Kenwood vs Petaluma Center

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

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

Petaluma Center has the higher population (815 vs 750 in Kenwood). Kenwood has the higher median household income ($125,221 vs $74,250 in Petaluma Center). Since 2019, Kenwood's population has grown faster (+4.7% vs -20.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Kenwood	Petaluma Center
Population	750	815
Median age	49.8 yrs	22.3 yrs
Median household income	$125,221	$74,250
Median home value	$884,100	—
Median gross rent	—	$2,431
Housing units	454	188
Homeownership rate	81.8%	1.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.7%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenwood	Petaluma Center
Population	716 → 750 (+4.7%)	1,020 → 815 (-20.1%)
Median household income	$74,792 → $125,221 (+67.4%)	$46,625 → $74,250 (+59.2%)
Median home value	$895,100 → $884,100 (-1.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,094 → $1,163 (+6.3%)	$1,676 → $2,431 (+45.0%)

Kenwood

Population

716750

Median household income

$74,792$125,221

Median home value

$895,100$884,100

Median gross rent

$1,094$1,163

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)

	Kenwood	Petaluma Center
Under 5	6.5%	15.3%
5 to 17	10.3%	20.2%
18 to 24	4.1%	17.8%
25 to 34	6.1%	35.5%
35 to 44	17.1%	10.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	1.0%
55 to 64	14.7%	0.0%
65 to 74	10.1%	0.0%
75 and over	18.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenwood	Petaluma Center
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	48.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	20.4%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	36.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenwood	Petaluma Center
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.1%
High school graduate	17.7%	6.3%
Some college or associate's	8.6%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree	40.0%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	33.7%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenwood	Petaluma Center
Drove alone	63.0%	62.9%
Carpooled	6.1%	8.2%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	17.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.1%
Worked from home	28.8%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenwood	Petaluma Center
1-unit, detached	100.0%	1.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	34.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	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

	Kenwood	Petaluma Center
Poverty rate	6.4%	2.2%
Average household size	1.93	4.14
Mean commute (minutes)	64	13
Median year structure built	1957	1973