Rohnert Park vs Sonoma

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

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

Rohnert Park has the higher population (44,461 vs 10,726 in Sonoma). Sonoma has the higher median household income ($101,281 vs $96,635 in Rohnert Park). Sonoma has the higher median home value ($954,300 vs $634,900 in Rohnert Park).

Population, income & housing

	Rohnert Park	Sonoma
Population	44,461	10,726
Median age	34.9 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$96,635	$101,281
Median home value	$634,900	$954,300
Median gross rent	$2,211	$2,216
Housing units	17,431	5,929
Homeownership rate	50.6%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rohnert Park	Sonoma
Population	42,902 → 44,461 (+3.6%)	11,075 → 10,726 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$71,585 → $96,635 (+35.0%)	$84,352 → $101,281 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$456,500 → $634,900 (+39.1%)	$785,900 → $954,300 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,688 → $2,211 (+31.0%)	$1,836 → $2,216 (+20.7%)

Rohnert Park

Population

42,90244,461

Median household income

$71,585$96,635

Median home value

$456,500$634,900

Median gross rent

$1,688$2,211

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)

	Rohnert Park	Sonoma
Under 5	6.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	14.8%	11.4%
18 to 24	13.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	16.4%	6.4%
35 to 44	13.5%	9.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	15.5%
55 to 64	11.9%	16.2%
65 to 74	8.6%	16.7%
75 and over	5.2%	15.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rohnert Park	Sonoma
White (non-Hispanic)	52.0%	78.1%
Black or African American	2.6%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	5.9%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	32.7%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rohnert Park	Sonoma
No high school diploma	10.1%	4.4%
High school graduate	23.4%	18.7%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rohnert Park	Sonoma
Drove alone	74.6%	67.4%
Carpooled	10.3%	3.3%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	10.9%	22.4%
Other means	2.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rohnert Park	Sonoma
1-unit, detached	45.9%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	6.5%
20 or more units	18.8%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Rohnert Park	Sonoma
Poverty rate	10.2%	8.5%
Average household size	2.63	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1982	1979