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Sonora city, California: commercial real estate data.
Sonora city is a Census city of 4,919 people across 3.16 square miles of land, in Tuolumne County. Median household income is $82,690, 42.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 30 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $16.0 m.
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Sonora
What Sonora is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.16 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,555
- County holding the largest share of its areaTuolumne 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 Sonora
- Population4,919
- Median age42.1
- Population under 181,015 plus or minus 274
- Share under 1820.6 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Population 65 and over1,188 plus or minus 264
- Share 65 and over24.2 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Households2,216
- Family households1,088
- Share of households that are families49.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Sonora
- Median household income$82,690 plus or minus $25,362
- Per capita income$39,901
- Civilian labor force2,543
- Employed2,228
- Unemployed315 plus or minus 165
- Unemployment rate12.4 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Adults 25 and over3,595
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher33.2 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.7 percent plus or minus 6.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Sonora
- Housing units2,507
- Occupied units2,216
- Vacant units291 plus or minus 141
- Vacancy rate11.6 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Owner occupied949
- Renter occupied1,267
- Ownership rate42.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$422,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,238
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.0 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Single family units1,581
- Share single family63.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more917 plus or minus 243
- Share in buildings of two or more36.6 percent plus or minus 9.0
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1969
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Sonora gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,942
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,045 plus or minus 265
- Share commuting under 15 minutes53.8 percent plus or minus 11.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more520 plus or minus 184
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more26.8 percent plus or minus 8.8
- Drove alone82.9 percent
- Carpooled4.7 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Public transport0.1 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Walked1.9 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Worked from home10.4 percent plus or minus 5.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA 7(a) lending to Sonora borrowers
- Approvals30
- Gross approval$16,017,500
- Average approval$533,917
- Median approval$179,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,072,200
- Largest approval$4,166,500
- Jobs supported270
- Jobs per approval9.0
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more33.3 percent
- Share to franchises6.7 percent
- Distinct lenders19
- Distinct industries by NAICS24
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 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.
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SBA 504 lending to Sonora borrowers
- Approvals11
- Gross approval$4,383,000
- Average approval$398,455
- Median approval$290,000
- Largest approval$1,112,000
- Jobs supported31
- 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.
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Flood programme status in Sonora
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number060412
- Currently effective map date04/16/09(M)
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.
Tuolumne County, not Sonora
Tuolumne County context, not Sonora figures
These are Tuolumne County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Sonora measurements.
- Establishments in Tuolumne County1,266
- Employment at those establishments, Tuolumne County12,548
- Covered employment, Tuolumne County18,221
- Average annual pay, Tuolumne County$58,725
- Average weekly wage, Tuolumne County$1,129
- Housing units permitted, Tuolumne County62
- Of those, single family, Tuolumne County62
- County product, 2024, Tuolumne County$3,306,314,000
- County product change over the prior year, Tuolumne County-1.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Tuolumne County$81,794
Every figure in this section is published for Tuolumne County as a whole and is not a measurement of Sonora. 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
Sonora questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Sonora, California?
4,919, in 2,216 households. Sonora city covers 3.16 square miles of land, which is 1,555 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Sonora in?
Tuolumne 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 Sonora?
$82,690. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $422,300. Median gross rent is $1,238 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Sonora businesses?
30 7(a) approvals totalling $16.0 m, across 19 lenders, median approval $179,000, plus 11 504 approvals worth $4.4 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Sonora, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Sonora borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Sonora. only 3 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.
Is Sonora in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Sonora appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 060412, 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 Sonora figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Tuolumne 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 Sonora.
Is zoning published for Sonora?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.