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Sonoma city, California: commercial real estate data.
Sonoma city is a Census city of 10,670 people across 2.74 square miles of land, in Sonoma County. Median household income is $98,527, 65.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 41 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $20.4 m.
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Sonoma
What Sonoma is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.74 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,889
- 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.
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How many people live in Sonoma
- Population10,670
- Median age57.3
- Population under 181,503
- Share under 1814.1 percent
- Population 65 and over3,659
- Share 65 and over34.3 percent
- Households5,285
- Family households2,768
- Share of households that are families52.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Sonoma
- Median household income$98,527
- Per capita income$73,346
- Civilian labor force5,209
- Employed4,912
- Unemployed297 plus or minus 131
- Unemployment rate5.7 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Adults 25 and over8,629
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher51.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree17.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Sonoma
- Housing units5,992
- Occupied units5,285
- Vacant units707 plus or minus 247
- Vacancy rate11.8 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Owner occupied3,435
- Renter occupied1,850
- Ownership rate65.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$970,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,226
- Annual rent as a share of median income27.1 percent
- Single family units4,117
- Share single family68.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,315 plus or minus 281
- Share in buildings of two or more21.9 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Mobile homes560 plus or minus 219
- Median year structure built1977
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Sonoma gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,736
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,517 plus or minus 314
- Share commuting under 15 minutes40.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,336 plus or minus 290
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more35.8 percent
- Drove alone68.5 percent
- Carpooled2.3 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.7 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Worked from home22.8 percent plus or minus 4.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Sonoma (7(a))
- Approvals41
- Gross approval$20,410,700
- Average approval$497,822
- Median approval$225,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,078,500
- Largest approval$3,550,000
- Jobs supported346
- Jobs per approval8.4
- Loans with a final outcome10
- Paid in full10
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more17.1 percent
- Share to franchises2.4 percent
- Distinct lenders18
- Distinct industries by NAICS33
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Sonoma (504)
- Approvals32
- Gross approval$26,387,000
- Average approval$824,594
- Median approval$644,000
- Largest approval$3,779,000
- Jobs supported279
- Loans with a final outcome12
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs5
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Sonoma
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number060383
- Currently effective map date12/02/08
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Sonoma County, not Sonoma
Sonoma County context, not Sonoma 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 Sonoma 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 Sonoma. 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.
- 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
Sonoma questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Sonoma, California?
10,670, in 5,285 households. Sonoma city covers 2.74 square miles of land, which is 3,889 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Sonoma 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 Sonoma?
$98,527. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $970,500. Median gross rent is $2,226 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Sonoma businesses?
41 7(a) approvals totalling $20.4 m, across 18 lenders, median approval $225,000, plus 32 504 approvals worth $26.4 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Sonoma, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Sonoma borrowers get paid back?
Of the 10 loans that have reached a final outcome, 10 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Sonoma in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Sonoma appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 060383, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Sonoma 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 Sonoma.
Is zoning published for Sonoma?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.