Sutter vs Yuba City

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

Sutter 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 2,671 in Sutter). Sutter has the higher median household income ($94,375 vs $72,322 in Yuba City). Yuba City has the higher median home value ($405,900 vs $373,600 in Sutter).

Population, income & housing

	Sutter	Yuba City
Population	2,671	69,545
Median age	43.2 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$94,375	$72,322
Median home value	$373,600	$405,900
Median gross rent	$1,360	$1,391
Housing units	1,035	24,331
Homeownership rate	79.0%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sutter	Yuba City
Population	3,005 → 2,671 (-11.1%)	66,516 → 69,545 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$69,034 → $94,375 (+36.7%)	$56,816 → $72,322 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$248,200 → $373,600 (+50.5%)	$277,400 → $405,900 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,152 → $1,360 (+18.1%)	$1,047 → $1,391 (+32.9%)

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

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)

	Sutter	Yuba City
Under 5	5.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.1%	19.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	9.8%
25 to 34	15.9%	13.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.6%
45 to 54	16.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.9%
65 to 74	10.4%	8.9%
75 and over	7.9%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sutter	Yuba City
White (non-Hispanic)	72.7%	38.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	0.7%
Asian	4.7%	19.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	32.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sutter	Yuba City
No high school diploma	6.5%	22.7%
High school graduate	36.9%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sutter	Yuba City
Drove alone	91.3%	75.2%
Carpooled	3.5%	15.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	5.2%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sutter	Yuba City
1-unit, detached	96.0%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Sutter	Yuba City
Poverty rate	4.0%	15.6%
Average household size	2.66	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1973	1984