Meiners Oaks vs Santa Rosa Valley

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

Meiners Oaks 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.

Meiners Oaks has the higher population (3,955 vs 2,722 in Santa Rosa Valley). Santa Rosa Valley has the higher median household income ($176,389 vs $90,096 in Meiners Oaks). Santa Rosa Valley has the higher median home value ($1,663,800 vs $669,000 in Meiners Oaks).

Population, income & housing

	Meiners Oaks	Santa Rosa Valley
Population	3,955	2,722
Median age	50.2 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$90,096	$176,389
Median home value	$669,000	$1,663,800
Median gross rent	$1,400	—
Housing units	1,637	1,018
Homeownership rate	68.6%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	56.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meiners Oaks	Santa Rosa Valley
Population	3,569 → 3,955 (+10.8%)	3,016 → 2,722 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$84,257 → $90,096 (+6.9%)	$180,625 → $176,389 (-2.3%)
Median home value	$633,800 → $669,000 (+5.6%)	$1,180,500 → $1,663,800 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,635 → $1,400 (-14.4%)	$1,364 → $1,390 (+1.9%)

Meiners Oaks

Population

3,5693,955

Median household income

$84,257$90,096

Median home value

$633,800$669,000

Median gross rent

$1,635$1,400

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)

	Meiners Oaks	Santa Rosa Valley
Under 5	6.5%	1.1%
5 to 17	10.3%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.3%	9.4%
35 to 44	10.9%	8.8%
45 to 54	12.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.3%	20.9%
65 to 74	18.2%	16.8%
75 and over	10.6%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meiners Oaks	Santa Rosa Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	62.4%	71.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	13.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	21.2%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meiners Oaks	Santa Rosa Valley
No high school diploma	6.5%	1.4%
High school graduate	34.7%	12.6%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	31.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	24.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meiners Oaks	Santa Rosa Valley
Drove alone	74.6%	65.3%
Carpooled	7.2%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	31.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meiners Oaks	Santa Rosa Valley
1-unit, detached	65.6%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Meiners Oaks	Santa Rosa Valley
Poverty rate	9.7%	1.8%
Average household size	2.48	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1970	1985