Petaluma vs Rohnert Park

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

Petaluma and Rohnert Park 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 44,461 in Rohnert Park). Petaluma has the higher median household income ($109,823 vs $96,635 in Rohnert Park). Petaluma has the higher median home value ($834,900 vs $634,900 in Rohnert Park).

Population, income & housing

	Petaluma	Rohnert Park
Population	59,321	44,461
Median age	45.0 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$109,823	$96,635
Median home value	$834,900	$634,900
Median gross rent	$2,379	$2,211
Housing units	24,842	17,431
Homeownership rate	63.9%	50.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Petaluma	Rohnert Park
Population	60,767 → 59,321 (-2.4%)	42,902 → 44,461 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$91,528 → $109,823 (+20.0%)	$71,585 → $96,635 (+35.0%)
Median home value	$633,900 → $834,900 (+31.7%)	$456,500 → $634,900 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,830 → $2,379 (+30.0%)	$1,688 → $2,211 (+31.0%)

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

Rohnert Park

Population

42,90244,461

Median household income

$71,585$96,635

Median home value

$456,500$634,900

Median gross rent

$1,688$2,211

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Petaluma	Rohnert Park
Under 5	4.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.3%	14.8%
18 to 24	5.8%	13.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	16.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.0%	10.6%
55 to 64	15.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	12.5%	8.6%
75 and over	8.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Petaluma	Rohnert Park
White (non-Hispanic)	66.9%	52.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.6%
Asian	4.1%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.5%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.9%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	21.1%	32.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Petaluma	Rohnert Park
No high school diploma	7.9%	10.1%
High school graduate	17.5%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Petaluma	Rohnert Park
Drove alone	69.6%	74.6%
Carpooled	6.8%	10.3%
Public transit	1.5%	1.1%
Walked	2.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	18.0%	10.9%
Other means	1.2%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Petaluma	Rohnert Park
1-unit, detached	68.9%	45.9%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	11.0%
20 or more units	10.8%	18.8%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Petaluma	Rohnert Park
Poverty rate	6.2%	10.2%
Average household size	2.43	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1979	1982