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Yountville's standout: 32% of its land is conserved. Overall it grades C+, 265th of 841 graded towns in California. It reports less crime per resident than 87% of U.S. towns and it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 83% of U.S. towns. Its weakest subject is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $1.3 million, 11.5 years of the Napa metro’s $111K median household income. Yountville’s typical home value is $1,287,000, against $709,000 in California’s towns and $332,000 across U.S. towns. Yountville has 6 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them French Laundry and John Lee Webber House. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 92% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top.
Where Yountville beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Census counts: 256 in 1880, 3,436 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1859 and 3 maps from 1942 on.
6 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Yountville is from typical.
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Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Yountville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw39 mi MuseumAlcatraz Federal Penitentiary
14 mi LakeLake Berryessa
19 mi Theme parkSix Flags Discovery Kingdom
36 mi National MonumentMuir Woods National Monument757K visitors a year
37 mi Stadium & arenaCalifornia Memorial Stadium
34 mi MountainMount TamalpaisAlcatraz Federal Penitentiary: druchoy, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Lake Berryessa: Unknown, Public domain · Six Flags Discovery Kingdom: Tinned Elk, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Muir Woods National Monument: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · California Memorial Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Mount Tamalpais: Originally uploaded by Nelso (Transferred by DimiTalen), CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Yountville, 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 Yountville.
Yountville draws workers from Napa and beyond, keeps more of its land conserved than most of California and fares better on crime within California than nationally.
The median age in Yountville is 65.3 years. Yountville has lost 6.6% of its people since 2020, down to 3,198 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 42% of Yountville adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Yountville | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 65.3 years | 39 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 42% | 29% | 29% |
Somewhere between 38% and 58% women
The Census survey reached too few of Yountville’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±10.3 points. Across California, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Yountville | CA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 3.2% | 11.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 0.6% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 1.3% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.5% | 14.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.2% | 13.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.4% | 12.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 22.9% | 9.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 27.9% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 11.7% | 15.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 18.5% | 20.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.6% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 4.5% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 29.2% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.4% | 14.4% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,200, single groups can be off by several points
At 11.5 years of the Napa metro’s $111K median household income, the typical home (about $1.29M) costs more against local pay than in 84% of California towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living. The typical value, about $1.29M, is 10% below its June 2022 peak.
Yountville’s median rent is $2,399 a month. The typical Yountville home is worth about $1,287,000, about the same as a year ago, 69% above the California typical home.
| Yountville | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,399 a month | $1,895 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 67% | 64% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
2,366 jobs are based in Yountville, 2.5 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 21.6 minutes, against 28.7 across California.
Most working residents leave Yountville for work: only 10% work in town. 15% of residents live below the poverty line in Yountville. Since 2013, Yountville has lost 265 jobs, to 2,366 in 2023.
| Yountville | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 9.9% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Median household income | $80,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its 309 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 93% of California towns. Its A+ for the outdoors ranks #25 of 847 in California.
2.5 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Veterans Memorial Park | 0.3 mi | 2 |
| 2. The Alameda | — | 11 |
| 3. Yountville Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
At 6.4 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 100% of California’s graded towns. Violent crime is rare: 2 reported in 2025, 0.6 per 1,000 residents.
Among 437 California towns, just 7 have a lower property crime rate than Yountville.
| Yountville | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.8 per 1,000 residents | 13.4 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.6 per 1,000 residents | 2.9 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Since 1982, 14 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Yountville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Yountville has mild winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 38° and snow is almost unheard of.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Yountville beats the California average on 18 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8. Only 1 of the 847 California towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Yountville.
| Yountville | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 17% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 8.2% | 16% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 35% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 52% | 31% | 35% |
| What stands out | Yountville | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 5.6% | 14.9% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.5% | 10.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 19.3% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Yountville
About 3 of every 100 Yountville residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
32.5% of the town is conserved land, across 3 parks and preserves.
6 places in Yountville on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in the United States
Yountville ( or ) is an incorporated town in Napa County, in the Wine Country of California, United States. Located in the North Bay region of the Bay Area, the population was 3,436 at the 2020 census. Almost a third of the town's population lives at the Veterans Home of California. Yountville is a popular tourist destination, particularly for its wineries and its famed Michelin-starred restaurant, The French Laundry.
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Yountville grades C+ overall, better than 42% of U.S. towns and #265 of 841 in California. It grades B− for health, A for safety and B for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
2 notable people were born here, including Edward D. Vandeleur and Emmett Seawell.
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