Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety73#836/3,096
Economy88#393/3,143
Housing2#3,074/3,140
Health94#193/3,144
Healthcare98#68/3,143
Environment82#547/3,108
Education46#1,703/3,144
Infrastructure92#265/3,144
Community61#1,229/3,144
Leisure & amenities95#151/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Sonoma County, California ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Comfortable days · high49.6%
100/100California 34.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Median Air Quality Index · low9
99/100California 602025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Drought exposure · low0%
98/100California 9%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Adult obesity · low26.1%
98/100California 30.4%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Broadband subscriptions · high94.4%
97/100California 93.5%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
96/100California 5.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration

Weaknesses

Home price to income ratio · high7.8×
1/100California 7.4×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Cost of buying a home today · high52.6%
2/100California 54.7%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Severe housing problems · high22.0%
3/100California 25.8%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Students per teacher · high20.1×
3/100California 21.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education Statistics
Natural hazard risk · high96.3
3/100California 87.32025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Rent-burdened households · high54.8%
5/100California 55.3%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureImproving
100% (2021) → 0% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−100 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Median Air Quality IndexImproving
36 (2020) → 9 (2025)
−75%5 years
Drug overdose deathsImproving
30.5 /100k (2021) → 16.2 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−47%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Violent crime rateImproving
451 /100k (2020) → 248 /100k (2025)
−45%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
44.4% (Dec 2021) → 52.6% (Aug 2026)
+8.3 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Income adjusted for local pricesImproving
$59,140 (2019) → $82,417 (2024)
+39%5 yearsUS $55,567 → $73,204

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Sonoma County, California improved on 11 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 18 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

Real income+39%$59,140 → $82,417
Violent crime−45%451 /100k → 248 /100k
Unemployment−3.7 points8.1% → 4.4%
Overdose deaths−44%28.7 /100k → 16.2 /100k
Uninsured−1.8 points7.8% → 6.0%

Declined2

Transit use−0.7 points1.8% → 1.1%
Price / income+0.3×7.5× → 7.8×

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Sonoma County, California between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	5.8 /10k2020	6.4 /10k2025	+12%	Within the margin of error	61%
Average commute time	25.6 min2015-2019	25.1 min2020-2024	−0.4 min	Within the margin of error	68%
Average weekly wage	$1,2232020	$1,4092025	+15%	Improved	6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%2015-2019	38.5%2020-2024	+3 points	Improved	54%
Broadband subscriptions	89.5%2015-2019	94.4%2020-2024	+4.9 points	Improved	10%
Child poverty rate	7.7%2019	8.6%2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Distance to an airport	55 mi2020	55 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	28.7 /100k2020	16.2 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−44%	Improved	69%
Effective property tax rate	0.68%2015-2019	0.65%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Firearm deaths	7.8 /100k2020	7.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−6.4%	Within the margin of error	59%
Grocery stores	2.9 /10k2020	3.0 /10k2025	+2.6%	Within the margin of error	64%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.8 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	+9.4%	Within the margin of error	64%
High school diploma or higher	88.8%2015-2019	88.7%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Home price to income ratio	7.5×2015-2019	7.8×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	64%
Homicide rate	2.7 /100k2020	2.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	0%	Within the margin of error	21%
Income adjusted for local prices	$59,1402019	$82,4172024	+39%	Improved	84%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4542015-2019	0.4622020-2024	+0.008	Within the margin of error	39%
Median household income	$87,0842019	$105,9562024	+22%	Improved	32%
New business applications	7.5 /1k2020	10.3 /1k2025	+37%	Improved	41%
Pharmacies	1.3 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−10%	Within the margin of error	40%
Poverty rate	7.2%2019	8.4%2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Property crime rate	1,310 /100k2020	1,060 /100k2025	−19%	Improved	25%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.4 /10k2024	+7.8%	Within the margin of error	87%
Public transit commuters	1.8%2015-2019	1.1%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Declined	25%
Rent as share of income	32.4%2015-2019	32.3%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Rent-burdened households	54.9%2015-2019	54.8%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Restaurants and bars	10.9 /10k2020	11.3 /10k2025	+3.4%	Within the margin of error	59%
Suicide rate	13.7 /100k2020	11.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−15%	Within the margin of error	82%
Traffic deaths	8.4 /100k2015-2019	7.4 /100k2020-2024	−12%	Within the margin of error	70%
Unemployment rate	8.1%2020	4.4%2025	−3.7 points	Improved	77%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.8%2019	6.0%2024	−1.8 points	Improved	65%
Violent crime rate	451 /100k2020	248 /100k2025	−45%	Improved	84%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Sonoma County, California five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Sonoma County, California in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Sonoma County, California itself moved +1.3 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

485,040 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

190,998 households (±984)

Sonoma County, California
California share

Under $25k10%19,285
$25k–50k12%22,995
$50k–75k13%25,552

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

190,998 households (±984)

Sonoma County, California
California share

Own63%119,598
Rent37%71,400

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+1.2 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

237,164 workers (±2,470)

