Pine Mountain Lake vs Sonora

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

Pine Mountain 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 2,758 in Pine Mountain Lake). Pine Mountain Lake has the higher median household income ($68,000 vs $62,621 in Sonora). Pine Mountain Lake has the higher median home value ($381,000 vs $379,300 in Sonora).

Population, income & housing

	Pine Mountain Lake	Sonora
Population	2,758	4,965
Median age	61.5 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$68,000	$62,621
Median home value	$381,000	$379,300
Median gross rent	$1,488	$1,164
Housing units	3,101	2,475
Homeownership rate	89.5%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.3%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pine Mountain Lake	Sonora
Population	2,772 → 2,758 (-0.5%)	4,844 → 4,965 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$56,667 → $68,000 (+20.0%)	$42,446 → $62,621 (+47.5%)
Median home value	$309,200 → $381,000 (+23.2%)	$273,400 → $379,300 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$749 → $1,488 (+98.7%)	$887 → $1,164 (+31.2%)

Pine Mountain Lake

Population

2,7722,758

Median household income

$56,667$68,000

Median home value

$309,200$381,000

Median gross rent

$749$1,488

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)

	Pine Mountain Lake	Sonora
Under 5	5.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	8.0%	18.9%
18 to 24	3.3%	6.3%
25 to 34	6.3%	18.2%
35 to 44	10.7%	10.2%
45 to 54	8.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	15.4%	9.2%
65 to 74	24.5%	14.1%
75 and over	18.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pine Mountain Lake	Sonora
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	2.2%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.1%
Some other race	5.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pine Mountain Lake	Sonora
No high school diploma	4.2%	5.2%
High school graduate	18.4%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	43.2%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pine Mountain Lake	Sonora
Drove alone	79.6%	80.8%
Carpooled	6.7%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	3.0%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	8.2%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pine Mountain Lake	Sonora
1-unit, detached	94.8%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	12.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Pine Mountain Lake	Sonora
Poverty rate	6.8%	20.0%
Average household size	2.13	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	35	33
Median year structure built	1984	1969