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El SobranteCA

El Sobrante, CA is a 13K-resident city in Contra Costa County with a median household income of $114,853.

Contra Costa County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for El Sobrante, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. El Sobrante has a population larger than 16% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $758,800.

Data updated 2026-09-03

13K
Population (place)
Bottom 17%
By size
$114,853
Median income (place)
$758,800
Median home (place)
11.4%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on El Sobrante

El Sobrante posts a median household income higher than 80% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 20%
by median income, US cities

Where El Sobrante income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$114,853 Top 20% higher than 80% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

El Sobrante $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading El Sobrante, CA beyond the headline numbers

El Sobrante sits inside Contra Costa County, California, at roughly 37.98°N, -122.30°W. Population 12,669, $114,853 median household income. Median home value $758,800, median rent $2,216. Poverty rate 11.4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Poverty in El Sobrante, CA stands at 11.4%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in El Sobrante costs around 6.6 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

15.7% of El Sobrante workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current smoking departs furthest from its peer median: 9.8% in El Sobrante, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

4.2% of El Sobrante workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for El Sobrante from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
12,669
El Sobrante · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$114,853
+28% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$758,800
+83% vs avg
Median Age (place)
39.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Contra Costa County): El Sobrante's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
1.2M+9%
Median Income
$127,229+62%
Median Home Value
$866,800+115%
Poverty Rate
8.4%-20%
Unemployment
6.5%-37%

Economics

Economics indicators for El Sobrante, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,216/mo
Poverty Rate
11.4% -8% vs avg
Unemployment 5.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 36.5%
Work From Home 15.7%
Public Transit 4.2%

Population

White 34.6%
African American 9.6%
Asian 18.6%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
36.6%
High Blood Pressure
31.3%
Obesity
29.2%
Physical Inactivity
24.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
16%
Binge Drinking
15.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
12.5%
Diabetes
11.5%
Current Smoking
9.8%
Current Asthma
9.7%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 66.1%
Annual Checkup 72.2%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
8.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.4%
Stroke
3.1%

What alerts and safety updates affect El Sobrante?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for El Sobrante right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet CA-EL-SOBRANTE · El Sobrante

El Sobrante: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

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  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of El Sobrante, CA? ▼
El Sobrante, CA has a population of 12,669 people, located in Contra Costa County, California.
What is the median household income in El Sobrante? ▼
The median household income in El Sobrante, CA is $114,853 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 11.4%.
What is the median home value in El Sobrante? ▼
The median home value in El Sobrante, CA is $758,800. Median rent is $2,216/month.
What are the top health concerns in El Sobrante? ▼
The top health indicators in El Sobrante include Short Sleep Duration (36.6%), High Blood Pressure (31.3%), Obesity (29.2%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in El Sobrante? ▼
The median age in El Sobrante, CA is 39.3 years. 36.5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for El Sobrante, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (11.4% here).

Brandon, FL 11.4% Saint George, UT 11.4% Malden, MA 11.4% Moore, OK 11.4%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($114,853 here).

New Milford, NJ $114,889 Katy, TX $114,912 Franklin Park, NJ $114,946 Belle Chasse, LA $115,012

Compare El Sobrante with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

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Using El Sobrante's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Contra Costa County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.