County profile
Sonoma County, CA
United States · GDP 2024
#151 of 3,127 US counties by GDP41st-percentile growthmore diversified than 94% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$39.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
177,367
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
14,572
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$70.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
486,444
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$104.7k±$2.0k
Bachelor's degree+
38.5%±0.8%
Poverty rate
8.9%±0.6%
Business applications
5,023 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,643
33.9/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Keysight Technologies, Inc.Technology$5.4B76B+2Exchange Bank (Santa Rosa, CA)Financial Services$155.6M48D3Summit State BankFinancial Services$58.8M46D4Democrasoft Holdings, Inc.Technology$1.2M——5Cann American Corp.Healthcare———HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care23%
Food & accommodation19%
Retail trade18%
Manufacturing17%
Construction13%
Admin & support10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
486,444
residents · 2025 · -0.4% since 2020
Income per capita $88.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−7,935
International migration+6,330
Natural change−238
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$31.8B2019
$31.6B2020
$35.1B2021
$36.1B2022
$38.1B2023
$39.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$815.5k±$6.4k
Median gross rent
$2.2k/mo±$30/mo
Vacancy rate
8.0%±0.5%
Affordability
11.7× wages
Residential permits
$422.9M
1,690 units · 3.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
99.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 100Earthquake 99Drought 99
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
13362016
14392017
15632018
15652019
15682020
17002021
18782022
19092023
19552024
19642025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -35% since 20212,6182021
2,2642022
2,3532023
1,0122024
1,6902025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
71.1 km
I-580
Nearest freight rail
6.3 km
SMRT
Nearest port
59.2 km
SANTA FE-POMEROY
Nearest commercial airport
6.8 km
CHARLES M SCHULZ/SONOMA COUNTY
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR1 filing from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$70.0k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Sonoma?
Sonoma's economy produced $39.4B in 2024, growing 3.6% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.