California · Market data
Sonoma County, CA supports 13 taxi and limousine businesses across 485,375 residents. Below: how those operators break down by size, how the market compares with its state and the country, and what the sector pays — all from the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns.
Source: United States Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023.
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| Measure | Sonoma County |
|---|---|
| County | Sonoma County, CA |
| State | California |
| Residents (Census 2024 estimate) | 485,375 |
| Taxi and limousine establishments | 13 |
| Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate. | 241 |
| Taxi and limousine annual payroll | $14.7m |
| Limousine establishments | 13 |
| Limousine employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate. | 241 |
| Limousine annual payroll | $14.7m |
| Operators with 1-4 employees | 9 |
| Operators with 50-99 employees | 3 |
| Operators per 100,000 residentsderived13 establishments ÷ 485,375 residents × 100,000. | 2.68 |
| Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived9 of 13 establishments. | 69.2% |
| Annual payroll per employeederived$14.7m payroll ÷ 241 employees. | $60,950 |
| Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments. | 100 of 348 |
Source: United States Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. About County Business Patterns.
Sonoma County, CA has 13 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 241 people.
With only a handful of operators, most local demand is met by a few known names, and word of mouth does most of the selling.
69.2 per cent of operators in Sonoma County, CA employ fewer than five people, against a median of 67.1 per cent across the 348 published county markets.
Most operators employ fewer than five people, so buying decisions are made by an owner rather than a committee, and setup time matters more than configurability.
The full distribution: 9 with 1-4 employees and 3 with 50-99 employees.
Sonoma County, CA has 2.68 taxi and limousine businesses per 100,000 residents, against a national median of 2.16.
Operators per head are close to the national midpoint for a published county market.
Within California the median is 1.93 per 100,000, so this county is denser than its state norm.
Annual payroll works out at about $60,950 per employee across the sector in Sonoma County, CA.
That level of payroll means labour, not vehicles, is the dominant cost — so utilisation per paid hour is the number worth managing.
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Closest by operator count, weighted towards the same state.
| County | Operators | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Pima County, AZ | 13 | 1.20 |
| Marion County, IN | 13 | 1.32 |
| Burlington County, NJ | 13 | 2.73 |
| Napa County, CA | 12 | 9.04 |
| Ventura County, CA | 12 | 1.44 |
| New Castle County, DE | 14 | 2.38 |
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