City safety & data profile

PetalumaCA

Petaluma, CA is a 60K-resident city in Sonoma County with a median household income of $115,430.

Sonoma County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Petaluma, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Petaluma has a population larger than 84% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $878,600, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

60K
Population (place)
Top 16%
By size
$115,430
Median income (place)
$878,600
Median home (place)
6.5%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Petaluma

Petaluma posts a median household income higher than 80% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Petaluma area.

Top 20%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Petaluma

Where Petaluma income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$115,430 Top 20% higher than 80% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Petaluma $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Petaluma, CA beyond the headline numbers

Petaluma sits inside Sonoma County, California, at roughly 38.23°N, -122.64°W. Population 60,438, $115,430 median household income. Median home value $878,600, median rent $2,440. Poverty rate 6.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Petaluma, 4/5 avg rating, 0 with an ER.

Hardship is low by national standards: 6.5% of Petaluma, CA residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

The median home in Petaluma costs around 7.6 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

20.5% of Petaluma workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, obesity departs furthest from its peer median: 25.2% in Petaluma, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

At 45.3 years, Petaluma's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Petaluma from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
60,438
Petaluma · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$115,430
+29% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$878,600
+112% vs avg
Median Age (place)
45.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Sonoma County): Petaluma's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
485K-0%
Median Income
$104,674+65%
Median Home Value
$815,500+100%
Poverty Rate
8.9%-25%
Unemployment
5.7%-44%

Economics

Economics indicators for Petaluma, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,440/mo
Poverty Rate
6.5% -48% vs avg
Unemployment 4.6%
Bachelor's Degree+ 43.8%
Work From Home 20.5%
Public Transit 1.8%

Population

White 70.1%
African American 1.2%
Asian 3.8%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.2%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
33%
High Blood Pressure
30.3%
Obesity
25.2%
Physical Inactivity
19%
Binge Drinking
16.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
15.6%
Frequent Physical Distress
12.4%
Current Asthma
10%
Current Smoking
10%
Diabetes
9.7%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 69.5%
Annual Checkup 73.4%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
6.7%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.8%
Stroke
3%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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0
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0
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0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
0
PETALUMA VALLEY HOSPITAL
PETALUMA · Acute Care Hospitals
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Petaluma?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Petaluma right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet CA-PETALUMA · Petaluma

Petaluma: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Petaluma, CA? ▼
Petaluma, CA has a population of 60,438 people, located in Sonoma County, California.
What is the median household income in Petaluma? ▼
The median household income in Petaluma, CA is $115,430 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 6.5%.
What is the median home value in Petaluma? ▼
The median home value in Petaluma, CA is $878,600. Median rent is $2,440/month.
What are the top health concerns in Petaluma? ▼
The top health indicators in Petaluma include Short Sleep Duration (33%), High Blood Pressure (30.3%), Obesity (25.2%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Petaluma? ▼
Petaluma has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 0 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Petaluma? ▼
The median age in Petaluma, CA is 45.3 years. 43.8% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Petaluma, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (6.5% here).

Oro Valley, AZ 6.5% Goose Creek, SC 6.5% Oak Forest, IL 6.5% Shirley, NY 6.5%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($115,430 here).

Minooka, IL $115,445 Hull, MA $115,485 Fuquay-Varina, NC $115,497 Chelsea, AL $115,337

Compare Petaluma with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Rohnert Park, CA 42K Novato, CA 56K Agua Caliente, CA 27K Sonoma, CA 11K Santa Rosa, CA 178K San Anselmo, CA 13K San Rafael, CA 59K Larkspur, CA 12K
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Using Petaluma's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Petaluma area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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  • Compare Petaluma against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Sonoma County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.