Sebastopol vs Sonoma

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

Sebastopol 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 7,466 in Sebastopol). Sonoma has the higher median household income ($101,281 vs $99,600 in Sebastopol). Sonoma has the higher median home value ($954,300 vs $821,400 in Sebastopol).

Population, income & housing

	Sebastopol	Sonoma
Population	7,466	10,726
Median age	48.4 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$99,600	$101,281
Median home value	$821,400	$954,300
Median gross rent	$1,767	$2,216
Housing units	3,388	5,929
Homeownership rate	55.4%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.7%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sebastopol	Sonoma
Population	7,760 → 7,466 (-3.8%)	11,075 → 10,726 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$82,244 → $99,600 (+21.1%)	$84,352 → $101,281 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$638,600 → $821,400 (+28.6%)	$785,900 → $954,300 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,410 → $1,767 (+25.3%)	$1,836 → $2,216 (+20.7%)

Sebastopol

Population

7,7607,466

Median household income

$82,244$99,600

Median home value

$638,600$821,400

Median gross rent

$1,410$1,767

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)

	Sebastopol	Sonoma
Under 5	5.3%	3.1%
5 to 17	11.3%	11.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	6.4%
35 to 44	10.1%	9.9%
45 to 54	13.6%	15.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	16.2%
65 to 74	17.8%	16.7%
75 and over	8.6%	15.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sebastopol	Sonoma
White (non-Hispanic)	72.7%	78.1%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.7%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sebastopol	Sonoma
No high school diploma	5.0%	4.4%
High school graduate	13.5%	18.7%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.6%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.1%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sebastopol	Sonoma
Drove alone	66.0%	67.4%
Carpooled	3.1%	3.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.6%
Worked from home	22.7%	22.4%
Other means	2.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sebastopol	Sonoma
1-unit, detached	58.0%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	10.4%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	6.5%
20 or more units	5.1%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Sebastopol	Sonoma
Poverty rate	8.3%	8.5%
Average household size	2.21	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1975	1979