Home values, rents and more in Petaluma, CA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Petaluma compares
The typical home in Petaluma, CA is worth about $895,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Petaluma are 14% above the typical value in the Santa Rosa metro area ($783,000) and 2.4 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Petaluma rose 1.3%, compared with +0.8% in the Santa Rosa metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $2,869 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 8% above the Santa Rosa metro area ($2,666) and 48% above the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 6.9% over the past year.
The median household income is $115,430, against $104,674 in the Santa Rosa metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 59,247 people live in Petaluma (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Petaluma has the 11th-highest typical home value of the 22 cities in the Santa Rosa metro area and the 256th-highest of 886 in California with Zillow figures.
Part of: Sonoma County, CA · Santa Rosa metro area · California
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.