Cloverdale vs Sonoma

A side-by-side comparison of Cloverdale and Sonoma: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sonoma has the higher population (10,726 vs 8,933 in Cloverdale). Cloverdale has the higher median household income ($104,238 vs $101,281 in Sonoma). Sonoma has the higher median home value ($954,300 vs $613,400 in Cloverdale).

Population, income & housing

	Cloverdale	Sonoma
Population	8,933	10,726
Median age	42.9 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$104,238	$101,281
Median home value	$613,400	$954,300
Median gross rent	$1,245	$2,216
Housing units	3,566	5,929
Homeownership rate	71.4%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cloverdale	Sonoma
Population	8,754 → 8,933 (+2.0%)	11,075 → 10,726 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$71,378 → $104,238 (+46.0%)	$84,352 → $101,281 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$476,100 → $613,400 (+28.8%)	$785,900 → $954,300 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,341 → $1,245 (-7.2%)	$1,836 → $2,216 (+20.7%)

Cloverdale

Population

8,7548,933

Median household income

$71,378$104,238

Median home value

$476,100$613,400

Median gross rent

$1,341$1,245

Sonoma

Population

11,07510,726

Median household income

$84,352$101,281

Median home value

$785,900$954,300

Median gross rent

$1,836$2,216

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cloverdale	Sonoma
Under 5	2.4%	3.1%
5 to 17	16.0%	11.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	5.0%
25 to 34	9.9%	6.4%
35 to 44	15.7%	9.9%
45 to 54	14.9%	15.5%
55 to 64	12.1%	16.2%
65 to 74	14.5%	16.7%
75 and over	7.3%	15.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cloverdale	Sonoma
White (non-Hispanic)	59.1%	78.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	36.5%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cloverdale	Sonoma
No high school diploma	18.7%	4.4%
High school graduate	17.4%	18.7%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cloverdale	Sonoma
Drove alone	77.7%	67.4%
Carpooled	7.0%	3.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	10.9%	22.4%
Other means	0.4%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cloverdale	Sonoma
1-unit, detached	72.0%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	6.5%
20 or more units	2.6%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Cloverdale	Sonoma
Poverty rate	4.5%	8.5%
Average household size	2.52	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1979	1979