Healdsburg vs Santa Rosa

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

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

Santa Rosa has the higher population (177,216 vs 11,274 in Healdsburg). Healdsburg has the higher median household income ($100,082 vs $97,410 in Santa Rosa). Healdsburg has the higher median home value ($946,900 vs $685,000 in Santa Rosa).

Population, income & housing

	Healdsburg	Santa Rosa
Population	11,274	177,216
Median age	43.3 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$100,082	$97,410
Median home value	$946,900	$685,000
Median gross rent	$2,202	$2,084
Housing units	5,219	70,961
Homeownership rate	59.0%	56.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.5%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Healdsburg	Santa Rosa
Population	11,845 → 11,274 (-4.8%)	179,701 → 177,216 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$96,016 → $100,082 (+4.2%)	$75,630 → $97,410 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$724,700 → $946,900 (+30.7%)	$540,600 → $685,000 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,736 → $2,202 (+26.8%)	$1,609 → $2,084 (+29.5%)

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

Santa Rosa

Population

179,701177,216

Median household income

$75,630$97,410

Median home value

$540,600$685,000

Median gross rent

$1,609$2,084

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Healdsburg	Santa Rosa
Under 5	5.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	12.1%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.7%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.0%	13.5%
35 to 44	16.2%	14.1%
45 to 54	10.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.1%	12.1%
65 to 74	16.6%	11.2%
75 and over	7.1%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Healdsburg	Santa Rosa
White (non-Hispanic)	62.1%	51.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.4%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.5%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	32.9%	35.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Healdsburg	Santa Rosa
No high school diploma	14.3%	14.5%
High school graduate	16.1%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Healdsburg	Santa Rosa
Drove alone	61.8%	73.1%
Carpooled	8.0%	11.1%
Public transit	0.7%	1.1%
Walked	5.6%	2.3%
Bicycle	2.4%	0.6%
Worked from home	20.6%	10.5%
Other means	0.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Healdsburg	Santa Rosa
1-unit, detached	72.5%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	9.9%
20 or more units	3.0%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Healdsburg	Santa Rosa
Poverty rate	11.3%	9.5%
Average household size	2.45	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1979	1980