Sonoma vs Windsor

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

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

Windsor has the higher population (26,179 vs 10,726 in Sonoma). Windsor has the higher median household income ($129,004 vs $101,281 in Sonoma). Sonoma has the higher median home value ($954,300 vs $763,200 in Windsor).

Population, income & housing

	Sonoma	Windsor
Population	10,726	26,179
Median age	54.4 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$101,281	$129,004
Median home value	$954,300	$763,200
Median gross rent	$2,216	$2,087
Housing units	5,929	9,591
Homeownership rate	63.1%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.7%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sonoma	Windsor
Population	11,075 → 10,726 (-3.2%)	27,447 → 26,179 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$84,352 → $101,281 (+20.1%)	$106,899 → $129,004 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$785,900 → $954,300 (+21.4%)	$597,500 → $763,200 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,836 → $2,216 (+20.7%)	$1,770 → $2,087 (+17.9%)

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

Windsor

Population

27,44726,179

Median household income

$106,899$129,004

Median home value

$597,500$763,200

Median gross rent

$1,770$2,087

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sonoma	Windsor
Under 5	3.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	11.4%	18.6%
18 to 24	5.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	6.4%	9.8%
35 to 44	9.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	15.5%	14.0%
55 to 64	16.2%	15.6%
65 to 74	16.7%	10.6%
75 and over	15.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sonoma	Windsor
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	58.1%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.7%
Asian	1.9%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.4%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	15.8%	33.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sonoma	Windsor
No high school diploma	4.4%	12.0%
High school graduate	18.7%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.6%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sonoma	Windsor
Drove alone	67.4%	78.8%
Carpooled	3.3%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	3.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.6%
Worked from home	22.4%	10.0%
Other means	2.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sonoma	Windsor
1-unit, detached	60.8%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	3.2%
20 or more units	5.8%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Sonoma	Windsor
Poverty rate	8.5%	4.7%
Average household size	1.98	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1979	1993