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El Sobrante CDP, California: commercial real estate data.
El Sobrante CDP is a Census CDP of 16,294 people across 3.10 square miles of land, in Contra Costa County. Median household income is $114,853, 67.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 25 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.1 m.
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El Sobrante
What El Sobrante is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area3.1 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land5,263
- County holding the largest share of its areaContra Costa County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
El Sobrante
How many people live in El Sobrante
- Population16,294
- Median age39.3
- Population under 183,379
- Share under 1820.7 percent
- Population 65 and over2,983
- Share 65 and over18.3 percent
- Households5,587
- Family households4,189
- Share of households that are families75.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
El Sobrante
Income and work in El Sobrante
- Median household income$114,853
- Per capita income$47,214
- Civilian labor force8,543
- Employed8,079
- Unemployed464 plus or minus 190
- Unemployment rate5.4 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Adults 25 and over11,834
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher36.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
El Sobrante
Housing in El Sobrante
- Housing units6,042
- Occupied units5,587
- Vacant units455 plus or minus 223
- Vacancy rate7.5 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Owner occupied3,768
- Renter occupied1,819
- Ownership rate67.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$758,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,216
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.2 percent
- Single family units4,674
- Share single family77.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,283 plus or minus 322
- Share in buildings of two or more21.2 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Mobile homes85 plus or minus 97
- Median year structure built1961
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
El Sobrante
How El Sobrante gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute6,541
- Commuting under 15 minutes973 plus or minus 285
- Share commuting under 15 minutes14.9 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more3,626
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more55.4 percent
- Drove alone64.5 percent
- Carpooled11.8 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Public transport4.2 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Walked0.7 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Worked from home15.7 percent plus or minus 3.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
El Sobrante
SBA loans in El Sobrante (7(a))
- Approvals25
- Gross approval$5,119,200
- Average approval$204,768
- Median approval$110,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$374,000
- Largest approval$925,000
- Jobs supported194
- Jobs per approval7.8
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Paid in full2
- Charged off2
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more12.0 percent
- Share to franchises4.0 percent
- Distinct lenders12
- Distinct industries by NAICS17
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 4 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
El Sobrante
SBA loans in El Sobrante (504)
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$3,597,000
- Average approval$719,400
- Median approval$344,000
- Largest approval$1,422,000
- Jobs supported45
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Contra Costa County, not El Sobrante
Contra Costa County context, not El Sobrante figures
These are Contra Costa County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as El Sobrante measurements.
- Establishments in Contra Costa County25,932
- Employment at those establishments, Contra Costa County343,690
- Covered employment, Contra Costa County373,992
- Average annual pay, Contra Costa County$86,234
- Average weekly wage, Contra Costa County$1,658
- Housing units permitted, Contra Costa County2,155
- Of those, single family, Contra Costa County1,251
- County product, 2024, Contra Costa County$96,579,110,000
- County product change over the prior year, Contra Costa County1.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Contra Costa County$162,744
Every figure in this section is published for Contra Costa County as a whole and is not a measurement of El Sobrante. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
El Sobrante questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in El Sobrante, California?
16,294, in 5,587 households. El Sobrante CDP covers 3.10 square miles of land, which is 5,263 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is El Sobrante in?
Contra Costa County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in El Sobrante?
$114,853. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $758,800. Median gross rent is $2,216 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to El Sobrante businesses?
25 7(a) approvals totalling $5.1 m, across 12 lenders, median approval $110,000, plus 5 504 approvals worth $3.6 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in El Sobrante, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to El Sobrante borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for El Sobrante. only 4 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page El Sobrante figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Contra Costa County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of El Sobrante.
Is zoning published for El Sobrante?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.