Live Oak vs Sutter

A side-by-side comparison of Live Oak and Sutter: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Live Oak has the higher population (9,264 vs 2,671 in Sutter). Sutter has the higher median household income ($94,375 vs $66,590 in Live Oak). Sutter has the higher median home value ($373,600 vs $317,900 in Live Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Live Oak	Sutter
Population	9,264	2,671
Median age	36.2 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,590	$94,375
Median home value	$317,900	$373,600
Median gross rent	$860	$1,360
Housing units	2,900	1,035
Homeownership rate	68.7%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Live Oak	Sutter
Population	8,679 → 9,264 (+6.7%)	3,005 → 2,671 (-11.1%)
Median household income	$54,792 → $66,590 (+21.5%)	$69,034 → $94,375 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$203,400 → $317,900 (+56.3%)	$248,200 → $373,600 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$927 → $860 (-7.2%)	$1,152 → $1,360 (+18.1%)

Live Oak

Population

8,6799,264

Median household income

$54,792$66,590

Median home value

$203,400$317,900

Median gross rent

$927$860

Sutter

Population

3,0052,671

Median household income

$69,034$94,375

Median home value

$248,200$373,600

Median gross rent

$1,152$1,360

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Live Oak	Sutter
Under 5	8.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	19.3%	16.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	4.8%
25 to 34	13.2%	15.9%
35 to 44	12.7%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.4%	16.7%
55 to 64	9.1%	11.6%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.4%
75 and over	6.3%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Live Oak	Sutter
White (non-Hispanic)	31.8%	72.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	2.6%
Asian	18.3%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	42.6%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Live Oak	Sutter
No high school diploma	28.3%	6.5%
High school graduate	27.5%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Live Oak	Sutter
Drove alone	73.6%	91.3%
Carpooled	11.2%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	5.2%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Live Oak	Sutter
1-unit, detached	77.6%	96.0%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Live Oak	Sutter
Poverty rate	15.1%	4.0%
Average household size	3.33	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1993	1973