Best PlacesYuba, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Yuba, 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.
Yuba ranks 39,573rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Yuba
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.
Yuba's strengths and weaknesses
Where Yuba ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 155 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
Where Yuba ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 8% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Yuba
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Yuba home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,769, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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's effective rate of 0.31%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Yuba
Yuba runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Yuba.
Who works in Yuba, and how
Work in Yuba centers on finance & insurance and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Yuba
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Yuba.
What the weather is like in Yuba, month by month
Yuba sees roughly 155 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 43° | 34° |
| April | 75° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 97° | 84° | 73° |
| October | 81° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Yuba
Dallas Love Field sits about 77 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 8.2 million passengers in 2025, with 91 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Yuba
Schools across Yuba average a D+, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Achille EsC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Achille HsC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Yuba school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Yuba 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 against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Yuba
Is Yuba a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Yuba ranks 39,573rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, quiet, and low property taxes, and lowest on summer heat and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Yuba expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $173,500. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $50,769 median income, cost of living beats 15% of towns.
Is Yuba safe?
Yes, Yuba is safer than 55% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $344 per resident a year.
Compare Yuba with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Yuba. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Yuba 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 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Yuba: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Yuba: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Yuba: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Yuba: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Yuba 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.