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Sonora, CA

4,919 Population
3.2 square miles 1,555.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±5.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Sonora, CA Micro Area: 48.4 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,901 ±$4,019 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Sonora, CA Micro Area: $44,142 ±$2,387
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
$82,690 ±$25,362 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Sonora, CA Micro Area: $77,404 ±$5,095
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310

16.9% ±7% (801  ±332) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Sonora, CA Micro Area: 10.4% † 5,384 (±1.6% / ±829)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)

28.9 minutes ±7.3 (56,060  ±16,475) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Sonora, CA Micro Area: 30.1 532,465 (±2.2 / ±48,697)
  • about the same as the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)

Families

2,216 ±229 Number of households
  • the Sonora, CA Micro Area: 22,690 ±468
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
2.1 ±0.2 (4,727  ±48) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Sonora, CA Micro Area: 2.3 51,129 (±0.1 / ±117)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212

2% ±2.3% (25  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Sonora, CA Micro Area: 5.5% † 527 (±2.3% / ±219)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 4.8% 455,771 (±0.1% / ±6,129)

Housing

2,507 ±249 Number of housing units
  • the Sonora, CA Micro Area: 31,589 ±116
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665

$422,300 ±$33,175 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Sonora, CA Micro Area: $433,200 ±$14,328
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307

13.5% ±5.2% (658  ±251.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Sonora, CA Micro Area: 12.1% † 6,556 (±1.7% / ±908.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)

Social

95% ±10.3% (3,414  ±449.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Sonora, CA Micro Area: 93.3% 38,892 (±3.6% / ±1,519.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
33.2% ±7.1% (1,195  ±271.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Sonora, CA Micro Area: 24.6% 10,256 (±2% / ±852.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 37.1% 10,039,805 (±0.1% / ±28,607.4)

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

5.1% ±2.8% (253  ±138) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Sonora, CA Micro Area: 4.6% 2,508
  • about one-fifth of the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301

8.8% ±3.4% (344  ±136) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Sonora, CA Micro Area: 9.6% † 4,345 (±1.1% / ±515)
  • more than double the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
344 Total veterans ±136 291 Male ±130 53 Female ±55

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