Jamestown vs Sonora

A side-by-side comparison of Jamestown and Sonora: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sonora has the higher population (4,965 vs 3,777 in Jamestown). Sonora has the higher median household income ($62,621 vs $51,886 in Jamestown). Sonora has the higher median home value ($379,300 vs $350,600 in Jamestown).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown	Sonora
Population	3,777	4,965
Median age	41.8 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,886	$62,621
Median home value	$350,600	$379,300
Median gross rent	$1,061	$1,164
Housing units	2,032	2,475
Homeownership rate	58.5%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown	Sonora
Population	3,107 → 3,777 (+21.6%)	4,844 → 4,965 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$45,547 → $51,886 (+13.9%)	$42,446 → $62,621 (+47.5%)
Median home value	$190,200 → $350,600 (+84.3%)	$273,400 → $379,300 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$875 → $1,061 (+21.3%)	$887 → $1,164 (+31.2%)

Jamestown

Population

3,1073,777

Median household income

$45,547$51,886

Median home value

$190,200$350,600

Median gross rent

$875$1,061

Sonora

Population

4,8444,965

Median household income

$42,446$62,621

Median home value

$273,400$379,300

Median gross rent

$887$1,164

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamestown	Sonora
Under 5	5.4%	3.3%
5 to 17	15.8%	18.9%
18 to 24	2.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	13.0%	18.2%
35 to 44	17.0%	10.2%
45 to 54	8.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.8%	9.2%
65 to 74	12.8%	14.1%
75 and over	13.5%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown	Sonora
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	83.3%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	1.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown	Sonora
No high school diploma	4.8%	5.2%
High school graduate	23.1%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	53.9%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown	Sonora
Drove alone	85.4%	80.8%
Carpooled	1.7%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	8.2%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown	Sonora
1-unit, detached	52.8%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	12.4%
20 or more units	4.4%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	29.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown	Sonora
Poverty rate	8.6%	20.0%
Average household size	1.86	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	16	33
Median year structure built	1981	1969