Sonoma County, California
California share

Drive alone69%164,536
Carpool9.4%22,187
Public transit1.1%2,622

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Sonoma County has 14,572 employer establishments, 301 for every 10,000 residents (1.21× the US rate of 248; 1.15× California's), with 177,367 paid employees at an average annual pay of $69,243. The Census Bureau also counts 45,382 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 14,572; 45,382 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 301; US 248 · California 263
Paid employees: 177,367
Average annual pay: $69,243; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Sonoma County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	1,394	28.8	1.86×More than typical	11,339	$81,073	2,069
Ambulatory health care services	1,052	21.8	1.04×About typical	14,317	$86,389	2,634
Restaurants and other eating places	1,041	21.5	1.17×About typical	17,342	$30,953	140
Construction of buildings	788	16.3	2.16×More than typical	3,831	$76,914	1,397
Lessors of real estate	651	13.5	1.09×About typical	2,243	$67,005	4,541
Services to buildings and dwellings	512	10.6	1.57×More than typical	4,228	$48,802	2,490
Full-service restaurants	511	10.6	1.38×More than typical	9,018	$34,117	45
Building equipment contractors	504	10.4	1.73×More than typical	3,830	$86,463	448
Building finishing contractors	439	9.1	2.39×More than typical	3,366	$73,653	679
Limited-service restaurants	354	7.3	0.91×About typical	5,778	$27,595	60
Management, scientific and technical consulting	354	7.3	1.09×About typical	1,588	$79,324	2,375
Automotive repair and maintenance	306	6.3	1.26×More than typical	1,805	$56,429	387

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 483,405 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $76.5M on contracts performed in Sonoma County, California: $157 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $76.5M; +13% vs FY2025
Per resident: $157; US $1,995
Sole-source: 21%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.5%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

U.S. Coast Guard$52.1M68%
Transportation Security Administration$7.2M9.4%
Department of the Navy$6.4M8.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs$3.9M5.1%
Federal Acquisition Service$1.3M1.7%
Defense Logistics Agency$1.1M1.5%
Drug Enforcement Administration$1M1.3%
Federal Aviation Administration$651.9K0.9%

Top recipients

J. I. GARCIA CONSTRUCTION, INC.$16M21%
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION$13.9M18%
NORTH BAY REHABILITATION SERVICES, INC.$6.9M9.1%
SUSTAINABLE GROUP/TERRAPHASE ENGINEERING JV LLC$6.1M8.0%
KR CONTRACTING INC$4.1M5.4%

Spending by fiscal year

84MFY2017
230.2MFY2018
100.9MFY2019
176MFY2020
135.4MFY2021
163.5MFY2022
139.9MFY2023
28.1M

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$37.5M49%
Investigation and security services · 5616$7.4M9.7%
Special food services · 7223$4.3M5.7%
Technical and trade schools · 6115$3.8M4.9%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419$3.3M4.4%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$3.1M4.1%

Largest awards

NEW MELONES GENERATOR REWIND$30.5M
GE RENEWABLES US LLC· Sonoma County, CA· Construction & real property· Aug 26, 2022 – May 18, 2026· 140R2022C0015
THIS TASK ORDER IS IN SUPPORT OF THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (TSA), SCREENING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM (SPP) FOR COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY SCREENING SERVICES AT CHARLES M. SCHULZ SONOMA COUNTY AIRPORT (STS), SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA.$20M
TRINITY TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC.· Sonoma County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Jan 25, 2021 – Aug 27, 2026· 70T05021F5900N001
CONTRACT FOR VA BURIAL FLAGS IAW FAR 8.7 ABILITYONE$16.9M
NORTH BAY REHABILITATION SERVICES, INC.· Sonoma County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 1, 2022 – Aug 31, 2026· 36C10G22C0007

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $3.3B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Sonoma County, California: $6,743 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $3.3B; −3.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,743; US $12,957
Loan face value: $113.4M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.4%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$2.4B74%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$152.6M4.7%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$145M4.4%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$143.4M4.4%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$89.1M2.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$45.6M1.4%
20.284 · Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (Protect)$33.8M1.0%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$31.3M1.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA$86.3M2.6%
SACRAMENTO, CA
SONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION$61.9M1.9%
SANTA ROSA, CA
SANTA ROSA, CITY OF$29.4M0.9%
SANTA ROSA, CA
SONOMA COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT$19.9M0.6%
SANTA ROSA, CA
SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$2.8B84%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$180.4M5.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$98.4M3.0%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal Highway Administration$87M2.7%
Department of Transportation
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

2.9BFY2021
2.7BFY2022
2.9BFY2023
3BFY2024
3.4BFY2025
3.3BFY2026

County aggregates

90%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Sonoma County, California compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Sonoma County, California
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Sonoma County, California and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Sonoma County, California	United States
FY2017	$167	$1,436
FY2018	$463	$1,552
FY2019	$205	$1,654
FY2020	$360	$1,880
FY2021	$279	$1,810
FY2022	$338	$1,917
FY2023	$289	$2,079
FY2024	$57.92	$2,047
FY2025	$140	$2,165
FY2026	$157 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	— (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Sonoma County, California and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Sonoma County, California	United States
FY2017	$5.53	$93.28
FY2018	$12.41	$105
FY2019	$11.59	$128
FY2020	$28.63	$145
FY2021	$34.64	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Sonoma County, California and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Sonoma County, California	United States
FY2021	$766	$5,748
FY2022	$610	$5,221
FY2023	$759	$5,364
FY2024	$351	$5,501
FY2025	$505	$5,732
FY2026	$475

