Monte Rio vs Petaluma Center

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

Monte Rio 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 765 in Monte Rio). Petaluma Center has the higher median household income ($74,250 vs $48,922 in Monte Rio). Since 2019, Petaluma Center's population has grown faster (-20.1% vs -21.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Monte Rio	Petaluma Center
Population	765	815
Median age	63.4 yrs	22.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,922	$74,250
Median home value	$666,200	—
Median gross rent	$1,297	$2,431
Housing units	749	188
Homeownership rate	76.1%	1.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.3%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monte Rio	Petaluma Center
Population	977 → 765 (-21.7%)	1,020 → 815 (-20.1%)
Median household income	$43,603 → $48,922 (+12.2%)	$46,625 → $74,250 (+59.2%)
Median home value	$462,400 → $666,200 (+44.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$968 → $1,297 (+34.0%)	$1,676 → $2,431 (+45.0%)

Monte Rio

Population

977765

Median household income

$43,603$48,922

Median home value

$462,400$666,200

Median gross rent

$968$1,297

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)

	Monte Rio	Petaluma Center
Under 5	1.8%	15.3%
5 to 17	1.0%	20.2%
18 to 24	3.0%	17.8%
25 to 34	8.0%	35.5%
35 to 44	9.3%	10.2%
45 to 54	4.1%	1.0%
55 to 64	29.8%	0.0%
65 to 74	30.8%	0.0%
75 and over	12.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monte Rio	Petaluma Center
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	48.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	36.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monte Rio	Petaluma Center
No high school diploma	2.1%	1.1%
High school graduate	31.9%	6.3%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monte Rio	Petaluma Center
Drove alone	62.4%	62.9%
Carpooled	4.4%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	17.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.1%
Worked from home	25.7%	7.5%
Other means	2.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monte Rio	Petaluma Center
1-unit, detached	89.9%	1.6%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	34.6%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	60.6%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Monte Rio	Petaluma Center
Poverty rate	16.6%	2.2%
Average household size	1.80	4.14
Mean commute (minutes)	22	13
Median year structure built	1951	1973