Sonora is home to 4,919 people in California. 43% of homes are owner-occupied. The foreign-born share is 5%. At a median age of 42.1, this is an older place than the country as a whole. Density works out to 1,555 people per square mile. That trails the California median by roughly 17%.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $82,690, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.1
US median: 38.9
Average education
33% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 68%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Sonora
What changed most since 1990
White share88.6% → 82.7%(−6.0 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median household income (2024 dollars)$51,993 → $82,690(+59%)US over the same years: +14%
Poverty rate11.9% → 16.9%(+5.1 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)6.7%(23)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)26.2%(90)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era43%(148)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0.6%(2)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II20.1%(69)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 344 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Sonora, decade by decade
Sonora population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
4,153
$51,993
$244,087
18.4%
26.0
2000
4,423
$52,569
$251,388
16.2%
31.0
2010
4,903
$44,442
$460,630
20.3%
38.6
2020
5,003
$66,392
$394,276
27.0%
51.2
2024
4,919
$82,690
$422,300
33.2%
38.2
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
