Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety38#575/924
Economy38#578/925
Housing10#833/925
Health53#434/925
Healthcare40#555/923
Environment27#666/917
Education19#752/925
Infrastructure48#481/925
Community11#822/925
Leisure & amenities39#568/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Yuba City, CA metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Drought exposure · low0%
99/100California 9%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAAggregated from counties
Adult obesity · low30.3%
92/100California 30.4%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Job growth · high2.0%
90/100California 0.9%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Grocery stores · high2.4 /10k
90/100California 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Days with unhealthy air · low0.0%
81/100California 12.4%2025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Firearm deaths · low10.5 /100k
81/100California 6.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Unemployment rate · high8.1%
1/100California 5.5%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Social associations · low4.4 /10k
3/100California 6.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Restaurants and bars · low4.5 /10k
3/100California 8.6 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
4/100California 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties
Average commute time · high29.5 min
5/100California 28.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Severe housing problems · high20.2%
7/100California 25.8%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureImproving
100% (2021) → 0% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−100 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
12 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
−96%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Property crime rateImproving
2,443 /100k (2020) → 1,156 /100k (2025)
−53%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
6.9 /1k (2020) → 10.0 /1k (2025)
+44%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Days with unhealthy airImproving
8.5% (2020) → 0.0% (2025)
−8.5 pts5 years
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
82.9% (2015-2019) → 91.2% (2020-2024)
+8.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Yuba City, CA metro area improved on 14 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 8 moved within the margin of error and 5 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved14

Grocery stores+36%1.8 /10k → 2.4 /10k
Arts & recreation+38%2.5 /10k → 3.4 /10k
Gyms+41%0.6 /10k → 0.9 /10k
Property crime−53%2,443 /100k → 1,156 /100k
Household income+34%$58,551 → $78,179

Declined5

Overdose deaths+64%18.2 /100k → 29.9 /100k
Restaurants−11%5.1 /10k → 4.5 /10k
Price / income+0.8×4.6× → 5.4×
Libraries−5.9%0.2 /10k → 0.2 /10k
Suicides+15%13.3 /100k → 15.2 /100k

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Yuba City, CA metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.5 /10k2020	3.4 /10k2025	+38%	Improved	92%
Average commute time	28.6 min2015-2019	29.5 min2020-2024	+0.9 min	Within the margin of error	33%
Average weekly wage	$9712020	$1,1932025	+23%	Improved	46%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%2015-2019	19.5%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Improved	27%
Broadband subscriptions	82.9%2015-2019	91.2%2020-2024	+8.3 points	Improved	42%
Child poverty rate	20.2%2015-2019	19.9%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Distance to an airport	31 mi2020	31 mi2025	−0 mi	Little change	79%
Drug overdose deaths	18.2 /100k2020	29.9 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+64%	Declined	6%
Effective property tax rate	0.87%2015-2019	0.77%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	38%
Firearm deaths	12.7 /100k2020	10.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−17%	Improved	78%
Grocery stores	1.8 /10k2020	2.4 /10k2025	+36%	Improved	95%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.6 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	+41%	Improved	85%
High school diploma or higher	80.0%2015-2019	82.7%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Home price to income ratio	4.6×2015-2019	5.4×2020-2024	+0.8×	Declined	18%
Homicide rate	5.3 /100k2020	3.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−28%	Improved	53%
Income adjusted for local prices	$41,5792019	$54,0952024	+30%	Improved	37%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4422015-2019	0.4562020-2024	+0.014	Within the margin of error	22%
Median household income	$58,5512015-2019	$78,1792020-2024	+34%	Improved	81%
New business applications	6.9 /1k2020	10.0 /1k2025	+44%	Improved	47%
Pharmacies	1.7 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	+3.2%	Little change	81%
Poverty rate	15.5%2015-2019	14.3%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Property crime rate	2,443 /100k2020	1,156 /100k2025	−53%	Improved	89%
Public libraries	0.2 /10k2019	0.2 /10k2024	−5.9%	Declined	22%
Public transit commuters	0.8%2015-2019	0.5%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Rent as share of income	31.2%2015-2019	31.4%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Rent-burdened households	52.9%2015-2019	53.4%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Restaurants and bars	5.1 /10k2020	4.5 /10k2025	−11%	Declined	12%
Suicide rate	13.3 /100k2020	15.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+15%	Declined	32%
Traffic deaths	19.5 /100k2015-2019	19.8 /100k2020-2024	+1.5%	Little change	60%
Unemployment rate	11.0%2020	8.1%2025	−2.9 points	Improved	48%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.7%2015-2019	7.4%2020-2024	−1.4 points	Improved	76%
Violent crime rate	409 /100k2020	429 /100k2025	+4.9%	Little change	21%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 925 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Metro and micro areas like Yuba City, CA metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Yuba City, CA metro area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Yuba City, CA metro area itself moved +0.8 points in standing on average over the same 30 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

183,364 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

61,927 households (±519)

Yuba City, CA metro area
United States share

Under $25k14%8,915
$25k–50k17%10,436
$50k–75k17%10,654

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

61,927 households (±519)

Yuba City, CA metro area
United States share

Own62%38,599
Rent38%23,328

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+3.4 points).

