Demographics of Sonoma city, California

Sonoma city, California had 10,537 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −189 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Sonoma city, in four figures

10,537
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 10,670 ±26.; −1.8%
Change since July 2020: −189 people.; 57.3 ±2.3
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $98,527 ±$8,349
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Sonoma city, California's population shrank 1.8% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Sonoma city, California's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Sonoma city, California's population shrank 1.8% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Sonoma city, California's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	10,726	100.0	100.0
2021	10,710	99.9	100.2
2022	10,691	99.7	100.7
2023	10,608	98.9	101.6
2024	10,599	98.8	102.5
2025	10,537	98.2	103.1

Population of Sonoma city, California on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	10,726	—
2021	10,710	−16
2022	10,691	−19
2023	10,608	−83
2024	10,599	−9
2025	10,537	−62

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 57.3 ±2.3: for men 52.0 ±4.5 and for women 59.5 ±0.6. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Sonoma city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	California	United States
Under 5	242 ±113	2.3% ±1.1	5.5% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,261 ±275	11.8% ±2.6	16.5% ±<0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	538 ±185	5.0% ±1.7	9.1% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	1,725 ±302	16.2% ±2.8	28.7% ±<0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	3,245 ±469	30.4% ±4.4	24.6% ±<0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	3,659 ±471	34.3% ±4.4	15.7% ±<0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $98,527 ±$8,349, and income per person $73,346 ±$8,489, in 2024 dollars. The median is $99,122 ±$310 in California and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Sonoma city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	California	United States
Under $25,000	457 ±180	8.6% ±3.4	12.5% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	635 ±193	12.0% ±3.6	13.3% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	798 ±235	15.1% ±4.3	13.0% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	865 ±295	16.4% ±5.5	11.6% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	821 ±210	15.5% ±3.8	17.8% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	578 ±204	10.9% ±3.8	11.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,131 ±234	21.4% ±4.2	20.5% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Sonoma city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	California	United States
All ages	543 to 1,649	5.2% to 15.7%	12.0% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	59 to 435	4.5% to 28.5%	15.0% ±0.1	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	181 to 625	3.9% to 13.0%	11.0% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	446 ±190	10.5% ±4.3	11.5% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Sonoma city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Sonoma city	California	United States
Housing units	5,992 ±400	14,644,735 ±1,665	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	88.2% ±8.2	92.5% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	11.8% ±4.0	7.5% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	65.0% ±5.2	55.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	35.0% ±5.3	44.1% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$970,500 ±$57,804	$734,700 ±$1,307	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$2,226 ±$204	$2,036 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1977 ±2	1976 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Sonoma city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	California	United States
Hispanic or Latino	1,337 ±332	12.5% ±3.1	40.2% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	8,542 ±400	80.1% ±3.7	33.8% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	1 to 255	< 0.1% to 2.4%	5.2% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	66 to 340	0.6% to 3.2%	15.3% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 21	0% to 0.2%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	28 to 242	0.3% to 2.3%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 84	0% to 0.8%	0.6% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	90 to 482	0.8% to 4.5%	4.4% ±<0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Sonoma city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	California	United States
Born in the state	6,315 ±404	59.2% ±3.8	56.5% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	3,102 ±366	29.1% ±3.4	15.0% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	10 to 112	0.1% to 1.0%	1.5% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	1,192 ±338	11.2% ±3.2	27.0% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	779 ±283	7.3% ±2.7	14.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	413 ±151	3.9% ±1.4	12.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Sonoma city among the places of California

482nd of 661 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the California page.

Places of California near Sonoma city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Calimesa city	10,902 ±29
Placerville city	10,762 ±22
Fairview CDP	10,745 ±846
Morro Bay city	10,692 ±25
Soquel CDP	10,679 ±1,263
Sonoma city	10,670 ±26
Garden Acres CDP	10,667 ±1,266
Lake Arrowhead CDP	10,639 ±1,154
Hillcrest CDP	10,511 ±1,151
Home Gardens CDP	10,506 ±1,122
Alum Rock CDP	10,440 ±1,158

Rankings this appears in

No. 6 Places in California by median age
No. 57 Places in California by per capita income
No. 79 Places by median age
No. 86 Places in California by median rent
No. 99 Places in California by median home value
No. 146 Places in California by homeownership rate

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026