New Homes in Yuba City

The Yuba–Sutter area is in Northern California's Central Valley, specifically in the northern section of the Sacramento Valley, approximately 45 miles north of Sacramento.

The Yuba-Sutter area comprises Yuba County and Sutter County; according to Wikipedia, Yuba-Sutter is the area's common name, and its given name by the U.S. Census Bureau is the Yuba City Metropolitan Statistical Area.

There are four cities in the Yuba-Sutter area. Yuba City and Live Oak are in Sutter County, and Marysville and Wheatland are in Yuba County.

The Yuba-Sutter area has an estimated 2025 population of 187,876 according to World Population Review; the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis reports that the Yuba-Sutter area had a population of 186,014 in 2024 and 184,152 in 2023. See the Yuba County and Sutter County populations on FRED.

Yuba City is the largest city in the Yuba-Sutter area and the chief city in the Yuba Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA).

In August of 2025, Yuba City had a population of 70,453, according to the California Fair Political Practices Commission's California city drawings handout.

According to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED) estimates, the median household income was $71,493 in Yuba County and $71,968 in Sutter County in 2023. Since 1989, the median household incomes in both counties have been slowly increasing at similar rates.

According to the Yuba-Sutter Economic Development Corporation (YSEDC), the leading industries in the Yuba-Sutter region are health care, social services, retail trade, agriculture, forestry, hunting, fishing, transportation, and warehousing.

Beale Air Force Base, Sutter County, Sunsweet Growers Inc., Adventist Health & Rideout, Rush Personnel, Caltrans, Yuba County, Walmart, Marysville Joint Unified School, Yuba College, Sysco Sacramento, Legend Transportation, Sutter North Yuba City, and Hard Rock Hotel & Casino are major employers in the Yuba-Sutter area.

Residents enjoy a suburban, family-oriented feel with relatively affordable housing, local parks, and access to good public schools. Most residents drive their own cars, homeownership rates are solid, and many families choose this area for its balance of affordability and convenient access to outdoor adventures, big-city amenities, and local services.

Yes, LGI Homes has new home communities with affordable new homes in Sacramento, the Bay Area, Stockton and Modesto, California.

Every LGI home in California includes upgrades at no extra cost to homebuyers. The CompleteHome™ upgrade packages offer modern upgrades to homebuyers at no extra cost. Upgrades like granite or quartz countertops, coach lighting, undermount kitchen sink, Moen® faucets with PowerClean technology, wood cabinetry with crown moulding, LED ENERGY STAR lighting, dual-pane low-E-windows, programmable thermostats, integrated technology and professionally landscaped front yards.

LGI Homes' CompleteHome Plus™ designer upgrades offer everything in our CompleteHome™ package with more style, and more upgrades like an 8-foot 3/4 lite front door, enhanced front-yard landscaping, 42" wood cabinetry, 2" faux wood blinds, hard surface flooring on the entire first-floor, nine-foot ceilings, sod backyards in select communities, and much more.

Yuba City features a variety of new single-family homes, both one- and two-story, with included upgrades. Homebuyers can find move-in-ready homes offering two to five bedrooms, two to three bathrooms, and living spaces up to 2,492 square feet at LGI Homes communities.

Yes, there are new construction homes under $400K in Yuba City at LGI new home developments. These new homes include designer upgrades with Whirlpool® kitchen appliances, upgraded countertops and flooring and integrated technology, at no extra cost to buyers.

First-time homebuyers in Yuba City have access to various mortgage programs, including FHA, VA, and conventional loans, as well as USDA home loans in qualifying areas. First-time buyers may be eligible for local or statewide programs offering down payment or closing cost assistance. LGI Homes' preferred lender provides competitive financing options and a streamlined loan experience.

The process of buying a new construction home in Yuba City typically includes selecting a new home development, touring available homes, choosing a floor plan, securing mortgage pre-approval, signing a purchase agreement and completing inspections and final walkthroughs before closing. LGI Homes simplifies the homebuying process by offering move-in-ready homes, transparent pricing, included upgrades and a step-by-step process that allows many buyers to close in as little as 30 – 45 days.

The median listing price of homes in Yuba County was $469,922, and the median listing price of homes in Sutter County was $471,200, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Note: Pricing as of October 30, 2025. The median listing price of homes changes monthly.

The median listing price of homes in Yuba City was $470,697 on October 30, 2025, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Note: The median listing price of homes in Yuba City changes monthly.

Sacramento (39 miles), Stockton (83 miles), Oakland (99 miles), Reno, NV (100 miles), San Francisco (104 miles), Modesto (109 miles), Fremont (112 miles), San Jose (125 miles), Fresno (193 miles) are located within 200 miles from Yuba City as the crow flies.

Sacramento International Airport is 38 miles south of Yuba City via the CA-70 S and CA-99 S. In November 2025, Lincoln Regional Airport started offering commercial flights to Las Vegas, NV, and Orange County, CA; Lincoln Regional is 33 miles from Yuba City via CA-65 S.

Bakersfield (295 miles), Santa Barbara (342 miles), Beverly Hills (392 miles), Los Angeles (392 miles), Las Vegas, NV (410 miles), Boise, ID (418 miles), Anaheim (420 miles), Riverside (427 miles), Portland, OR (443 miles), San Diego (508 miles), Salt Lake City, UT (528 miles), Seattle, WA (586 miles), Jackson Hole, WY (636 miles), Phoenix, AZ (661 miles), Helena, MT (707 miles), Vancouver, Canada (709 miles), Denver, CO (889 miles), Calgary, Alberta (900 miles), Colorado Springs, CO (903 miles) and Rapid City, SD (1009 miles) are all comfortably within a two hour flight from Yuba City.

LGI Homes has numerous new home developments in California. We sell new homes in Northern California, including the Bay Area, Sacramento, Stockton, Modesto and Yuba City. In Southern California, we have new homes in Bakersfield, Riverside and Coachella Valley.