Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Marysville earns a D−, 763rd among California's 841 graded towns, mostly because of incomes and safety. The median household income is $56K, and 24% of residents live below the poverty line. Its crime rate is higher than 89% of U.S. towns, with 89 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. In its favor, it has 5 miles of trail. Marysville’s violent crime rate is 7 per 1,000 residents, where California’s towns sit at 2.9 and U.S. towns at 1.6. On history, just 63 of California’s 1,063 towns do better. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 82% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top.
Where Marysville beats most towns.
15.9% of the town is conserved land, across 13 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Marysville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 4,738 in 1870, 12,844 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 3 maps from 1911 on.
7 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Marysville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Marysville.
Marysville has a longer frost-free season than nearly all U.S. towns and is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it has poverty well above the California rate.
5.3 miles of trail in 13 parks and preserves. The trail density in Marysville is 1.5 miles per square mile. The biggest park or preserve is River Front Park, at 69 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Yuba Park | 0.4 mi | 4 |
| 2. River Front Park | 0.3 mi | 69 |
| 3. East Ellis Lake | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Marysville Joint Unified school district. Two of its 12 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Marysville High, with 1,034 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kynoch ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 678 | D |
| Marysville HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,034 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Marysville reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 89% report less. Marysville’s property crime rate is 15 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The median property tax bill is $1,659, against $5,124 across California, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The typical Marysville home is worth about $388,000, down 0.7% in a year, 49% below the California typical home. 37% of households own their home in Marysville.
| Marysville | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 37% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,295 a month | $1,898 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Since 1978, 28 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Marysville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Against the 7,859 U.S. towns with household incomes like Marysville’s, it is less healthy than 53%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income.
Marysville beats the California average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 17. 21% of Marysville adults report frequent mental distress.
| Marysville | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 17% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 70% | 72% | 79% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 22% | 19% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Marysville | CA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 8.1% | 5.1% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 11.2% | 7.3% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 16.2% | 10.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The Colusa 2 Ssw weather station, 24 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 293 days, longer than in 97% of U.S. towns. The Colusa 2 Ssw weather station, 24 miles away, records that about 85 days a year reach 90°, more than in 96% of U.S. towns.
Marysville has mild winters and hot summers, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 96°, January nights drop to 39° and snow is almost unheard of.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Marysville for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Yuba City (16%), Sacramento (7%) and Roseville (3%). Half commute less than 32 miles.
| Marysville | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 25% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $56,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 6.8% | 14% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 6.6% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
1 within 15 miles of the center of Marysville
About 6 of every 100 Marysville residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
7 places in Marysville on the National Register of Historic Places.
21 notable people were born in Marysville.
City in California, United States
Marysville is a city in and the county seat of Yuba County, California, United States, located in the Gold Country region of Northern California. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 12,844, up from 12,072 in the 2010 census. It is part of the Yuba-Sutter area of Greater Sacramento.
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Marysville grades D− overall, better than 3% of U.S. towns and #763 of 841 in California. It grades C for health, D for safety and C+ for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a D.
That is 5 years of the area's median household income ($78,179 across the Yuba City, CA metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
21 notable people were born here, including Larry Bagby and Brad Johnson.
