Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
52% of residents live below the poverty line in Yolo, above both the California town median (10%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Of the 848 California towns we compare, none has a lower median age than Yolo. Yolo Branch Library is on the National Register of Historic Places. Yolo has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Where Yolo beats most towns.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2012 and 7 maps from 1907 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Yolo is unincorporated, so Yolo 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Yolo.
The public schools here belong to the Woodland Joint Unified school district. Its one school is below. Enrollment at Yolo’s public school: 142 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cache Creek High (Continuation)Largest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 142 | – |
NCES · EDFacts
Yolo’s peak summer temperature stands at 95°F, where California’s towns sit at 89°F and U.S. towns at 85°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The FEMA hazard score in Yolo is 65 of 100. Expected losses in Yolo break down as 81% from drought and 11% from earthquakes. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Yolo once, in 2020.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Employers in Yolo added 36 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 88. The median commute is under 24 miles. The top destinations are Woodland (16%), Sacramento (7%) and Dixon (6%).
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Yolo: 31% of adults get no exercise outside work. Among adults here, 17% report frequent physical distress and 23% worry about having enough food.
| Yolo | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 22% | 19% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 9% | 8.1% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Yolo | CA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 16% | 10.6% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 14.4% | 10.6% |
| More adults with heart disease | 7.5% | 5.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Yolo. Close and well known come first.
26 mi LakeLake Berryessa
17 mi Stadium & arenaARCO Arena
22 mi State parkSutter's Fort
34 mi MountainSutter Buttes
21 mi State parkGovernor's Mansion State Historic Park
20 mi MuseumCalifornia State Railroad Museum500K visitors a yearLake Berryessa: Unknown, Public domain · ARCO Arena: CLopez63, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sutter's Fort: Ian Howard, CC BY 2.5 · Sutter Buttes: Expedition 32 crew/NASA, Public domain · Governor's Mansion State Historic Park: Mark James Miller, CC BY 3.0 · California State Railroad Museum: The original uploader was Swampyank at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Yolo
About 6 of every 100 Yolo residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
Unincorporated community in California, United States
Yolo (Wintun: Yo-loy) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Yolo County, California, United States. It is located five miles (8 km) northwest of the county seat, Woodland and 24 miles (39 km) northwest of the state capital of Sacramento. Yolo's ZIP Code is 95697 and its area code 530. It lies at an elevation of 82 feet (25 m). The population was 425 at the 2020 census.
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Yolo has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
