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Sonora, CA

4,965 Population
3.2 square miles 1,569.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±7.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Sonora, CA Micro Area: 48.8 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$39,503 ±$7,092 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Sonora, CA Micro Area: $41,372 ±$1,672
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$62,621 ±$12,647 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Sonora, CA Micro Area: $72,259 ±$5,678
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

20% ±7.1% (949  ±336) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Sonora, CA Micro Area: 10.7% † 5,547 (±1.5% / ±787)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

33 minutes ±9.3 (63,760  ±20,066) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Sonora, CA Micro Area: 31.2 555,305 (±2.5 / ±53,234)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

2,190 ±211 Number of households
  • the Sonora, CA Micro Area: 22,809 ±548
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
2.2 ±0.2 (4,736  ±59) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Sonora, CA Micro Area: 2.3 51,517 (±0.1 / ±121)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

1.5% ±2.4% (19  ±31) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Sonora, CA Micro Area: 5.5% † 531 (±2.8% / ±269)
  • about one-third of the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

2,475 ±231 Number of housing units
  • the Sonora, CA Micro Area: 31,491 ±64
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$379,300 ±$26,380 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Sonora, CA Micro Area: $406,200 ±$15,616
  • about half the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

17% ±5.3% (838  ±260.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Sonora, CA Micro Area: 12% † 6,521 (±1.4% / ±759.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

94.8% ±10.5% (3,363  ±442.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Sonora, CA Micro Area: 93.5% 39,205 (±3.7% / ±1,552.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
30.2% ±6.6% (1,071  ±246.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Sonora, CA Micro Area: 23.9% 10,038 (±1.9% / ±782)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 36.5% 9,834,361 (±0.1% / ±27,165.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.8% ±2.2% (190  ±111) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Sonora, CA Micro Area: 5.1% 2,793
  • less than a fifth of the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

7.3% ±3.4% (283  ±132) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Sonora, CA Micro Area: 10.4% † 4,713 (±1.1% / ±488)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
283 Total veterans ±132 228 Male ±123 55 Female ±56

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