Healdsburg vs Sonoma

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

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

Healdsburg has the higher population (11,274 vs 10,726 in Sonoma). Sonoma has the higher median household income ($101,281 vs $100,082 in Healdsburg). Sonoma has the higher median home value ($954,300 vs $946,900 in Healdsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Healdsburg	Sonoma
Population	11,274	10,726
Median age	43.3 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$100,082	$101,281
Median home value	$946,900	$954,300
Median gross rent	$2,202	$2,216
Housing units	5,219	5,929
Homeownership rate	59.0%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.5%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Healdsburg	Sonoma
Population	11,845 → 11,274 (-4.8%)	11,075 → 10,726 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$96,016 → $100,082 (+4.2%)	$84,352 → $101,281 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$724,700 → $946,900 (+30.7%)	$785,900 → $954,300 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,736 → $2,202 (+26.8%)	$1,836 → $2,216 (+20.7%)

Healdsburg

Population

11,84511,274

Median household income

$96,016$100,082

Median home value

$724,700$946,900

Median gross rent

$1,736$2,202

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)

	Healdsburg	Sonoma
Under 5	5.3%	3.1%
5 to 17	12.1%	11.4%
18 to 24	7.7%	5.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	6.4%
35 to 44	16.2%	9.9%
45 to 54	10.0%	15.5%
55 to 64	14.1%	16.2%
65 to 74	16.6%	16.7%
75 and over	7.1%	15.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Healdsburg	Sonoma
White (non-Hispanic)	62.1%	78.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	32.9%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Healdsburg	Sonoma
No high school diploma	14.3%	4.4%
High school graduate	16.1%	18.7%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Healdsburg	Sonoma
Drove alone	61.8%	67.4%
Carpooled	8.0%	3.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	3.8%
Bicycle	2.4%	0.6%
Worked from home	20.6%	22.4%
Other means	0.8%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Healdsburg	Sonoma
1-unit, detached	72.5%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	6.5%
20 or more units	3.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Healdsburg	Sonoma
Poverty rate	11.3%	8.5%
Average household size	2.45	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1979	1979