Cherryland vs Sunol

A side-by-side comparison of Cherryland and Sunol: population, income, housing, and more.

Cherryland and Sunol are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cherryland has the higher population (14,575 vs 931 in Sunol). Sunol has the higher median household income ($182,250 vs $84,858 in Cherryland). Sunol has the higher median home value ($1,514,900 vs $654,200 in Cherryland).

Population, income & housing

	Cherryland	Sunol
Population	14,575	931
Median age	38.5 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$84,858	$182,250
Median home value	$654,200	$1,514,900
Median gross rent	$2,109	$3,501
Housing units	4,796	347
Homeownership rate	33.7%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	48.3%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherryland	Sunol
Population	16,066 → 14,575 (-9.3%)	850 → 931 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$69,721 → $84,858 (+21.7%)	$129,231 → $182,250 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$490,100 → $654,200 (+33.5%)	$1,197,000 → $1,514,900 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,671 → $2,109 (+26.2%)	$1,606 → $3,501 (+118.0%)

Cherryland

Population

16,06614,575

Median household income

$69,721$84,858

Median home value

$490,100$654,200

Median gross rent

$1,671$2,109

Sunol

Population

850931

Median household income

$129,231$182,250

Median home value

$1,197,000$1,514,900

Median gross rent

$1,606$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherryland	Sunol
Under 5	5.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.5%	14.3%
18 to 24	9.9%	2.6%
25 to 34	13.3%	8.1%
35 to 44	17.9%	14.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.5%	20.0%
65 to 74	7.2%	16.9%
75 and over	6.8%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherryland	Sunol
White (non-Hispanic)	16.3%	66.9%
Black or African American	9.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	15.4%	9.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	52.6%	14.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherryland	Sunol
No high school diploma	29.8%	4.8%
High school graduate	28.1%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherryland	Sunol
Drove alone	78.5%	72.8%
Carpooled	5.8%	5.0%
Public transit	2.8%	0.7%
Walked	0.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	20.8%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherryland	Sunol
1-unit, detached	43.7%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	22.3%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Cherryland	Sunol
Poverty rate	11.2%	6.9%
Average household size	3.05	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	30	36
Median year structure built	1962	1961