Weed vs Yreka

A side-by-side comparison of Weed and Yreka: population, income, housing, and more.

Weed and Yreka are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Yreka has the higher population (7,832 vs 2,765 in Weed). Yreka has the higher median household income ($42,664 vs $38,966 in Weed). Yreka has the higher median home value ($245,100 vs $206,500 in Weed).

Population, income & housing

	Weed	Yreka
Population	2,765	7,832
Median age	39.1 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$38,966	$42,664
Median home value	$206,500	$245,100
Median gross rent	$841	$962
Housing units	1,223	3,566
Homeownership rate	47.7%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Weed	Yreka
Population	2,669 → 2,765 (+3.6%)	7,562 → 7,832 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$27,227 → $38,966 (+43.1%)	$42,483 → $42,664 (+0.4%)
Median home value	$138,500 → $206,500 (+49.1%)	$158,200 → $245,100 (+54.9%)
Median gross rent	$753 → $841 (+11.7%)	$809 → $962 (+18.9%)

Weed

Population

2,6692,765

Median household income

$27,227$38,966

Median home value

$138,500$206,500

Median gross rent

$753$841

Yreka

Population

7,5627,832

Median household income

$42,483$42,664

Median home value

$158,200$245,100

Median gross rent

$809$962

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Weed	Yreka
Under 5	4.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.0%	20.8%
18 to 24	11.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.8%
35 to 44	8.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	8.1%
55 to 64	18.3%	10.3%
65 to 74	9.3%	15.0%
75 and over	5.1%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Weed	Yreka
White (non-Hispanic)	58.8%	76.5%
Black or African American	8.3%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	3.0%
Asian	6.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	18.7%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Weed	Yreka
No high school diploma	12.4%	11.0%
High school graduate	29.5%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	45.8%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Weed	Yreka
Drove alone	72.2%	84.7%
Carpooled	11.6%	7.8%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	6.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	7.5%	3.3%
Other means	1.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Weed	Yreka
1-unit, detached	58.9%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	14.0%	11.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Weed	Yreka
Poverty rate	28.4%	22.0%
Average household size	2.32	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	16	15
Median year structure built	1972	1975