Marysville vs Wheatland

A side-by-side comparison of Marysville and Wheatland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Marysville has the higher population (12,703 vs 3,790 in Wheatland). Wheatland has the higher median household income ($81,827 vs $58,150 in Marysville). Wheatland has the higher median home value ($387,300 vs $282,700 in Marysville).

Population, income & housing

	Marysville	Wheatland
Population	12,703	3,790
Median age	33.0 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,150	$81,827
Median home value	$282,700	$387,300
Median gross rent	$1,223	$1,210
Housing units	5,214	1,375
Homeownership rate	39.6%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marysville	Wheatland
Population	12,327 → 12,703 (+3.1%)	3,810 → 3,790 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$44,839 → $58,150 (+29.7%)	$75,066 → $81,827 (+9.0%)
Median home value	$207,200 → $282,700 (+36.4%)	$264,300 → $387,300 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $1,223 (+31.1%)	$1,273 → $1,210 (-4.9%)

Marysville

Population

12,32712,703

Median household income

$44,839$58,150

Median home value

$207,200$282,700

Median gross rent

$933$1,223

Wheatland

Population

3,8103,790

Median household income

$75,066$81,827

Median home value

$264,300$387,300

Median gross rent

$1,273$1,210

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marysville	Wheatland
Under 5	7.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	22.8%	21.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	5.9%
25 to 34	15.4%	13.0%
35 to 44	14.0%	15.0%
45 to 54	9.5%	5.3%
55 to 64	11.6%	18.3%
65 to 74	7.4%	7.8%
75 and over	5.4%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marysville	Wheatland
White (non-Hispanic)	59.3%	63.3%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	6.4%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.1%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	23.6%	23.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marysville	Wheatland
No high school diploma	13.5%	8.6%
High school graduate	22.9%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	47.0%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marysville	Wheatland
Drove alone	82.8%	74.7%
Carpooled	8.7%	12.1%
Public transit	0.6%	0.3%
Walked	0.8%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	11.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marysville	Wheatland
1-unit, detached	44.7%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	4.9%
20 or more units	14.7%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Marysville	Wheatland
Poverty rate	22.5%	10.7%
Average household size	2.53	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1969	1995