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Santa Rosa vs Napa

Santa Rosa, CA compared with Napa, CA · 24 miles apart

Santa Rosa has 179,437 residents to Napa’s 76,562. Santa Rosa comes out ahead on median rent, average commute, price to income. Napa does better on median household income, homeownership, bachelor's degree +.

Santa Rosa, CA Napa, CA
Population 179,437 76,562
Density (per sq mi) 4,212 4,241
Median household income $99,060 $105,963
Median home value $713,900 $856,400
Median rent $2,152 $2,282
Homeownership 56.7% 58.7%
Average commute 22.9 min 23.9 min
Median age 41.2 41.5
Bachelor's degree + 35.1% 38.2%
Poverty rate 9.7% 8.5%
Unemployment 6.3% 5.7%
Price to income 7.2× 8.1×

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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