What is the population of Sonora city?

Sonora city has 2,746 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #615 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Sonora city?

Median household income in Sonora city is $72,273 a year, 8% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Sonora city?

Median gross rent is $751 a month and the median home value is $130,100, so rent absorbs about 12.5% of median household income.

Is Sonora city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 1.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Sonora city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Sonora, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Sonora, Texas (Sonora, TX — Census place “Sonora city”) is 2,746 residents, ranking #615 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $72,273, the median home is worth $130,100 and median gross rent runs $751 a month. Looking for the Sonora Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Sonora, TX: 76950.

Population: 2,746Sonora city residents
Median household income: $72,273Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $130,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $751Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 33.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 63.8%Owner-occupied households

Sonora ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Sonora.

The Sonora TX ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

76950

What the numbers mean in Sonora city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Sonora city median would spend about 12.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 13.9% of residents and 63.8% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Sonora city, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Sonora city is a small town in Texas, with 2,746 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #615 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 67% of them. The median age here is 33.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Sonora city earn a median of $72,273 a year, 8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 12% above the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 13.9% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Sonora city is valued at $130,100, 57.1% below the national figure and 27% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $751 a month, 46.6% below the national figure, or roughly $9,012 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 12.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 63.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Sonora city?: Sonora city has 2,746 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #615 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Sonora city?: Median household income in Sonora city is $72,273 a year, 8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Sonora city?: Median gross rent is $751 a month and the median home value is $130,100, so rent absorbs about 12.5% of median household income.
Is Sonora city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Sonora city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Sonora city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.