Housing density: 2,220 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $3,231,068.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,923 (lower quartile is $1,414, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $14,087
Median gross rent in Sonoma, CA in 2022: over $2,000
Housing units in Sonoma with a mortgage: 1,870 (332 second mortgage, 64 home equity loan, 251 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 0
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $163,490
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $77,747
Size of family households: 1,634 2-persons, 818 3-persons, 317 4-persons, 20 5-persons, 50 6-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 2,413 1-person, 355 2-persons, 20 3-persons.
830 married couples with children.
401 single-parent households (166 men, 235 women).
84.6% of residents of Sonoma speak English at home.
12.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
3.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (22% speak English very well, 63% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Foreign born population: 1,248 (11.8%)
(64.2% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 79.8% Number of people working at home: 1,192 (24.6% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 217
5 to 9 minutes: 856
10 to 14 minutes: 369
15 to 19 minutes: 388
20 to 24 minutes: 296
25 to 29 minutes: 194
30 to 34 minutes: 450
35 to 39 minutes: 84
40 to 44 minutes: 142
45 to 59 minutes: 204
60 to 89 minutes: 296
90 or more minutes: 170
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 5,954 (71.1%)
Carpooled: 709 (8.5%)
Bus: 60 (0.7%)
Taxi: 114 (1.4%)
Bicycle: 134 (1.6%)
Walked: 183 (2.2%)
Worked at home: 1,192 (14.2%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
5.8%Males
2.8%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
3.2%Males
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
9.1%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
3.1%Males
9.3%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Sonoma, California
1172010 or later
2462000 to 2009
2001990 to 1999
1531980 to 1989
1411970 to 1979
323Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
Irish: 717 (16.6%)
English: 463 (10.7%)
German: 432 (10.0%)
Italian: 316 (7.3%)
European: 228 (5.3%)
French: 168 (3.9%)
Scottish: 108 (2.5%)
Dutch: 88 (2.0%)
American: 86 (2.0%)
Eastern European: 77 (1.8%)
Armenian: 66 (1.5%)
Greek: 66 (1.5%)
Norwegian: 66 (1.5%)
Northern European: 56 (1.3%)
Swedish: 54 (1.2%)
Scandinavian: 45 (1.0%)
Russian: 44 (1.0%)
Palestinian: 32 (0.7%)
Polish: 31 (0.7%)
Welsh: 25 (0.6%)
Finnish: 22 (0.5%)
Yugoslavian: 20 (0.5%)
Danish: 17 (0.4%)
Albanian: 15 (0.3%)
Austrian: 14 (0.3%)
Belgian: 11 (0.3%)
Slovak: 11 (0.3%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.2%)
French Canadian: 8 (0.2%)
Jordanian: 7 (0.2%)
British: 7 (0.2%)
Portuguese: 3 (0.07%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Sonoma:
26.6% (333)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
Canada
Sonoma:
6.1% (77)
California:
1.2% (127,477)
Ireland
Sonoma:
6.1% (77)
California:
0.2% (16,042)
Nepal
Sonoma:
5.9% (74)
California:
0.2% (16,541)
Nicaragua
Sonoma:
5.7% (72)
California:
0.6% (58,161)
France
Sonoma:
4.2% (52)
California:
0.4% (40,224)
United Kingdom, excluding England and Scotland
Sonoma:
4.1% (51)
California:
0.6% (60,582)
Italy
Sonoma:
3.8% (47)
California:
0.3% (31,439)
India
Sonoma:
3.6% (45)
California:
5.2% (539,184)
Argentina
Sonoma:
3.0% (37)
California:
0.3% (33,960)
Costa Rica
Sonoma:
2.6% (33)
California:
0.1% (12,623)
Scotland
Sonoma:
2.2% (28)
California:
0.1% (8,444)
El Salvador
Sonoma:
1.9% (24)
California:
4.2% (440,287)
Cambodia
Sonoma:
1.8% (23)
California:
0.5% (51,974)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Sonoma:
1.8% (23)
California:
6.6% (684,672)
Asia, n.e.c.
Sonoma:
1.8% (22)
California:
0.1% (11,122)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 6,394
Other state: 2,951
Northeast: 761
Midwest: 1,055
South: 606
West: 499
86.7% of Sonoma residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 29.0% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 77.5% lived in California.
Sonoma:
86.7%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 32
Nursery to 4th grade: 22
5th and 6th grade: 40
7th and 8th grade: 0
9th grade: 0
10th grade: 13
11th grade: 12
12th grade, no diploma: 127
High school graduate (or equivalency): 933
Less than 1 year of college: 192
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 474
Associate degree: 181
Bachelor's degree: 1,023
Master's degree: 477
Professional school degree: 87
Doctorate degree: 48
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 15
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 54
7th and 8th grade: 0
9th grade: 0
10th grade: 14
11th grade: 23
12th grade, no diploma: 60
High school graduate (or equivalency): 652
Less than 1 year of college: 333
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 795
Associate degree: 556
Bachelor's degree: 1,442
Master's degree: 767
Professional school degree: 238
Doctorate degree: 129
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 3,472
One, attached: 590
Two: 263
3 or 4: 389
5 to 9: 196
10 to 19: 214
20 to 49: 183
50 or more: 268
Mobile homes: 305
Median worth of mobile homes: $163,362
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.6%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 3.5%
House/condo owner moved in on average 11 years ago