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Sonoma County, California and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Sonoma County, California	United States
FY2021	$34.42	$298
FY2022	$76.68	$357
FY2023	$222	$301
FY2024	$124	$319
FY2025	$158	$360
FY2026	$186

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Sonoma County, California and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Sonoma County, California	United States
FY2021	$261	$239
FY2022	$217	$185
FY2023	$262	$229
FY2024	$252	$229
FY2025	$327	$249
FY2026	$253

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Sonoma County, California and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Sonoma County, California	United States
FY2021	$120	$2,304
FY2022	$61.62	$2,197
FY2023	$58.52	$2,274
FY2024	$60.79	$2,267
FY2025	$70.97	$2,397
FY2026	$79.58

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Sonoma County, California and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Sonoma County, California	United States
FY2021	$1,466	$1,186
FY2022	$594	$465
FY2023	$80.54	$76.52
FY2024	$126	$120
FY2025	$156	$148
FY2026	$147

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Sonoma County, California
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Sonoma County, California and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Sonoma County, California	United States
2014	4.0%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/06097

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Sonoma County, California is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Sonoma County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA93Central county

Cities and towns in Sonoma County

Places whose residents live mostly in Sonoma County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-06
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Sonoma County, California	United States
2014	−7.7%	−4.2%
2015	−1.8%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.7%	+3.3%
2018	+8.7%	+6.8%
2019	+14.7%	+10.5%
2020	+26.5%	+19.4%
2021	+35.9%	+26.1%
2022	+37.6%	+30.6%
2023	+39.2%	+35.0%
2024	+42.0%	+41.0%
2025	+45.7%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Sonoma County, California	United States
2014	−10.2%	−5.5%
2015	−3.5%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.2%	+4.1%
2018	+10.0%	+8.9%
2019	+18.7%	+13.5%
2020	+30.7%	+20.8%
2021	+41.3%	+32.1%
2022	+41.7%	+35.4%
2023	+50.1%	+42.9%
2024	+60.0%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Sonoma County, California	United States
2014	1.3/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.2/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.8/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.3/1k	3.9/1k
2018	6.6/1k	4.1/1k
2019	4.9/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.9/1k	4.4/1k
2021	5.4/1k	5.2/1k
2022	4.7/1k	5.0/1k
2023	4.9/1k	4.5/1k
2024	2.1/1k	4.3/1k
2025	3.5/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Sonoma County, California	United States
2014	−8.9%	−6.9%
2015	−9.6%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+8.2%	+4.7%
2018	+10.2%	+7.5%
2019	+18.5%	+14.0%
2020	+18.9%	+16.9%
2021	+26.5%	+21.0%
2022	+31.0%	+29.7%
2023	+36.3%	+34.9%
2024	+44.2%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Sonoma County, California	United States
2014	−16.4% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−6.0% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+8.0% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+14.9% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+13.7% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+18.8% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+30.2% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+35.5% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+38.0% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+39.4% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+35.4% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Sonoma County, California	United States
2014	5.7%	6.2%
2015	4.5%	5.3%
2016	4.0%	4.9%
2017	3.4%	4.4%
2018	2.8%	3.9%
2019	2.7%	3.7%
2020	8.1%	8.1%
2021	5.6%	5.4%
2022	3.2%	3.7%
2023	3.6%	3.6%
2024	4.1%	4.0%
2025	4.4%	4.3%

Calendar years	Sonoma County, California	United States
2014	11.3%	15.5%
2015	11.0%	14.7%
2016	9.4%	14.0%
2017	9.3%	13.4%
2018	9.9%	13.1%
2019	7.2%	12.3%
2020	7.8%	11.9%
2021	9.1%	12.8%
2022	8.9%	12.6%
2023	9.1%	12.5%
2024	8.4%	12.1%

Calendar years	Sonoma County, California	United States
2015	−5.1% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+10.2% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+13.6% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+13.1% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+17.6% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+25.8% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+32.2% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+36.4% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+39.0% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+40.5% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Sonoma County, California	United States
2014	12.8%	13.5%
2015	8.7%	10.9%
2016	7.5%	10.0%
2017	7.6%	10.2%
2018	8.2%	10.4%
2019	7.8%	10.8%
2020	7.1%	10.4%
2021	7.7%	10.2%
2022	6.7%	9.5%
2023	6.6%	9.5%
2024	6.0%	9.8%

Calendar years	Sonoma County, California	United States
2014	6.3/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.5/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.6/1k	9.1/1k
2017	6.6/1k	9.8/1k
2018	7.1/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.9/1k	10.6/1k
2020	7.5/1k	13.1/1k
2021	9.3/1k	16.2/1k
2022	8.8/1k	15.1/1k
2023	10.0/1k	16.2/1k
2024	10.2/1k	15.4/1k
2025	10.3/1k	16.6/1k

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