East Sonora vs Phoenix Lake

A side-by-side comparison of East Sonora and Phoenix Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

East Sonora and Phoenix Lake are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Phoenix Lake has the higher population (4,505 vs 2,823 in East Sonora). East Sonora has the higher median household income ($85,461 vs $78,750 in Phoenix Lake). Phoenix Lake has the higher median home value ($455,000 vs $291,300 in East Sonora).

Population, income & housing

	East Sonora	Phoenix Lake
Population	2,823	4,505
Median age	60.3 yrs	56.5 yrs
Median household income	$85,461	$78,750
Median home value	$291,300	$455,000
Median gross rent	$1,333	$1,724
Housing units	1,422	2,200
Homeownership rate	68.2%	87.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Sonora	Phoenix Lake
Population	2,278 → 2,823 (+23.9%)	4,511 → 4,505 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$42,383 → $85,461 (+101.6%)	$71,397 → $78,750 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$251,900 → $291,300 (+15.6%)	$346,100 → $455,000 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,115 → $1,333 (+19.6%)	$1,445 → $1,724 (+19.3%)

East Sonora

Population

2,2782,823

Median household income

$42,383$85,461

Median home value

$251,900$291,300

Median gross rent

$1,115$1,333

Phoenix Lake

Population

4,5114,505

Median household income

$71,397$78,750

Median home value

$346,100$455,000

Median gross rent

$1,445$1,724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Sonora	Phoenix Lake
Under 5	4.1%	3.1%
5 to 17	9.0%	10.1%
18 to 24	1.6%	11.7%
25 to 34	8.5%	5.9%
35 to 44	5.3%	5.4%
45 to 54	16.1%	12.4%
55 to 64	10.4%	20.4%
65 to 74	21.3%	16.2%
75 and over	23.8%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Sonora	Phoenix Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Sonora	Phoenix Lake
No high school diploma	4.6%	7.5%
High school graduate	34.0%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Sonora	Phoenix Lake
Drove alone	74.9%	74.8%
Carpooled	11.9%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	17.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Sonora	Phoenix Lake
1-unit, detached	53.1%	90.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	East Sonora	Phoenix Lake
Poverty rate	7.5%	7.9%
Average household size	1.91	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	1992	1978