Santa Rosa is a relatively large city located in the state of California. With a population of 177,181 people and 48 associated neighborhoods, Santa Rosa is the 25th largest community in California.

Housing costs in Santa Rosa are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.95% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The citizens of Santa Rosa are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.75% of adults in Santa Rosa have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Santa Rosa in 2022 was $46,804, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $187,216 for a family of four. However, Santa Rosa contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Santa Rosa is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Santa Rosa home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Santa Rosa residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Santa Rosa also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 33.96% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Santa Rosa include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Santa Rosa's cultural character, accounting for 20.82% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in Santa Rosa is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.