Rio Oso vs Yuba City

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

Rio Oso 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 421 in Rio Oso). Rio Oso has the higher median household income ($172,500 vs $72,322 in Yuba City). Rio Oso has the higher median home value ($478,800 vs $405,900 in Yuba City).

Population, income & housing

	Rio Oso	Yuba City
Population	421	69,545
Median age	36.1 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$172,500	$72,322
Median home value	$478,800	$405,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,391
Housing units	141	24,331
Homeownership rate	88.5%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rio Oso	Yuba City
Population	350 → 421 (+20.3%)	66,516 → 69,545 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$118,333 → $172,500 (+45.8%)	$56,816 → $72,322 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$426,700 → $478,800 (+12.2%)	$277,400 → $405,900 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,333 → $1,375 (+3.2%)	$1,047 → $1,391 (+32.9%)

Rio Oso

Population

350421

Median household income

$118,333$172,500

Median home value

$426,700$478,800

Median gross rent

$1,333$1,375

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)

	Rio Oso	Yuba City
Under 5	6.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	28.7%	19.2%
18 to 24	4.5%	9.8%
25 to 34	7.8%	13.6%
35 to 44	18.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	4.0%	11.9%
65 to 74	13.3%	8.9%
75 and over	4.5%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rio Oso	Yuba City
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	38.6%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	7.8%	19.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	32.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rio Oso	Yuba City
No high school diploma	8.3%	22.7%
High school graduate	17.5%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	50.8%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rio Oso	Yuba City
Drove alone	65.9%	75.2%
Carpooled	9.7%	15.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	3.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	20.5%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rio Oso	Yuba City
1-unit, detached	59.6%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	14.2%	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	26.2%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Rio Oso	Yuba City
Poverty rate	3.8%	15.6%
Average household size	3.45	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1982	1984