Piru vs Santa Rosa Valley

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

Piru 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 2,283 in Piru). Santa Rosa Valley has the higher median household income ($176,389 vs $96,765 in Piru). Santa Rosa Valley has the higher median home value ($1,663,800 vs $586,400 in Piru).

Population, income & housing

	Piru	Santa Rosa Valley
Population	2,283	2,722
Median age	32.9 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$96,765	$176,389
Median home value	$586,400	$1,663,800
Median gross rent	$1,452	—
Housing units	662	1,018
Homeownership rate	61.8%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	56.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Piru	Santa Rosa Valley
Population	1,805 → 2,283 (+26.5%)	3,016 → 2,722 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$47,216 → $96,765 (+104.9%)	$180,625 → $176,389 (-2.3%)
Median home value	$341,400 → $586,400 (+71.8%)	$1,180,500 → $1,663,800 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,211 → $1,452 (+19.9%)	$1,364 → $1,390 (+1.9%)

Piru

Population

1,8052,283

Median household income

$47,216$96,765

Median home value

$341,400$586,400

Median gross rent

$1,211$1,452

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)

	Piru	Santa Rosa Valley
Under 5	8.8%	1.1%
5 to 17	15.0%	16.0%
18 to 24	11.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	15.6%	9.4%
35 to 44	12.7%	8.8%
45 to 54	4.1%	10.8%
55 to 64	15.1%	20.9%
65 to 74	14.2%	16.8%
75 and over	2.6%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Piru	Santa Rosa Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	9.9%	71.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	13.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	86.9%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Piru	Santa Rosa Valley
No high school diploma	31.8%	1.4%
High school graduate	28.1%	12.6%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	31.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	24.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Piru	Santa Rosa Valley
Drove alone	65.6%	65.3%
Carpooled	21.5%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	31.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Piru	Santa Rosa Valley
1-unit, detached	69.9%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Piru	Santa Rosa Valley
Poverty rate	6.8%	1.8%
Average household size	3.95	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	32	34
Median year structure built	1993	1985