City safety & data profile
Yuba CityCA
Yuba City, CA is a 67K-resident city in Sutter County with a median household income of $75,477.
Sutter County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Yuba City, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Yuba City has a population larger than 86% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $434,600, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
- 67K
- Population (place)
- Top 14%
- By size
- $75,477
- Median income (place)
- $434,600
- Median home (place)
- 14.3%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Yuba City
Yuba City posts a median household income higher than 44% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Yuba City area.
- Bottom 45%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Yuba City
Composite score · Yuba City, CA
29/100
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.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; 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.
Yuba City in context: the full national tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Yuba City income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$75,477 Bottom 44% higher than 44% 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
CA cities ranked by population
Ranked by headcount across the 482 CA places Areazine tracks with both population and income data. Tooltip carries the income rank.
- 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 tops this pool by population; the income lead belongs to Alamo instead.
Income ranking: CA
Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows 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 Yuba City, CA beyond the headline numbers
Yuba City sits inside Sutter County, California, at roughly 39.14°N, -121.62°W. Population 66,941, $75,477 median household income. Median home value $434,600, median rent $1,454. Poverty rate 14.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Yuba City, 0 with an ER. Climate: 64.4°F annual average.
The median home in Yuba City costs around 5.8 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.
6.8% unemployment puts Yuba City in the toughest quarter of reporting cities for job availability.
Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 14.3% in Yuba City, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
Only 6.9% of Yuba City workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.
20.4% of Yuba City adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the lowest quarter of reporting cities.
Poverty in Yuba City, CA stands at 14.3%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.
Median rent in Yuba City, CA runs $1,454/month, above the midpoint for reporting cities -- worth weighing against the income figures on this page.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Yuba City 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.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Sutter County): Yuba City'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.
Economics
The clearest outlier in Yuba City's numbers is median household income: $75,477, which is 16% below what's typical across the tracked-city set. A second figure worth noting: poverty rate at 14.3%, 15% above the tracked-city average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 14.3% +15% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 6.8% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 20.4% |
| Work From Home | 6.9% |
| Public Transit | 0.6% |
By the Numbers
Health Snapshot 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
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-levelSutter County has recorded 42 National Flood Insurance Program claims totaling $504K in payouts since 2016.
The largest single contributor was February California Atmospheric River, accounting for 1 claim.
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 Yuba City?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Yuba City right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet CA-YUBA-CITY · Yuba City
Yuba City: 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 Yuba City; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology
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Comparable cities by poverty or income, nationwide 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Yuba City, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (14.3% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($75,477 here).
Compare Yuba City 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.
Nearby Cities 8
Next steps for Yuba City
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 Yuba City area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- A median income figure alone can mislead, cross-check it against the poverty rate for the fuller picture.
- Compare Yuba City 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 (Sutter 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.