Best PlacesMarysville, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Marysville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Marysville ranks 37,331st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Marysville
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Marysville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Marysville ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 87% of towns
Where Marysville ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 9% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Marysville
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Marysville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $66,136, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Marysville's effective rate of 0.64%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Marysville
Marysville runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Marysville.
Who works in Marysville, and how
Work in Marysville centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Marysville
Marysville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of towns and more parkland per resident than 94% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Marysville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Marysville, month by month
Marysville sees roughly 131 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 99 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 49° | 39° |
| April | 76° | 61° | 46° |
| July | 99° | 80° | 61° |
| October | 83° | 64° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Marysville
Sacramento International sits about 33 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.8 million passengers in 2025, with 85 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Marysville
Schools across Marysville average a D+, better than 11% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Browns Valley ElementaryC · 32% proficient
- Arboga ElementaryC− · 26% proficient
- Covillaud ElementaryC− · 26% proficient
Top middle schools
- Foothill IntermediateD · 20% proficient
- Anna Mckenney IntermediateD− · 18% proficient
- Yuba Gardens IntermediateD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Marysville Charter Academy For The ArtsB− · 45% proficient
- River Valley HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Yuba City HighC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Marysville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Marysville measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Marysville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Marysville
Is Marysville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Marysville ranks 37,331st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, biking, and transit, and lowest on summer heat and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Marysville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $348,917. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $66,136 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Marysville safe?
Marysville is safer than 19% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $508 per resident a year.
Compare Marysville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Marysville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Marysville represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Marysville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Marysville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Marysville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Marysville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Marysville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Marysville detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.