SutterCA
A town of 2,532, settled in 1871.
Is Sutter a good place to live?
Sutter grades C overall, ranked 396th of 841 in California, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Residents are healthier than 76% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On the other side, the typical home is worth about $416K, 5.3 years of the Yuba City metro’s $78K median household income. Sutter’s July high is 96°F, above both California’s towns (89°F) and U.S. towns (85°F). Only 34 of California’s 1,063 towns score lower on walkability.
97% of working residents leave Sutter for work
Where Sutter’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Sutter grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Sutter is from typical.
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Moving to Sutter: who provides what
Sutter is unincorporated, so Sutter County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Sutter.
Sutter carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of California (mostly drought), has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and has less tooth loss than most of California.
Sutter’s grade for cost of living is a C−
The median property tax bill is $2,074, against $5,124 across California, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
77% of Sutter households are owner-occupiers. The typical Sutter home is worth about $416,000, up 1.9% in a year, 45% below the California typical home. The town’s midpoint rent comes in at $1,764 a month.
| Sutter | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 77% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,764 a month | $1,898 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Sutter’s schools rank ahead of 62% of California districts
Public schools: the Brittan Elementary school district. Its one school is below. Enrollment at Sutter’s public school: 539 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brittan ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 539 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
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Sutter’s grade for health is an A−
Its widest gap with California is tooth loss: 6.2% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 10.6% statewide.
29% of adults have obesity in Sutter. Of 32 CDC measures, Sutter beats the California average on 10 and trails it on 3. In Sutter, 72% of adults had a checkup this year, and 19% get no exercise outside work.
| Sutter | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 72% | 72% | 79% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 24% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.3% | 12% | 12% |
| What stands out | Sutter | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.2% | 10.6% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.4% | 10.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.3% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents commute out of Sutter
Sutter has 343 jobs for its 1,381 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
The share of residents in Sutter who live below the poverty line: 6.8%. For most workers, Sutter is a place to come home to: only 3% work in town. Employers in Sutter added 68 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 343. The top destinations are Yuba City (23%), Marysville (5%) and Sacramento (5%).
| Sutter | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 6.8% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.8% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Median household income | $96,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Sutter: mild winters and hot summers
The Colusa 2 Ssw weather station, 15 miles away, records that about 85 days a year reach 90°, more than in 95% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 96.4°, hotter than in 98% of U.S. towns; January nights average 39.1°.
Snow almost never falls. The January low locally is 39°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Sutter has a moderate natural-hazard risk, chiefly from drought
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 91% of California towns; that rating is what its C+ for hazard risk is built on.
FEMA puts 58% of Sutter’s expected hazard losses down to drought, and 21% to inland flooding. For Sutter, the natural-hazard score from FEMA is 52 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Sutter
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Sutter
About 6 of every 100 Sutter residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
About Sutter
Census-designated place in California, US
Sutter, formerly South Butte and Sutter City, is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sutter County, California, United States. It is part of the Yuba City Metropolitan Statistical Area within the Greater Sacramento CSA. The population as of the 2020 census was 2,997, up from 2,904 at the 2010 census.
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- Established
- 1871
- Area
- 3.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 75 ft
- ZIP code
- 95982
Questions about Sutter
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sutter, CA a good place to live?
Sutter grades C overall, better than 29% of U.S. towns and #396 of 841 in California. It grades A− for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Sutter, CA expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.