Who's moving to and from Sonoma County, California?

About as many arrived as left in 2022–23: 14,055 people in, 14,088 out. Most were moving between California counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−33 people
−128 households
Arrivals' income
$112.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$95.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Sonoma County went in California

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other California counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Maricopa County, AZ, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 7 in 10 already lived in California. People, 2022–23.

  1. Marin County1,808
  2. San Francisco County956
  3. Alameda County879
  4. Los Angeles County574
  5. Contra Costa County516
  6. San Mateo County485
  7. Napa County444
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)3,100

Where did people go?

About 6 in 10 who left stayed in California. People, 2022–23.

  1. Marin County781
  2. Sacramento County598
  3. San Francisco County579
  4. Lake County526
  5. Alameda County462
  6. Los Angeles County438
  7. Solano County403
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)4,033

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
88 people
Left for abroad
215 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Sonoma usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2016–17.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−12822–23††‡†
Net migration of Sonoma County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+1,372
2014–15 †+225
2015–16+570
2016–17 †−696
2017–18−2,401
2018–19 ‡−1,065
2019–20−57
2020–21−908
2021–22−789
2022–23 †−128

The IRS changed its processing in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. Compare years between the dotted lines. ‡ County disclosure-method change in 2018–19: small counts began being deleted rather than reassigned to similar categories. County figures across this break may not be comparable.

Cite this page

Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Sonoma County, California?” movedwhere.com/county/sonoma-county-ca. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.