Live Oak vs Yuba City

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

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

Yuba City has the higher population (69,545 vs 9,264 in Live Oak). Yuba City has the higher median household income ($72,322 vs $66,590 in Live Oak). Yuba City has the higher median home value ($405,900 vs $317,900 in Live Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Live Oak	Yuba City
Population	9,264	69,545
Median age	36.2 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,590	$72,322
Median home value	$317,900	$405,900
Median gross rent	$860	$1,391
Housing units	2,900	24,331
Homeownership rate	68.7%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Live Oak	Yuba City
Population	8,679 → 9,264 (+6.7%)	66,516 → 69,545 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$54,792 → $66,590 (+21.5%)	$56,816 → $72,322 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$203,400 → $317,900 (+56.3%)	$277,400 → $405,900 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$927 → $860 (-7.2%)	$1,047 → $1,391 (+32.9%)

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

Yuba City

Population

66,51669,545

Median household income

$56,816$72,322

Median home value

$277,400$405,900

Median gross rent

$1,047$1,391

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Live Oak	Yuba City
Under 5	8.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	19.3%	19.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	9.8%
25 to 34	13.2%	13.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	9.1%	11.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	8.9%
75 and over	6.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Live Oak	Yuba City
White (non-Hispanic)	31.8%	38.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.7%
Asian	18.3%	19.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	1.4%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	42.6%	32.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Live Oak	Yuba City
No high school diploma	28.3%	22.7%
High school graduate	27.5%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Live Oak	Yuba City
Drove alone	73.6%	75.2%
Carpooled	11.2%	15.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	3.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.0%	6.0%
Other means	1.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Live Oak	Yuba City
1-unit, detached	77.6%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	5.8%
20 or more units	3.0%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Live Oak	Yuba City
Poverty rate	15.1%	15.6%
Average household size	3.33	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1993	1984