Rohnert Park vs Santa Rosa

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

Rohnert Park and Santa Rosa are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Santa Rosa has the higher population (177,216 vs 44,461 in Rohnert Park). Santa Rosa has the higher median household income ($97,410 vs $96,635 in Rohnert Park). Santa Rosa has the higher median home value ($685,000 vs $634,900 in Rohnert Park).

Population, income & housing

	Rohnert Park	Santa Rosa
Population	44,461	177,216
Median age	34.9 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$96,635	$97,410
Median home value	$634,900	$685,000
Median gross rent	$2,211	$2,084
Housing units	17,431	70,961
Homeownership rate	50.6%	56.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rohnert Park	Santa Rosa
Population	42,902 → 44,461 (+3.6%)	179,701 → 177,216 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$71,585 → $96,635 (+35.0%)	$75,630 → $97,410 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$456,500 → $634,900 (+39.1%)	$540,600 → $685,000 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,688 → $2,211 (+31.0%)	$1,609 → $2,084 (+29.5%)

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

Santa Rosa

Population

179,701177,216

Median household income

$75,630$97,410

Median home value

$540,600$685,000

Median gross rent

$1,609$2,084

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rohnert Park	Santa Rosa
Under 5	6.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	14.8%	15.6%
18 to 24	13.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	16.4%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	14.1%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.1%
65 to 74	8.6%	11.2%
75 and over	5.2%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rohnert Park	Santa Rosa
White (non-Hispanic)	52.0%	51.0%
Black or African American	2.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.2%
Asian	5.9%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.5%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.2%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	32.7%	35.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rohnert Park	Santa Rosa
No high school diploma	10.1%	14.5%
High school graduate	23.4%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rohnert Park	Santa Rosa
Drove alone	74.6%	73.1%
Carpooled	10.3%	11.1%
Public transit	1.1%	1.1%
Walked	0.9%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	10.9%	10.5%
Other means	2.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rohnert Park	Santa Rosa
1-unit, detached	45.9%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	9.9%
20 or more units	18.8%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Rohnert Park	Santa Rosa
Poverty rate	10.2%	9.5%
Average household size	2.63	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1982	1980