fulton	Petaluma Center
1-unit, detached	93.5%	1.6%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	34.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	60.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fulton	Petaluma Center
Poverty rate	12.6%	2.2%
Average household size	2.77	4.14
Mean commute (minutes)	32	13
Median year structure built	1946	1973