Sunol, California.
Typical home $1,417,745 (+3.2% in a year). San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$2,770 (+59%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $43,538 +3%
- $1,374,207$1,417,745 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Down $177,671 -11%
- $1,595,417$1,417,745 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Sunol$7,441
- California$3,997
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.
Typical home values in Sunol, CA rose 3.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Sunol, Alameda County, California
Sunol, in Alameda County, had 922 people in the 2020 census. 82% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 18% are rented. Unemployment in Alameda County was 4.9% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Sunol is a very small community, with fewer people than most towns of any size, and most homes are lived in by their owners. Homes here cost far more than the typical American home, and household incomes across Alameda County are well above the national level. Winters are mild and cool, with the coldest days in December still staying above freezing in the daytime, while September brings the warmest weather, pleasantly warm without turning hot. Snow is rare, and the rainfall is on the light side.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with professional and business services, manufacturing and retail also employing many. A good share of adults hold a four-year degree, and more people work from home than in many places. Commutes run long, and across Alameda County the largest workplaces include Tesla, the University of California-Berkeley and Lucid Motors HQ.
Things to do. Mission San José, a museum, is a short drive away. Farther afield, a longer drive brings you to the Computer History Museum and to Levi's Stadium, a stadium where large events are held. Most of what is listed nearby involves a longer drive, so outings tend to take planning.
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- 302households
- 52%of adults have a degree
- 5%below the poverty line
- 35 mintypical commute
- 26%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Alameda County had 783,094 jobs in 2025, 0.9% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 58° and lows near 42°; warmest in September, with highs near 78° and lows near 56°. About 16 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Fremont weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Alameda County
- TeslaAutomobile manufacturing16,609
- University of California-BerkeleyUniversity or college13,422
- Lucid Motors HQEngineering design services4,263
- Oakland UnifiedSchool district3,988FTE
- Lam Research Corp. Fremont CampusSemiconductor making machinery manufacturing3,332
- Sutter Bay HospitalsHealthcare3,275
- University of California-System Administration Central OfficeUniversity or college3,038
- Alameda Health SystemGeneral hospital3,006FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 1,208 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 235,507 people in all across the county; Sunol has two of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Inland floodingVery high
- LandslidesRelatively high
- WildfireRelatively high
- EarthquakesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Sunol’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Alameda County and the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA metro.
Sunol home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Sunol$1,417,745
- California$761,538
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Sunol10
Zip codes with a Sunol address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Sunol — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Sunol
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94586 | Sunol | 971 | — | $1,427,217 |
| 95140 | Mount Hamilton | 42 | — | $1,755,254 |