Phoenix Lake vs Sonora

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

Phoenix Lake 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 4,505 in Phoenix Lake). Phoenix Lake has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $62,621 in Sonora). Phoenix Lake has the higher median home value ($455,000 vs $379,300 in Sonora).

Population, income & housing

	Phoenix Lake	Sonora
Population	4,505	4,965
Median age	56.5 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$62,621
Median home value	$455,000	$379,300
Median gross rent	$1,724	$1,164
Housing units	2,200	2,475
Homeownership rate	87.3%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Phoenix Lake	Sonora
Population	4,511 → 4,505 (-0.1%)	4,844 → 4,965 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$71,397 → $78,750 (+10.3%)	$42,446 → $62,621 (+47.5%)
Median home value	$346,100 → $455,000 (+31.5%)	$273,400 → $379,300 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,445 → $1,724 (+19.3%)	$887 → $1,164 (+31.2%)

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

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)

	Phoenix Lake	Sonora
Under 5	3.1%	3.3%
5 to 17	10.1%	18.9%
18 to 24	11.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	5.9%	18.2%
35 to 44	5.4%	10.2%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	20.4%	9.2%
65 to 74	16.2%	14.1%
75 and over	14.8%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Phoenix Lake	Sonora
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.5%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	1.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Phoenix Lake	Sonora
No high school diploma	7.5%	5.2%
High school graduate	19.4%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	48.3%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Phoenix Lake	Sonora
Drove alone	74.8%	80.8%
Carpooled	7.1%	6.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.0%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Phoenix Lake	Sonora
1-unit, detached	90.0%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Phoenix Lake	Sonora
Poverty rate	7.9%	20.0%
Average household size	2.22	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1978	1969