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Graton CDP, California: commercial real estate data.
Graton CDP is a Census CDP of 1,806 people across 1.58 square miles of land, in Sonoma County. Median household income is $91,429, 79.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $400,000.
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Graton
What Graton is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area1.58 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,144 plus or minus 253
- County holding the largest share of its areaSonoma 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.
Graton
How many people live in Graton
- Population1,806 plus or minus 400
- Median age48.0 plus or minus 11.5
- Population under 18483 plus or minus 211
- Share under 1826.7 percent plus or minus 10.0
- Population 65 and over424 plus or minus 117
- Share 65 and over23.5 percent
- Households760
- Family households482 plus or minus 170
- Share of households that are families63.4 percent plus or minus 18.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Graton
Income and work in Graton
- Median household income$91,429 plus or minus $49,642
- Per capita income$65,106 plus or minus $28,035
- Civilian labor force751 plus or minus 213
- Employed708 plus or minus 208
- Unemployed43 plus or minus 43
- Unemployment rate5.7 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Adults 25 and over1,302
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher53.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree27.0 percent plus or minus 8.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Graton
Housing in Graton
- Housing units767
- Occupied units760
- Vacant units7 plus or minus 12
- Vacancy rate0.9 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Owner occupied601 plus or minus 132
- Renter occupied159 plus or minus 66
- Ownership rate79.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$878,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,826
- Annual rent as a share of median income37.1 percent plus or minus 20.3
- Single family units639 plus or minus 145
- Share single family83.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more35 plus or minus 33
- Share in buildings of two or more4.6 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Mobile homes93 plus or minus 64
- Median year structure built1966
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Graton
How Graton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute452 plus or minus 150
- Commuting under 15 minutes119 plus or minus 59
- Share commuting under 15 minutes26.3 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more172 plus or minus 119
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more38.1 percent plus or minus 23.2
- Drove alone61.4 percent plus or minus 12.4
- Carpooled0.0 percent
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home36.2 percent plus or minus 20.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Graton
SBA loans in Graton (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$400,000
- Average approval$200,000
- Median approval$300,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$300,000
- Largest approval$300,000
- Jobs supported5
- Jobs per approval2.5
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 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.
Sonoma County, not Graton
Sonoma County context, not Graton figures
These are Sonoma County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Graton measurements.
- Establishments in Sonoma County14,572
- Employment at those establishments, Sonoma County177,367
- Covered employment, Sonoma County206,849
- Average annual pay, Sonoma County$71,422
- Average weekly wage, Sonoma County$1,373
- Housing units permitted, Sonoma County1,012
- Of those, single family, Sonoma County832
- County product, 2024, Sonoma County$39,448,025,000
- County product change over the prior year, Sonoma County3.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Sonoma County$142,818
Every figure in this section is published for Sonoma County as a whole and is not a measurement of Graton. 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
Graton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Graton, California?
1,806, in 760 households. Graton CDP covers 1.58 square miles of land, which is 1,144 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Graton in?
Sonoma 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 Graton?
$91,429. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $878,100. Median gross rent is $2,826 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Graton businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $400,000, across 2 lenders, median approval $300,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Graton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Graton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Graton. only 1 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 Graton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Sonoma 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 Graton.
Is zoning published for Graton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.