Geyserville vs Petaluma Center

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

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

Geyserville has the higher population (830 vs 815 in Petaluma Center). Geyserville has the higher median household income ($107,500 vs $74,250 in Petaluma Center). Since 2019, Geyserville's population has grown faster (+8.5% vs -20.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Geyserville	Petaluma Center
Population	830	815
Median age	58.3 yrs	22.3 yrs
Median household income	$107,500	$74,250
Median home value	$710,100	—
Median gross rent	$1,864	$2,431
Housing units	403	188
Homeownership rate	60.7%	1.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Geyserville	Petaluma Center
Population	765 → 830 (+8.5%)	1,020 → 815 (-20.1%)
Median household income	$84,444 → $107,500 (+27.3%)	$46,625 → $74,250 (+59.2%)
Median home value	$625,000 → $710,100 (+13.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,292 → $1,864 (+44.3%)	$1,676 → $2,431 (+45.0%)

Geyserville

Population

765830

Median household income

$84,444$107,500

Median home value

$625,000$710,100

Median gross rent

$1,292$1,864

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)

	Geyserville	Petaluma Center
Under 5	2.0%	15.3%
5 to 17	11.4%	20.2%
18 to 24	3.0%	17.8%
25 to 34	6.1%	35.5%
35 to 44	10.7%	10.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	1.0%
55 to 64	19.2%	0.0%
65 to 74	28.0%	0.0%
75 and over	8.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Geyserville	Petaluma Center
White (non-Hispanic)	51.2%	48.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	44.1%	36.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Geyserville	Petaluma Center
No high school diploma	19.2%	1.1%
High school graduate	27.6%	6.3%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Geyserville	Petaluma Center
Drove alone	53.6%	62.9%
Carpooled	19.0%	8.2%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	17.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.1%
Worked from home	22.2%	7.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Geyserville	Petaluma Center
1-unit, detached	86.8%	1.6%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	34.6%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	60.6%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	3.2%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Geyserville	Petaluma Center
Poverty rate	7.8%	2.2%
Average household size	2.27	4.14
Mean commute (minutes)	25	13
Median year structure built	1970	1973