Channel Islands Beach vs Santa Rosa Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Channel Islands Beach and Santa Rosa Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Channel Islands Beach has the higher population (2,936 vs 2,722 in Santa Rosa Valley). Santa Rosa Valley has the higher median household income ($176,389 vs $103,219 in Channel Islands Beach). Santa Rosa Valley has the higher median home value ($1,663,800 vs $1,077,600 in Channel Islands Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Channel Islands Beach	Santa Rosa Valley
Population	2,936	2,722
Median age	44.8 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$103,219	$176,389
Median home value	$1,077,600	$1,663,800
Median gross rent	$2,467	—
Housing units	2,172	1,018
Homeownership rate	49.8%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.8%	56.4%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Channel Islands Beach	Santa Rosa Valley
Population	2,904 → 2,936 (+1.1%)	3,016 → 2,722 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$100,038 → $103,219 (+3.2%)	$180,625 → $176,389 (-2.3%)
Median home value	$909,900 → $1,077,600 (+18.4%)	$1,180,500 → $1,663,800 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,246 → $2,467 (+9.8%)	$1,364 → $1,390 (+1.9%)

Channel Islands Beach

Population

2,9042,936

Median household income

$100,038$103,219

Median home value

$909,900$1,077,600

Median gross rent

$2,246$2,467

Santa Rosa Valley

Population

3,0162,722

Median household income

$180,625$176,389

Median home value

$1,180,500$1,663,800

Median gross rent

$1,364$1,390

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Channel Islands Beach	Santa Rosa Valley
Under 5	0.2%	1.1%
5 to 17	13.5%	16.0%
18 to 24	1.6%	6.2%
25 to 34	12.5%	9.4%
35 to 44	24.8%	8.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.8%
55 to 64	15.7%	20.9%
65 to 74	13.8%	16.8%
75 and over	6.5%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Channel Islands Beach	Santa Rosa Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	59.9%	71.4%
Black or African American	1.1%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	13.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	32.3%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Channel Islands Beach	Santa Rosa Valley
No high school diploma	3.5%	1.4%
High school graduate	11.9%	12.6%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	31.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	24.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Channel Islands Beach	Santa Rosa Valley
Drove alone	81.4%	65.3%
Carpooled	2.8%	3.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	31.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Channel Islands Beach	Santa Rosa Valley
1-unit, detached	67.6%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	18.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Channel Islands Beach	Santa Rosa Valley
Poverty rate	5.1%	1.8%
Average household size	2.00	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	32	34
Median year structure built	1976	1985