Meridian vs Yuba City

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

Meridian 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 386 in Meridian). Yuba City has the higher median household income ($72,322 vs $61,023 in Meridian). Yuba City has the higher median home value ($405,900 vs $262,500 in Meridian).

Population, income & housing

	Meridian	Yuba City
Population	386	69,545
Median age	35.7 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,023	$72,322
Median home value	$262,500	$405,900
Median gross rent	$707	$1,391
Housing units	157	24,331
Homeownership rate	57.6%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meridian	Yuba City
Population	371 → 386 (+4.0%)	66,516 → 69,545 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $61,023 (+19.1%)	$56,816 → $72,322 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$226,900 → $262,500 (+15.7%)	$277,400 → $405,900 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $707 (-2.5%)	$1,047 → $1,391 (+32.9%)

Meridian

Population

371386

Median household income

$51,250$61,023

Median home value

$226,900$262,500

Median gross rent

$725$707

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)

	Meridian	Yuba City
Under 5	17.4%	5.8%
5 to 17	7.8%	19.2%
18 to 24	3.4%	9.8%
25 to 34	19.4%	13.6%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	17.6%	11.9%
65 to 74	6.5%	8.9%
75 and over	3.4%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meridian	Yuba City
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	38.6%
Black or African American	1.8%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	19.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	0.1%
Some other race	10.4%	1.4%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	32.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meridian	Yuba City
No high school diploma	22.5%	22.7%
High school graduate	19.6%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meridian	Yuba City
Drove alone	47.1%	75.2%
Carpooled	26.0%	15.7%
Public transit	4.8%	0.9%
Walked	11.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.6%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meridian	Yuba City
1-unit, detached	91.7%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Meridian	Yuba City
Poverty rate	14.8%	15.6%
Average household size	2.78	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	1944	1984