Humboldt County vs Sutter County

A side-by-side comparison of Humboldt County and Sutter County: population, income, housing, and more.

Humboldt County and Sutter County are counties in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Humboldt County has the higher population (135,418 vs 98,971 in Sutter County). Sutter County has the higher median household income ($75,450 vs $61,135 in Humboldt County). Humboldt County has the higher median home value ($418,800 vs $399,400 in Sutter County).

Population, income & housing

	Humboldt County	Sutter County
Population	135,418	98,971
Median age	39.6 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,135	$75,450
Median home value	$418,800	$399,400
Median gross rent	$1,249	$1,364
Housing units	62,625	34,681
Homeownership rate	56.3%	59.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Humboldt County	Sutter County
Population	135,940 → 135,418 (-0.4%)	96,109 → 98,971 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$48,041 → $61,135 (+27.3%)	$59,050 → $75,450 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$313,200 → $418,800 (+33.7%)	$279,400 → $399,400 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$981 → $1,249 (+27.3%)	$1,033 → $1,364 (+32.0%)

Humboldt County

Population

135,940135,418

Median household income

$48,041$61,135

Median home value

$313,200$418,800

Median gross rent

$981$1,249

Sutter County

Population

96,10998,971

Median household income

$59,050$75,450

Median home value

$279,400$399,400

Median gross rent

$1,033$1,364

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Humboldt County	Sutter County
Under 5	4.8%	6.3%
5 to 17	14.2%	19.1%
18 to 24	12.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	13.2%	13.8%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.0%
65 to 74	12.2%	9.2%
75 and over	7.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Humboldt County	Sutter County
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	42.0%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.0%	0.7%
Asian	3.0%	17.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.4%
Some other race	0.7%	1.1%
Two or more races	7.8%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	32.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Humboldt County	Sutter County
No high school diploma	8.5%	21.2%
High school graduate	23.2%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Humboldt County	Sutter County
Drove alone	67.7%	75.5%
Carpooled	11.8%	14.0%
Public transit	0.8%	0.9%
Walked	5.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.9%	7.1%
Other means	1.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Humboldt County	Sutter County
1-unit, detached	69.6%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	4.4%
20 or more units	2.5%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Humboldt County	Sutter County
Poverty rate	18.9%	14.8%
Average household size	2.39	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1973	1981