Santa Rosa vs Windsor

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

Santa Rosa and Windsor 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 26,179 in Windsor). Windsor has the higher median household income ($129,004 vs $97,410 in Santa Rosa). Windsor has the higher median home value ($763,200 vs $685,000 in Santa Rosa).

Population, income & housing

	Santa Rosa	Windsor
Population	177,216	26,179
Median age	40.5 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$97,410	$129,004
Median home value	$685,000	$763,200
Median gross rent	$2,084	$2,087
Housing units	70,961	9,591
Homeownership rate	56.2%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.8%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Santa Rosa	Windsor
Population	179,701 → 177,216 (-1.4%)	27,447 → 26,179 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$75,630 → $97,410 (+28.8%)	$106,899 → $129,004 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$540,600 → $685,000 (+26.7%)	$597,500 → $763,200 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,609 → $2,084 (+29.5%)	$1,770 → $2,087 (+17.9%)

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

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)

	Santa Rosa	Windsor
Under 5	4.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.6%	18.6%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.8%
25 to 34	13.5%	9.8%
35 to 44	14.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.1%	15.6%
65 to 74	11.2%	10.6%
75 and over	7.4%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Santa Rosa	Windsor
White (non-Hispanic)	51.0%	58.1%
Black or African American	1.7%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.7%
Asian	6.3%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.4%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	35.8%	33.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Santa Rosa	Windsor
No high school diploma	14.5%	12.0%
High school graduate	19.2%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Santa Rosa	Windsor
Drove alone	73.1%	78.8%
Carpooled	11.1%	9.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.5%
Walked	2.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.6%
Worked from home	10.5%	10.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Santa Rosa	Windsor
1-unit, detached	57.8%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	10.4%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	3.2%
20 or more units	9.0%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Santa Rosa	Windsor
Poverty rate	9.5%	4.7%
Average household size	2.54	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1980	1993