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Cost of living in Santa Rosa
Housing is much more expensive than the US average. Rents, home prices, taxes and how far a paycheck goes.
Median rent
$2,084/mo
55% above US
Median home value
$685,000
126% above US
Median household income
$97,410
24% above US
Rent as share of income
26%
US 21%
Home price to income
7.0×
US 3.9×
Sales tax
10%
Rent by number of bedrooms
HUD 2027 fair market rents for Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA MSA (gross rent including utilities, near the 40th percentile of local rents). Source: HUD USER.
How Santa Rosa compares
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Life in Santa Rosa
Questions
Is Santa Rosa expensive to live in?
Housing in Santa Rosa is much more expensive than the national average: median rent is $2,084 (55% above US) and the median home value is $685,000 (126% above US).
How much is rent in Santa Rosa?
The median gross rent is $2,084 a month. HUD’s 2027 fair market rents for the area are studio $1,980, 1 bedroom $2,155, 2 bedrooms $2,819, 3 bedrooms $3,903, 4 bedrooms $4,295.
How much of their income do renters spend in Santa Rosa?
At the median, a year’s rent ($25,008) equals about 26% of the median household income ($97,410); nationally it’s about 21%.
What are taxes like in Santa Rosa?
Sales tax is 10% and property taxes run about 0.72% of home value a year.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates; HUD fair market rents; CDTFA California City & County Sales & Use Tax Rates.