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Cost of living in East Sonora, California

East Sonora, California has about 2,651 people. Typical rent is $1,309 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $77,574 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

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Typical rent is $1,309 a month.

East Sonora is a Census community, not a separate city government in California. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $77,574 a year.

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People
2,651
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,309
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$77,574
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$335,100
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,603
Tuolumne County, CA

East Sonora, California has about 2,651 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $335,100.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Tuolumne County is $1,603 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in East Sonora. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

California's prices sit at 110.7 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.

California taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 9.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not East Sonora's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical California home paid 33.61¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not East Sonora's bill.

In 2025, all-grades gas in California averaged $4.53 a gallon. EIA prints this yearly price for only some states.

Among 982 places we list in California with a rent figure, 790 have higher typical rent than East Sonora.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.