Rich Block, Poor Block: How Do Petaluma Neighborhoods Compare?

Drive through Petaluma and you might notice that some neighborhoods are more affluent than others. But just how wide is the disparity between different parts of town?

A new data-based website, Rich Blocks, Poor Blocks provides some answers to that question. The site uses U.S. census information compiled from the 2007-2011 American Community Survey to show median household income and monthly rents by census tract.

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The highest neighborhoods in Petaluma are north of Maria Drive. They report median incomes of $119,000 a year.

Near downtown, households make about $65,000 annually.

The homes around Lucchesi Park and Petaluma Plaza Shopping Center have annual incomes of almost $58,000.

The median annual incomes down by the Petaluma Golf and Country Club are more than $102,000.

The range for median household income in California is $28,000 to $125,000 a year. The statewide middle-class income range is $53,264 to $68,300.

To see the data mapped out census tract by census tract, visit the Rich Block, Poor Blocks website.