Santa Rosa

Population & Demographics

Santa Rosa, CA

Santa Rosa is home to 177,090 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 81,129 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
177,090
people
Population

177,090 residents

Median age 41.2 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Santa Rosa population & demographics

Who lives in Santa Rosa — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
177,090
Median age
41.2yrs
Median household income
$99,060
Median home value
$713,900
Median gross rent
$2,152/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
35.1%
Poverty rate
9.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Santa Rosa

How Santa Rosa breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White48.7%
Hispanic or Latino37.4%
Asian6.3%
Two or more races4.5%
Black1.9%
Some other race0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.3%

Race across Santa Rosa

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Santa Rosa.

Santa Rosa at a glance
Employed Residents
81,129
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
14.6mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
35.1%
Share working within the area
Work from home
11.5%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Petaluma
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Santa Rosa proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Santa Rosa commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

64 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Santa Rosa

81,129 commutes, one dot at a time

Santa Rosa

Where 81,129 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Santa Rosa, by worker count.

1Santa Rosa0.0 mi28,479
2Petaluma14.5 mi4,590
3Rohnert Park7.0 mi3,666
4San Francisco49.7 mi2,964
5Windsor8.5 mi2,083
6Healdsburg14.6 mi1,335
7Sebastopol7.2 mi1,185
8Larkfield-Wikiup5.0 mi999

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Santa Rosa.

1Santa Rosa0.0 mi28,479
2Rohnert Park7.0 mi3,940
3Windsor8.5 mi3,168
4Petaluma14.5 mi2,504
5Larkfield-Wikiup5.0 mi1,074
6Napa24.3 mi1,071
7San Francisco49.7 mi848
8San Jose90.9 mi728

Top industries

The sectors that employ Santa Rosa’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance24.0%
RTRetail Trade12.5%
EDEducational Services8.9%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.4%
PAPublic Administration6.2%
COConstruction6.1%
MFManufacturing5.9%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services5.0%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services4.9%
Connectivity

Internet options for Santa Rosa

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps96%
5 Gbps86%
8 Gbps46%
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