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

77,660 workers (±1,331)

Yuba City, CA metro area
United States share

Drive alone76%59,059
Carpool13%10,092
Public transit0.5%†424

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Yuba City, CA employ 14,220 people. 8 pay a median above the US median and 2 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Yuba City, CA by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Home Health and Personal Care Aides3,120 jobs	3,120	$34,320US $35,800	−4%	2.21×
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers1,790 jobs	1,790	$58,230US $58,640	−1%	2.64×
Fast Food and Counter Workers1,630 jobs	1,630	$42,040US $31,200	+35%	1.29×
Cashiers1,410 jobs	1,410	$35,790US $32,880	+9%	1.39×
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary1,220 jobs	1,220	$45,880US $36,780	+25%	2.62×
Registered Nurses1,080 jobs	1,080	$149,320US $97,550	+53%	0.97×
Retail Salespersons1,080 jobs	1,080	$37,310US $35,410	+5%	0.84×
Office Clerks, General1,020 jobs	1,020	$47,110US $45,010	+5%	1.26×
Stockers and Order Fillers950 jobs	950	$39,460US $37,330	+6%	1.02×
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education920 jobs	920	$97,000US $63,970	+52%	2.01×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Yuba City, CA.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Yuba City, CA has 3,158 employer establishments, 171 for every 10,000 residents (0.69× the US rate of 248), with 36,769 paid employees at an average annual pay of $55,494. The Census Bureau also counts 11,651 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,158; 11,651 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 171; US 248
Paid employees: 36,769
Average annual pay: $55,494; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Yuba City, CA by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Truck transportation	421	22.8	4.51×More than typical	1,598	$49,266	1,438
Ambulatory health care services	251	13.6	0.65×Fewer than typical	2,859	$82,753	333
Specialty trade contractors	238	12.9	0.83×About typical	1,604	$83,626	574
Restaurants and other eating places	236	12.8	0.70×Fewer than typical	4,284	$23,773	53
Lessors of real estate	123	6.7	0.54×Fewer than typical	410	$45,880	828
Limited-service restaurants	116	6.3	0.78×Fewer than typical	2,269	$21,579	15
Automotive repair and maintenance	99	5.4	1.07×About typical	478	$45,391	208
Services to buildings and dwellings	97	5.3	0.78×Fewer than typical	543	$48,591	735
Building equipment contractors	93	5	0.84×About typical	884	$90,485	141
Construction of buildings	84	4.6	0.60×Fewer than typical	449	$64,744	332
Full-service restaurants	84	4.6	0.59×Fewer than typical	1,552	$25,795	21
Offices of physicians	84	4.6	0.70×Fewer than typical	857	$125,767	36

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 184,402 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $92.2M on contracts performed in Yuba City, CA metro area: $492 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $92.2M; −39% vs FY2025
Per resident: $492; US $1,995
Sole-source: 8.5%; US 30%
Single offer: 33%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Air Force$38.4M42%
Forest Service$23.9M26%
Department of the Army$14.3M16%
Federal Acquisition Service$8.5M9.2%
Agricultural Marketing Service$2.7M2.9%
Defense Health Agency$1.6M1.8%
Defense Information Systems Agency$800K0.9%
Defense Commissary Agency$798.6K0.9%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

175.4MFY2017
186.9MFY2018
200.3MFY2019
159.5MFY2020
116.6MFY2021
180.4MFY2022
373MFY2023
384.9M

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonscheduled air transportation · 4812$23.7M26%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$14M15%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$12.5M14%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$12.5M14%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$5M5.5%
Technical and trade schools · 6115

Largest awards

FAIR OPPORTUNITY PROPOSAL REQUEST (FOPR) - PHASE II - AMEND 0002, FA8903-24-R-0020 FOR REPAIR/CONSTRUCT INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE RECONNAISSANCE (ISR) FACILITY; B2145 AT BEALE AFB, CA NO: BAEY211000$228.5M
CMS CORPORATION· Yuba County, CA· Construction & real property· May 15, 2024 – Jun 8, 2026· FA890324F0055
THE CONTRACTOR MUST CONSTRUCT A NEW MULTI-BAY AIRCRAFT HANGAR OF APPROXIMATELY 130,000 SQUARE FEET, SITED OVER THE CURRENT FOOTPRINT OF BUILDINGS 1043, 1042, 1004, AND 104 AT BEALE AIR FORCE BASE.$149.4M
GILBANE FEDERAL· Yuba County, CA· Construction & real property· Mar 24, 2023 – May 27, 2026· FA890323F0060
U2 MISSION PLANNING CELL SUPPORT SERVICES SOLICITATION IDS ARE: 47QFPA21Q0023 / 47QFPA21R0025$69.7M
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC· Yuba County, CA· Professional services· Nov 22, 2021 – Apr 9, 2026· 47QFPA22F0004

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $984.1M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Yuba City, CA metro area: $5,249 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $984.1M; −18% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,249; US $12,957
Loan face value: $76.5M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 5.7%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$490M50%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$134.1M14%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$79.4M8.1%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$54.9M5.6%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$44.7M4.5%
93.600 · Head Start$28.9M2.9%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$23.3M2.4%
10.991 · Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers$18.7M1.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

E CENTER$28.9M2.9%
YUBA CITY, CA
REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY$23.8M2.4%
YUBA CITY, CA
YUBA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT$13.7M1.4%
YUBA CITY, CA
AMPLA HEALTH$8.3M0.8%
YUBA CITY, CA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA$5.3M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$669M68%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$155.8M16%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Farm Service Agency$49.3M5.0%
Department of Agriculture
Administration for Children and Families$28.9M2.9%
Department of Health and Human Services
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing

Assistance by fiscal year

913.1MFY2021
977MFY2022
908MFY2023
922.1MFY2024
1.2BFY2025
984.1MFY2026

County aggregates

84%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Yuba City, CA

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

Yuba CityPrincipal city69,471

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in California

Areas based in California, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved14

Declined5

Metro and micro areas like Yuba City, CA metro area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Look up any occupation

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Yuba City, CA

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in California

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved14

Declined5

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Look up any occupation

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought