Glen Ellen vs Petaluma Center

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

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

Glen Ellen has the higher population (1,084 vs 815 in Petaluma Center). Glen Ellen has the higher median household income ($213,261 vs $74,250 in Petaluma Center). Since 2019, Glen Ellen's population has grown faster (+47.7% vs -20.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Glen Ellen	Petaluma Center
Population	1,084	815
Median age	59.0 yrs	22.3 yrs
Median household income	$213,261	$74,250
Median home value	$1,402,800	—
Median gross rent	$1,564	$2,431
Housing units	647	188
Homeownership rate	66.4%	1.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.1%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glen Ellen	Petaluma Center
Population	734 → 1,084 (+47.7%)	1,020 → 815 (-20.1%)
Median household income	$145,957 → $213,261 (+46.1%)	$46,625 → $74,250 (+59.2%)
Median home value	$993,600 → $1,402,800 (+41.2%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,676 → $2,431 (+45.0%)

Glen Ellen

Population

7341,084

Median household income

$145,957$213,261

Median home value

$993,600$1,402,800

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)

	Glen Ellen	Petaluma Center
Under 5	2.1%	15.3%
5 to 17	4.3%	20.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	17.8%
25 to 34	1.1%	35.5%
35 to 44	9.1%	10.2%
45 to 54	7.7%	1.0%
55 to 64	58.9%	0.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	0.0%
75 and over	6.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glen Ellen	Petaluma Center
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	36.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glen Ellen	Petaluma Center
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.1%
High school graduate	12.8%	6.3%
Some college or associate's	13.1%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree	37.9%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	36.2%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glen Ellen	Petaluma Center
Drove alone	80.0%	62.9%
Carpooled	1.3%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.3%	17.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.1%
Worked from home	5.7%	7.5%
Other means	2.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glen Ellen	Petaluma Center
1-unit, detached	83.6%	1.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	34.6%
2 to 4 units	16.4%	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

	Glen Ellen	Petaluma Center
Poverty rate	25.9%	2.2%
Average household size	1.87	4.14
Mean commute (minutes)	16	13
Median year structure built	1956	1973