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Sonoma County · California

ZIP code 94972

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 94972 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
153

ZCTA residents

Median income
—

Household, past 12 months

Median home
—

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
7.25%

California state rate

Quick answer

ZIP 94972 sits in Sonoma County, California and is home to 153 people. Median household income is —, the median home is worth — and median gross rent is —. 12.2% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 7.25% (California state rate).

County
Sonoma County

FIPS 06097

State
California (CA)

1,803 ZIPs covered

Area codes
Not published

No NANPA match for this ZIP

Metro area
Outside covered metros

Rate jurisdiction used for tax

The numbers for 94972

American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.

Population
153ZIP 94972 residents
Median household income
—Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
—Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
—Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
36.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
12.2%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 94972 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 94972 is a very small community in Sonoma County, California, with 153 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #1672 of 1,803 ranked by population — larger than 7% of them. The median age here is 36.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. 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 ZIP 94972 earn a median of not published a year. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 0% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 94972 is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs not published a month. 12.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

With 153 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare ZIP 94972 against its county rather than against national figures.

The Census withheld household income, home value, gross rent for ZIP 94972 because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.

Reading ZIP 94972 in context

How 94972 sits inside Sonoma County and California.

ZIP 94972 is tabulated inside Sonoma County, California, one of 38 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 1,803 across California. This is one of the smallest tabulated ZIP areas in the state, the kind of rural route where a single subdivision or farm cluster accounts for most addresses. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 94972 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 94972 reports a median household income of not published. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of not published. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at not published a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.

California charges 7.25% statewide, and local governments overlapping 94972 may add county, city or special-district levies on top. We publish the state floor for this ZIP rather than guessing a combined figure, because ZIP boundaries and taxing-district boundaries were drawn for different purposes and do not line up.

Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 94972 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.

Sales tax in 94972

What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.

Rate applied
7.25%State base rate only
Tax on $100
$7Rounded to the dollar
Tax on $1,000
$73Before any exemptions

California levies 7.25% statewide, and counties, cities and special districts inside this ZIP can add their own local rate on top. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.

Affordability in this ZIP

Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.

Rent burden
—Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
—Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
—20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
0%Residents below poverty line

A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.

How 94972 compares

ZIP 94972 against the median ZIP in Sonoma County and across California.

MeasureZIP 94972County medianState medianvs state
Median household income—$105,736$89,916—
Median home value—$797,600$628,900—
Median gross rent—$1,904$1,851—
Population1532,41415,085-99%

Medians are computed across the 38 ZIP areas in Sonoma County and the 1803 ZIP areas in California.

Statewide rank

Where this ZIP places among all 1803 California ZIP areas.

Income

Not published

—
Home value

Not published

—
Population

larger than 7% of 1,803 state ZIPs

#1,672

Nearby ZIP codes

Other ZIP codes filed under Sonoma County.

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in Sonoma County, California.

ZIP 94972 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 94972?
ZIP 94972 lies mostly in Sonoma County, California. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
What sales tax do I pay in 94972?
California charges 7.25% statewide, plus any county, city or district rate that applies locally.
Is 94972 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs — a month, and the median home is worth — — — against the typical California ZIP.
Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.

Related pages for this area.

Sources & transparency

Every figure on this page is a published estimate for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 94972, except the affordability ratios and mortgage estimate, which we derive from those medians and label as estimates.

Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.