Cotati vs Sonoma

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

Cotati 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 7,533 in Cotati). Cotati has the higher median household income ($112,841 vs $101,281 in Sonoma). Sonoma has the higher median home value ($954,300 vs $702,500 in Cotati).

Population, income & housing

	Cotati	Sonoma
Population	7,533	10,726
Median age	38.3 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$112,841	$101,281
Median home value	$702,500	$954,300
Median gross rent	$1,899	$2,216
Housing units	3,338	5,929
Homeownership rate	58.2%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cotati	Sonoma
Population	7,454 → 7,533 (+1.1%)	11,075 → 10,726 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$82,182 → $112,841 (+37.3%)	$84,352 → $101,281 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$525,500 → $702,500 (+33.7%)	$785,900 → $954,300 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,618 → $1,899 (+17.4%)	$1,836 → $2,216 (+20.7%)

Cotati

Population

7,4547,533

Median household income

$82,182$112,841

Median home value

$525,500$702,500

Median gross rent

$1,618$1,899

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)

	Cotati	Sonoma
Under 5	5.3%	3.1%
5 to 17	13.1%	11.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	5.0%
25 to 34	16.2%	6.4%
35 to 44	19.7%	9.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	15.5%
55 to 64	13.0%	16.2%
65 to 74	7.8%	16.7%
75 and over	7.1%	15.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cotati	Sonoma
White (non-Hispanic)	70.0%	78.1%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	18.1%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cotati	Sonoma
No high school diploma	3.1%	4.4%
High school graduate	16.1%	18.7%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cotati	Sonoma
Drove alone	68.7%	67.4%
Carpooled	7.9%	3.3%
Public transit	4.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.6%
Worked from home	16.7%	22.4%
Other means	1.2%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cotati	Sonoma
1-unit, detached	53.1%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	6.5%
20 or more units	7.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Cotati	Sonoma
Poverty rate	8.0%	8.5%
Average household size	2.30	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1985	1979