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Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data
With 69,014 people, 23,409 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $521,012, Yuba City real estate prices are well above average cost compared to national prices.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Yuba City, accounting for 67.60% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Yuba City include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 15.25%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 6.96%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 6.02%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Yuba City are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 55.70% owning and 44.30% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Yuba City built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Yuba City built between 2000 and later ( 23.69%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 22.56%). There's also some housing in Yuba City built before 1939 ( 4.64%).
In the last 10 years, Yuba City has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Yuba City real estate appreciated 138.16% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 9.07%, putting Yuba City in the top 20% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Yuba City definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Yuba City's appreciation rate, at 10.31%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Yuba City's appreciation rate has been 7.46%, which annualizes to a rate of 33.33%.
Importantly, NeighborhoodScout’s exclusive research found that Yuba City's housing market shows one of the <a href="/blog/highest-appreciating-cities">top real estate appreciation rates in the U.S.A.</a> in the latest quarter, which may signal the city’s near-future real estate investment strength.
Relative to California, our data show that Yuba City's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 60% of the other cities and towns in California.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Yuba City differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Yuba City - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 2000, to assist you in making the best Yuba City real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$521,012
for California
for nation
23,409
$2,091 / per month