SANTA ROSA is now under coverage.
Local dating, modeled. Every signal in Santa Rosa, converted into a tactical roadmap.
Greater Santa Rosa is open as a field office. The headline numbers, each sourced and confidence-flagged:
- $1,900 per month Zumper Rent Research, June 2026
- $49,760 per year Census ACS 5-yr, 2019–2023
- 54% Census ACS 5-yr, 2019–2023
By the numbers
11 sourced, confidence-flagged metrics for Santa Rosa — gender, money, neighborhoods, and political lean. The deep dive, with charts, is in the console below.
- Singles, 22 to 50
86,919
- Gender balance
54%
- Male skew
54%
- Median income
$49,760
- 1-bedroom rent
$1,900
- Living wage
$65,104
- Transit fare
$2
- Rent trend
$1,900
- Most female-leaning zone
47%
- Democratic
55%
- Republican
18%
The shape of the market
East Santa Rosa is the most female-leaning zone, at about 47% men to 53% women.
Santa Rosa runs about 54% male, sharpest in North Santa Rosa (61%) and Sebastopol (57%).
How dating actually happens
Only about 14% of matches on curated apps like Hinge turn into a first date.
Roughly 1 in 10 partnered adults met their partner online, and the share climbs sharply for younger and LGB couples.
One in four matches never gets a reply.
53% of online daters say their overall experience has been positive.
Dating safety in Santa Rosa
78% of active dating-app users report burnout: 80% of women (driven by message volume) and 74% of men (driven by a lack of responses).
60% of Americans support requiring a background check before someone can create a dating profile.
An estimated 26% of men have received unsolicited explicit content, far below the rate for women.
56% of women under 50 have been sent unsolicited explicit images while dating online.
48% of online daters have faced at least one form of harassing behavior on a dating platform.
43% of women under 50 say a match kept contacting them after they said no.
52% of online daters say a scammer or bot has contacted them.
63% of men under 50 say a scammer or bot has contacted them, the highest of any group.
11% of women under 50 have been physically threatened on a dating platform.
40% of daters say platforms do a bad job removing fake and bot accounts; only 20% say they do well.
The LGBTQ+ landscape
53% of LGB adults have used a dating app, far more than straight adults.
About 24% of LGB couples met online, roughly three times the straight rate.
About 70% of LGB adults under 30 have used a dating app, the highest-adoption cohort anywhere.
7.6% of U.S. adults now identify as LGBTQ+, up from 3.5% in 2012.
22.3% of adults aged 18 to 34 identify as LGBTQ+.
Political alignment
24% of Americans say they could never date someone who disagrees with them on abortion.
California registers voters by party, and Sonoma County (Santa Rosa) is overwhelmingly Democratic — about 55% register Democratic, dwarfing Republicans and independents in this wine-country market.
Registered Republicans (18%) and No Party Preference voters (18%) are locked in a dead heat for a distant second, so the dating pool skews strongly blue.
47% of single daters would not seriously date a Trump voter; among Democratic women that rises to 79%.
69% of Americans would not date someone who is unemployed, rising to 81% of women.
The cost of dating
A single adult in Sonoma County needs about $65,100 a year just to cover the basics.
Santa Rosa’s one-bedroom rents are steep, lifted by Bay Area proximity and wine-country demand.
Americans reported $1.3 billion in romance-scam losses in a single year, a tax on every crowded market.
A Santa Rosa CityBus fare is $1.50 one way.
Neighborhood intelligence
| Neighborhood | Singles | M / F | Income | 1BR rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohnert Park | 12,142 | 51 / 49 | $45,468 | $2,279 |
| South Santa Rosa | 9,036 | 54 / 46 | $39,273 | $1,867 |
| North Santa Rosa | 8,787 | 61 / 39 | $46,552 | $2,275 |
| West Santa Rosa | 7,339 | 54 / 46 | $44,930 | $2,081 |
| Downtown Santa Rosa | 6,846 | 55 / 45 | $56,770 | $1,949 |
| Petaluma | 6,046 | 54 / 46 | $52,371 | $2,554 |
| Sonoma | 5,237 | 55 / 45 | $52,584 | $2,105 |
| Windsor | 4,326 | 51 / 49 | $53,497 | $2,467 |
| Sebastopol | 4,103 | 57 / 43 | $51,694 | $1,989 |
| East Santa Rosa | 3,763 | 47 / 53 | $60,551 | $2,334 |
Local date spots
Real venues across Santa Rosa, scraped from Google Maps and filterable by neighborhood. Ratings and review counts are live Google data — never paid placement.
- North Santa Rosa
Russian River Brewing Company
- Windsor
Russian River Brewing Company
- Sonoma
the girl & the fig
- Petaluma
Brewsters Beer Garden
- North Santa Rosa
Bird & The Bottle
- West Santa Rosa
Stark’s Steak & Seafood
- Sebastopol
HopMonk Tavern Sebastopol
- Windsor
Sweet T's Restaurant + Bar
- North Santa Rosa
Dave's Hot Chicken
- Sonoma
Sunflower Caffé
- Downtown Santa Rosa
La Rosa | Tequileria & Grille
- North Santa Rosa
A'Roma Roasters Coffee & Tea
- Sebastopol
Handline
- Sonoma
El Dorado Kitchen
- North Santa Rosa
Dierk's Parkside Cafe
- Rohnert Park
Art's Place
- Windsor
Himalayan Restaurant
- South Santa Rosa
Ca'Bianca Ristorante Italiano
- West Santa Rosa
Bad Ass Coffee of Hawaii
- West Santa Rosa
Lococo's Cucina Rustica
- East Santa Rosa
The Spinster Sisters
- North Santa Rosa
Jackson's Bar and Oven
- Rohnert Park
Redwood Cafe cotati
- Downtown Santa Rosa
Brew
- Windsor
KIN Windsor
- Rohnert Park
Don Julio's
- South Santa Rosa
Montis
- East Santa Rosa
Grossman’s Noshery & Bar
- Downtown Santa Rosa
Beer Baron Bar & Kitchen
- Sonoma
LaSalette Restaurant