Yuba City, CA
Yuba City, CA Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Yuba City, CA Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Yuba City ranks 178th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 110th for income. A household earns $81,094 a year while median rent runs $1,486/mo, making it expensive relative to what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 4% above the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is household income (110th of 300), while education is the soft spot (285th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 209th and home prices 235th among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
For your salary & household
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On $75,000 for just you in Yuba City, your take-home is worth about $55,929 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it less than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 110th of 300↑32.3%$81,094
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 268th of 300104 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $77,801
- Per-capita income
- $36,234
- Full-time pay
- $43,839
Housing
- Median rent
- 209th of 300↑36.7%$1,486/mo
- Home value
- 235th of 300↑45.2%$436,200
- Property tax
- $3,292/yr · 0.8%
- Sales tax
- 8.80%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 235th of 3005.4%
- Bachelor's+
- 285th of 30021.1%
- Avg commute
- 282nd of 30030.8 min
People
- Population
- 186,014
- Population change
- +5.9%
- Median age
- 36.9 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 18.6%
- Broadband
- 91.7%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 185th of 30049
- Natural-hazard loss
- 219th of 300$17/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 277th of 30024.2%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 11.6%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
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Watch-outs
- – Cost of living
- – Rent
- – Home prices
- – Job market
- – Education
- – Commute
- – Hazard safety
- – Health
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — marysville ap (asos).
What jobs pay in Yuba City
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $258,770
- Pharmacists
- $161,240
- IT managers
- $151,750
- Registered nurses
- $149,320
- Financial managers
- $148,640
- Lawyers
- $139,710
- Software developers
- $132,120
- Civil engineers
- $119,990
- General & operations managers
- $101,210
- Secondary school teachers
- $100,170
- Elementary school teachers
- $97,000
- Police officers
- $83,090
- Accountants & auditors
- $78,530
- Carpenters
- $76,100
- Electricians
- $65,660
- Plumbers
- $61,120
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $58,230
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $55,100
- Customer service reps
- $49,170
- Construction laborers
- $48,210
- Janitors
- $42,240
- Retail salespersons
- $37,310
- Cashiers
- $35,790
- Waiters & waitresses
- $34,320
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Yuba City metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in California are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- Nevada639
- Missouri355
- Texas212
- Oregon148
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Yuba City metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Yuba City metro?
- Median gross rent across the Yuba City, CA Metro Area is $1,486 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Yuba City.
- What is the median household income in the Yuba City metro?
- A typical household in the Yuba City, CA Metro Area earns $81,094 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Yuba City expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Yuba City, CA Metro Area runs about 4% above the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are higher than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Yuba City metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $77,801 (versus its face value of $81,094). CityLedger rates the Yuba City, CA Metro Area expensive for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Yuba City metro?
- The median home value across the Yuba City, CA Metro Area is $436,200 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Yuba City metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Yuba City, CA Metro Area is 5.4% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).