Healdsburg vs Sebastopol

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

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

Healdsburg has the higher population (11,274 vs 7,466 in Sebastopol). Healdsburg has the higher median household income ($100,082 vs $99,600 in Sebastopol). Healdsburg has the higher median home value ($946,900 vs $821,400 in Sebastopol).

Population, income & housing

	Healdsburg	Sebastopol
Population	11,274	7,466
Median age	43.3 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$100,082	$99,600
Median home value	$946,900	$821,400
Median gross rent	$2,202	$1,767
Housing units	5,219	3,388
Homeownership rate	59.0%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.5%	51.7%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Healdsburg	Sebastopol
Population	11,845 → 11,274 (-4.8%)	7,760 → 7,466 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$96,016 → $100,082 (+4.2%)	$82,244 → $99,600 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$724,700 → $946,900 (+30.7%)	$638,600 → $821,400 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,736 → $2,202 (+26.8%)	$1,410 → $1,767 (+25.3%)

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

Sebastopol

Population

7,7607,466

Median household income

$82,244$99,600

Median home value

$638,600$821,400

Median gross rent

$1,410$1,767

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Healdsburg	Sebastopol
Under 5	5.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	12.1%	11.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	16.2%	10.1%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.6%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.2%
65 to 74	16.6%	17.8%
75 and over	7.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Healdsburg	Sebastopol
White (non-Hispanic)	62.1%	72.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.9%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	32.9%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Healdsburg	Sebastopol
No high school diploma	14.3%	5.0%
High school graduate	16.1%	13.5%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	22.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Healdsburg	Sebastopol
Drove alone	61.8%	66.0%
Carpooled	8.0%	3.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.2%
Walked	5.6%	5.6%
Bicycle	2.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	20.6%	22.7%
Other means	0.8%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Healdsburg	Sebastopol
1-unit, detached	72.5%	58.0%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	10.6%
20 or more units	3.0%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Healdsburg	Sebastopol
Poverty rate	11.3%	8.3%
Average household size	2.45	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1979	1975