Rineyville vs Sonora

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

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

Rineyville has the higher population (2,869 vs 597 in Sonora). Rineyville has the higher median household income ($82,037 vs $50,417 in Sonora). Rineyville has the higher median home value ($234,900 vs $178,400 in Sonora).

Population, income & housing

	Rineyville	Sonora
Population	2,869	597
Median age	32.6 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$82,037	$50,417
Median home value	$234,900	$178,400
Median gross rent	—	$717
Housing units	962	247
Homeownership rate	94.7%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rineyville	Sonora
Population	3,565 → 2,869 (-19.5%)	705 → 597 (-15.3%)
Median household income	$101,333 → $82,037 (-19.0%)	$46,750 → $50,417 (+7.8%)
Median home value	$204,900 → $234,900 (+14.6%)	$120,500 → $178,400 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$637 → $633 (-0.6%)	$928 → $717 (-22.7%)

Rineyville

Population

3,5652,869

Median household income

$101,333$82,037

Median home value

$204,900$234,900

Median gross rent

$637$633

Sonora

Population

705597

Median household income

$46,750$50,417

Median home value

$120,500$178,400

Median gross rent

$928$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rineyville	Sonora
Under 5	11.0%	19.6%
5 to 17	23.1%	14.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	3.5%
25 to 34	10.8%	16.1%
35 to 44	13.9%	4.2%
45 to 54	12.7%	10.7%
55 to 64	10.7%	20.8%
65 to 74	7.2%	4.2%
75 and over	2.2%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rineyville	Sonora
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	7.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rineyville	Sonora
No high school diploma	6.0%	10.7%
High school graduate	35.8%	49.6%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rineyville	Sonora
Drove alone	58.9%	84.4%
Carpooled	16.7%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.0%	1.6%
Other means	1.5%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rineyville	Sonora
1-unit, detached	85.6%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Rineyville	Sonora
Poverty rate	5.3%	14.9%
Average household size	3.23	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1992	2001