City safety & data profile

SonomaCA

Sonoma, CA is a 11K-resident city in Sonoma County with a median household income of $98,527.

Sonoma County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Sonoma, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Sonoma has a population larger than 7% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $970,500, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

11K
Population (place)
Bottom 8%
By size
$98,527
Median income (place)
$970,500
Median home (place)
10.4%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Sonoma

Sonoma posts a median household income higher than 68% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Sonoma area.

Top 32%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Sonoma

Where Sonoma income ranks nationally

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

$98,527 Top 32% higher than 68% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Sonoma $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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 Sonoma, CA beyond the headline numbers

Sonoma sits inside Sonoma County, California, at roughly 38.29°N, -122.46°W. Population 11,037, $98,527 median household income. Median home value $970,500, median rent $2,226. Poverty rate 10.4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Sonoma, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

At 10.4%, poverty in Sonoma, CA runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

The median home in Sonoma costs around 9.9 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.

22.8% of Sonoma workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, obesity departs furthest from its peer median: 24.8% in Sonoma, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Sonoma workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 57.3 years, Sonoma's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Sonoma 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)
11,037
Sonoma · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$98,527
+10% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$970,500
+135% vs avg
Median Age (place)
57.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Sonoma County): Sonoma'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
485K-0%
Median Income
$104,674+65%
Median Home Value
$815,500+100%
Poverty Rate
8.9%-25%
Unemployment
5.7%-44%

Economics

Economics indicators for Sonoma, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,226/mo
Poverty Rate
10.4% -16% vs avg
Unemployment 5.7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 51.2%
Work From Home 22.8%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 82.6%
African American 1.2%
Asian 2%
Two or More Ethnicities 1.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
35.8%
Short Sleep Duration
31%
Obesity
24.8%
Physical Inactivity
20.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
14.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
13.4%
Binge Drinking
13.4%
Diabetes
11.4%
Current Asthma
9.9%
Current Smoking
9.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 70.3%
Annual Checkup 77.5%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
7.6%
Lack of Health Insurance
6.1%
Stroke
3.9%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
SONOMA VALLEY HOSPITAL
SONOMA · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Sonoma?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet CA-SONOMA · Sonoma

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

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Sonoma; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Sonoma, CA? ▼
Sonoma, CA has a population of 11,037 people, located in Sonoma County, California.
What is the median household income in Sonoma? ▼
The median household income in Sonoma, CA is $98,527 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 10.4%.
What is the median home value in Sonoma? ▼
The median home value in Sonoma, CA is $970,500. Median rent is $2,226/month.
What are the top health concerns in Sonoma? ▼
The top health indicators in Sonoma include High Blood Pressure (35.8%), Short Sleep Duration (31%), Obesity (24.8%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Sonoma? ▼
Sonoma has 1 hospital with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Sonoma? ▼
The median age in Sonoma, CA is 57.3 years. 51.2% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (10.4% here).

Framingham, MA 10.4% Spring, TX 10.4% Kentwood, MI 10.4% Wenatchee, WA 10.4%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($98,527 here).

Rolling Meadows, IL $98,514 Land O' Lakes, FL $98,568 Avon, IN $98,486 Golden, CO $98,582

Compare Sonoma with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Agua Caliente, CA 27K Napa, CA 80K Petaluma, CA 60K Novato, CA 56K American Canyon, CA 21K Rohnert Park, CA 42K Vallejo, CA 122K Santa Rosa, CA 178K
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Using Sonoma's profile

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

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Sonoma area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Sonoma against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California

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 (Sonoma 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.