Petaluma vs Windsor

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

Petaluma and Windsor 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 26,179 in Windsor). Windsor has the higher median household income ($129,004 vs $109,823 in Petaluma). Petaluma has the higher median home value ($834,900 vs $763,200 in Windsor).

Population, income & housing

	Petaluma	Windsor
Population	59,321	26,179
Median age	45.0 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$109,823	$129,004
Median home value	$834,900	$763,200
Median gross rent	$2,379	$2,087
Housing units	24,842	9,591
Homeownership rate	63.9%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Petaluma	Windsor
Population	60,767 → 59,321 (-2.4%)	27,447 → 26,179 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$91,528 → $109,823 (+20.0%)	$106,899 → $129,004 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$633,900 → $834,900 (+31.7%)	$597,500 → $763,200 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,830 → $2,379 (+30.0%)	$1,770 → $2,087 (+17.9%)

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

Windsor

Population

27,44726,179

Median household income

$106,899$129,004

Median home value

$597,500$763,200

Median gross rent

$1,770$2,087

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Petaluma	Windsor
Under 5	4.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.3%	18.6%
18 to 24	5.8%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.7%	9.8%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.0%
55 to 64	15.7%	15.6%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.6%
75 and over	8.8%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Petaluma	Windsor
White (non-Hispanic)	66.9%	58.1%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.7%
Asian	4.1%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.4%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	21.1%	33.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Petaluma	Windsor
No high school diploma	7.9%	12.0%
High school graduate	17.5%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Petaluma	Windsor
Drove alone	69.6%	78.8%
Carpooled	6.8%	9.0%
Public transit	1.5%	0.5%
Walked	2.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.6%
Worked from home	18.0%	10.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Petaluma	Windsor
1-unit, detached	68.9%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	3.2%
20 or more units	10.8%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Petaluma	Windsor
Poverty rate	6.2%	4.7%
Average household size	2.43	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1979	1993