Best PlacesYuba County, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Yuba County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Yuba County ranks 2,027th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Yuba County
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.
The best areas in Yuba County
The parts of Yuba County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Beale AFB
More adults hold degrees, it is quieter, and heat risk is lower.
Olivehurst, Plumas Lake & Wheatland
Incomes run higher and local pay stretches further.
Linda
More households have young kids and fewer homes sit empty.
Marysville
Streets are more walkable and biking is better.
Scores across Yuba County run from about the 3rd to the 71st percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Yuba County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Yuba County ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of counties
- TransitBetter than 90% of counties
- BikingBetter than 89% of counties
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 132 pleasant days a year, better than 84% of counties
Where Yuba County ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 6% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of counties
- Short commute32.4 minutes each way, better than only 8% of counties
- Cheap childcare$1,226 a month, better than only 9% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Yuba County
A household needs to earn about $102,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Yuba County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $79,423, 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 Yuba County's effective rate of 0.72%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Yuba County
Yuba County runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Yuba County.
Who works in Yuba County, and how
Work in Yuba County centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Yuba County
Yuba County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties. That concentrates in some parts of Yuba County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Yuba County growing, and who is moving in?
Yuba County has grown about 19% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Sacramento, CA.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Yuba County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Yuba County, month by month
Yuba County sees roughly 132 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 Yuba County
Sacramento International sits about 30 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 Yuba County
Schools across Yuba County average a D+, better than 11% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Wheatland Charter AcademyA− · 60% proficient
- Clear Creek ElementaryB · 47% proficient
- Lone Tree ElementaryB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bear RiverC+ · 37% proficient
- Foothill IntermediateD · 20% proficient
- Anna Mckenney IntermediateD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Marysville Charter Academy For The ArtsB− · 45% proficient
- Marysville HighC− · 30% proficient
- Lindhurst HighC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Yuba County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Yuba County 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 Yuba County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Yuba County suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 9% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Yuba County
Is Yuba County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Yuba County ranks 2,027th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on big-city access, transit, and biking, and lowest on civic engagement and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Yuba County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $395,879. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $79,423 median income, cost of living beats 39% of counties.
Is Yuba County safe?
Yuba County is safer than 54% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $378 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Yuba County?
July highs average about 99 degrees, and January highs near 59 with lows near 39. That works out to about 132 pleasant days a year, more than 84% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Yuba County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Beale AFB, Olivehurst, Plumas Lake & Wheatland, and Linda. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Yuba County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Yuba County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Yuba County 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.
Yuba County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Yuba County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Yuba County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Yuba County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Yuba County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Yuba County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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
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