Healdsburg vs Petaluma

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

Healdsburg 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 11,274 in Healdsburg). Petaluma has the higher median household income ($109,823 vs $100,082 in Healdsburg). Healdsburg has the higher median home value ($946,900 vs $834,900 in Petaluma).

Population, income & housing

	Healdsburg	Petaluma
Population	11,274	59,321
Median age	43.3 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$100,082	$109,823
Median home value	$946,900	$834,900
Median gross rent	$2,202	$2,379
Housing units	5,219	24,842
Homeownership rate	59.0%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.5%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Healdsburg	Petaluma
Population	11,845 → 11,274 (-4.8%)	60,767 → 59,321 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$96,016 → $100,082 (+4.2%)	$91,528 → $109,823 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$724,700 → $946,900 (+30.7%)	$633,900 → $834,900 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,736 → $2,202 (+26.8%)	$1,830 → $2,379 (+30.0%)

Healdsburg

Population

11,84511,274

Median household income

$96,016$100,082

Median home value

$724,700$946,900

Median gross rent

$1,736$2,202

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)

	Healdsburg	Petaluma
Under 5	5.3%	4.3%
5 to 17	12.1%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	11.0%	12.7%
35 to 44	16.2%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.7%
65 to 74	16.6%	12.5%
75 and over	7.1%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Healdsburg	Petaluma
White (non-Hispanic)	62.1%	66.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.4%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.9%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	32.9%	21.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Healdsburg	Petaluma
No high school diploma	14.3%	7.9%
High school graduate	16.1%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Healdsburg	Petaluma
Drove alone	61.8%	69.6%
Carpooled	8.0%	6.8%
Public transit	0.7%	1.5%
Walked	5.6%	2.5%
Bicycle	2.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	20.6%	18.0%
Other means	0.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Healdsburg	Petaluma
1-unit, detached	72.5%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	4.9%
20 or more units	3.0%	10.8%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Healdsburg	Petaluma
Poverty rate	11.3%	6.2%
Average household size	2.45	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	18	30
Median year structure built	1979	1979