City safety & data profile
OlivehurstCA
Olivehurst, CA is a 14K-resident city in Yuba County with a median household income of $83,214.
Yuba County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Olivehurst, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Olivehurst has a population larger than 21% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $384,500, and 3 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
- 14K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 22%
- By size
- $83,214
- Median income (place)
- $384,500
- Median home (place)
- 10.6%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Olivehurst
Olivehurst posts a median household income higher than 53% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 3 hospitals serve the Olivehurst area.
- Top 47%
- by median income, US cities
- 3
- hospitals in & near Olivehurst
Composite score · Olivehurst, CA
32/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Olivehurst in context: the full national tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Olivehurst income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$83,214 Top 47% higher than 53% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Largest cities in CA
Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
3,820,914 residents
- San Diego 1,404,452
San Diego, CA
1,404,452 residents
- San Jose 997,368
San Jose, CA
997,368 residents
- San Francisco 827,526
San Francisco, CA
827,526 residents
- Fresno 542,107
Fresno, CA
542,107 residents
- Sacramento 524,943
Sacramento, CA
524,943 residents
- Long Beach 474,140
Long Beach, CA
474,140 residents
- Oakland 419,267
Oakland, CA
419,267 residents
- Bakersfield 373,640
Bakersfield, CA
373,640 residents
- Anaheim 350,742
Anaheim, CA
350,742 residents
What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.
Income ranking: CA
The same 482-city CA pool, sorted by median household income instead of headcount. Tooltip carries the population rank.
- Alamo
Alamo, CA
$250,001 median
- Hillsborough
Hillsborough, CA
$250,001 median
- Los Altos
Los Altos, CA
$250,001 median
- Orinda
Orinda, CA
$250,001 median
- Piedmont
Piedmont, CA
$250,001 median
- Saratoga
Saratoga, CA
$250,001 median
- Coto De Caza
Coto De Caza, CA
$243,816 median
- Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, CA
$243,227 median
- Palos Verdes Estates
Palos Verdes Estates, CA
$242,014 median
- San Carlos
San Carlos, CA
$237,470 median
What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Olivehurst, CA beyond the headline numbers
Olivehurst sits inside Yuba County, California, at roughly 39.10°N, -121.55°W. Population 13,656, $83,214 median household income. Median home value $384,500, median rent $1,326. Poverty rate 10.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
3 hospitals in/around Olivehurst (nearest 6.4 mi away), 2/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER. Climate: 62.1°F annual average, 20.1" precipitation.
7.4% unemployment puts Olivehurst in the toughest quarter of reporting cities for job availability.
Olivehurst's median age is 32.8 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.
13.1% of Olivehurst adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the lowest quarter of reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, frequent mental distress departs furthest from its peer median: 19.6% in Olivehurst, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
Only 7.6% of Olivehurst workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.
Public transit carries 0% of Olivehurst workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
A median home in Olivehurst runs about 4.6 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.
Median rent in Olivehurst, CA runs $1,326/month, below the midpoint for reporting cities.
At 10.6%, poverty in Olivehurst, CA runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Olivehurst from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
A Decade of Change 2013–2024
County-level trend (Yuba County): Olivehurst's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
The Economic Picture
The clearest outlier in Olivehurst's numbers is poverty rate: 10.6%, which is 15% below what's typical across the tracked-city set. Median rent also diverges: $1,326/mo, 14% below average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 10.6% -15% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 7.4% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 13.1% |
| Work From Home | 7.6% |
| Public Transit | 0% |
By the Numbers
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Nearby Hospital Options 3 within 25 mi
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsCost of Living
BEA 20244.2% above national average
Metro area: Yuba City, CA (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
NFIP Flood Claim History
FEMA NFIP, county-level27 flood insurance claims have been filed in Yuba County since 2016, with $351K paid out by the NFIP.
3 claims trace back to California Atmospheric River, the biggest named event in the county's flood-claim history.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Olivehurst?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Olivehurst right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet CA-OLIVEHURST · Olivehurst
Olivehurst: no area-tagged alerts on record. State hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Olivehurst; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology
Frequently Asked Questions 9
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Olivehurst, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (10.6% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($83,214 here).
Compare Olivehurst with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Cities Close By 8
Next steps for Olivehurst
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Olivehurst area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Olivehurst against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Yuba County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.