Lake Sherwood vs Santa Rosa Valley

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

Lake Sherwood 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.

Santa Rosa Valley has the higher population (2,722 vs 1,515 in Lake Sherwood). Lake Sherwood has the higher median household income ($244,239 vs $176,389 in Santa Rosa Valley). Lake Sherwood has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,663,800 in Santa Rosa Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Sherwood	Santa Rosa Valley
Population	1,515	2,722
Median age	54.0 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$244,239	$176,389
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,663,800
Housing units	664	1,018
Homeownership rate	88.2%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.1%	56.4%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Sherwood	Santa Rosa Valley
Population	1,677 → 1,515 (-9.7%)	3,016 → 2,722 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$250,001 → $244,239 (-2.3%)	$180,625 → $176,389 (-2.3%)
Median home value	$1,830,000 → $2,000,001 (+9.3%)	$1,180,500 → $1,663,800 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $3,339 (-4.6%)	$1,364 → $1,390 (+1.9%)

Lake Sherwood

Population

1,6771,515

Median household income

$250,001$244,239

Median home value

$1,830,000$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,501$3,339

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)

	Lake Sherwood	Santa Rosa Valley
Under 5	0.9%	1.1%
5 to 17	12.5%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	6.9%	9.4%
35 to 44	8.5%	8.8%
45 to 54	14.5%	10.8%
55 to 64	23.0%	20.9%
65 to 74	16.0%	16.8%
75 and over	10.2%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Sherwood	Santa Rosa Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	71.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	12.3%	13.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Sherwood	Santa Rosa Valley
No high school diploma	2.3%	1.4%
High school graduate	6.3%	12.6%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	31.8%
Graduate or professional degree	45.4%	24.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Sherwood	Santa Rosa Valley
Drove alone	68.3%	65.3%
Carpooled	6.2%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.5%	31.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Sherwood	Santa Rosa Valley
1-unit, detached	88.0%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Sherwood	Santa Rosa Valley
Poverty rate	2.4%	1.8%
Average household size	2.63	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	26	34
Median year structure built	1997	1985