Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Sonoma County, CA

Discover affordable housing in Sonoma County where there are 140+ housing opportunities based on income and household needs like accessible units for seniors or persons with disabilities. Find and apply to these low income apartments now.

Vista Sonoma Senior Apartments

1405 Townview Avenue, Santa Rosa, California 95405

Quail Run Apartments

1018 Bellevue Avenue, Santa Rosa, California 95407

Del Nido Apartments

850 Russell Avenue, Santa Rosa, California 95403

Downtown River Apartments

35 E Washington St, Petaluma, California 94952

Mountain View Ave. Senior Apartments

306 Mountain View Ave , Petaluma, California 94952

Cloverdale Garden Apartments

18 Clark Ave, Cloverdale, California 95425

Gravenstein North Apartments

699 Gravenstein Hwy. N., Sebastopol, California 95472

Healdsburg Glen Apartments

1201 Grove St, Healdsburg, California 95407

Don Bennett Senior Apartments

1275 Lindberg Ln, Petaluma, California 94954

Casa Grande Senior Apartments

400 Casa Grande Road, Petaluma, California 94954

Divine Senior Apartments

141 Healdsburg Ave, Cloverdale, California 95425

Kings Valley Apartments

100 Kings Circle, Cloverdale, California 95425

Acacia Lane Senior Apartments

657 Acacia Lane, Santa Rosa, California 95409

Bethlehem Towers

801 Tupper Sttreet, Santa Rosa, California 95404

Windham Village Apartments

1101 Prospect Ave, Santa Rosa, California 95409

Fetters Apartments

200 Dorene Way , Sonoma, California 95476

Park Lane Apartments

109 Magnolia Ave, Petaluma, California 94952

Madrone Village

712 Sycamore Ln, Petaluma, California 94952

Crossings on Aston

1536 John Richards Way, Santa Rosa, California 95404

Celestina Garden Apartments

125 Dorene Way, Sonoma, California 95476

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Sonoma County, California
$45.02/hour
$29.02 (+181%) more than California minimum wage and $37.77 (+521%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Sonoma County, California?

Public Housing Agencies operate federally assisted affordable housing programs at local levels on behalf of HUD. Notably, housing agencies are responsible for managing Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, Public Housing, and Project-Based Voucher waiting lists within their jurisdiction.

Operates the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), Family Self-Sufficiency, Mainstream Voucher, Family Unification Program (FUP) programs for Sonoma County, California.

Go to the California Public Housing and Low-Income Apartments Waiting Lists page for openings near Sonoma County.

How many renters live in Sonoma County, California?

The County of Sonoma County has 482,650 people living in 194,698 households.

There are 177,635 renters living in 75,043 renter households in this County. Renters make up 36.8 percent of the population living in Sonoma County.

What is the rental market like in Sonoma County, California?

There are an estimated 208,444 housing units in the Sonoma County area. Of these, 77,189 units are rental homes, making up 37 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Sonoma County, California, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Sonoma County?

The rental vacancy rate in Sonoma County is 2 percent. This is a lower than average vacancy rate. When rental vacancy rates are low there are fewer available units. Rents tend to be higher as more people compete for scarce housing.

How many rental units are in Sonoma County for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Sonoma County
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
3,486 19,520 30,812 17,020 3,277
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Sonoma County

A large number of apartments in Sonoma County have two or fewer bedrooms. Seniors and young professionals especially may have more success finding an apartment that meets their needs.

How many renter households in Sonoma County are overburdened by housing costs?

Among renter households in this market, 49 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 25 percent of households are extremely rent overburdened. When renters pay too much for their housing, it leaves little money for other necessities like food, clothes, or medicine.

The federal government says that renters are cost-burdened if they pay more than a third of their monthly income for rent and utilities.

How Much Is Rent in Sonoma County

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $1,611 to $3,425. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $1,611
One BR $1,809
Two BR $2,377
Three BR $3,228
Four BR $3,425
2024 Fair Market Rents in Sonoma County, California

How many units are rented at Fair Market Rent (FMR) in Sonoma County?

Renters with a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher must select a home that is at or below the area’s Fair Market Rent. Markets with a large share of units above FMR tend to have longer search times to find a qualified unit, while those with a large share of units below FMR tend to have more choices and shorter search times. The share below FMR can vary by size of unit, as shown in the table below.

These are the approximate number of units renting below the FMR in this market:

Unit Size Count of Units Below FMR Percentage of Total Units Below FMR
Studio 2,433 70 percent
One BR 9,825 50 percent
Two BR 7,062 23 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Sonoma County, California

How many affordable rental units are in Sonoma County?

There are a variety of federal affordable housing programs serving households in Sonoma County, California including the following:

Federal Program Unit Count
Low Income Housing Tax Credit 6,361
Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance 1,244
Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly 327
Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities 54
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing 304
USDA Section 514 Farm Labor Housing 106
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Sonoma County, California

Rental units may be funded in part by multiple federal programs.

Income Based Apartments in Sonoma County, California

Sonoma County features 2,200 income based apartments. Tenants of income based apartments typically pay no more than 30% of their income towards rent and utilities.

Low Rent Apartments in Sonoma County, California

There are 6,128 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Sonoma County.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Sonoma County, California

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay Sonoma County landlords $1,000 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $400 towards rent in Sonoma County.

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Sonoma County, California for a two-bedroom apartment is between $2,139 and $2,615.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.