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Gas stations in Yuba County, CA
The gas stations in Yuba County, CA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #472 of 2,358 scored counties
#18 of 54 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 42
- 30 chain locations (71%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- +9.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $83.9M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $2,931 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.7
- 35% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 88,691
- +8.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 42 gas stations in Yuba County. Chain locations make up 71% of them, against 84% across the U.S. That is 14.7 per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.
Households in Yuba County spend about $83.9M a year on gasoline and other fuels, or $2,931 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. Spread across 42 gas stations, that is $2M per station, 16% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Yuba County was 23 in 2023, up 9.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,245 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $3.1M have gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Yuba County.
Population estimates put the population change in Yuba County from 2020 to 2025 at +8.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Yuba County scores 68 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for gas stations, ranking #472 of 2,358 scored counties and #18 of 54 scored counties in California. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Yuba County compares
The same measures for California and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all gasoline and other fuels by the gas stations counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Yuba County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.7 | 8.1 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $3.4M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,245 | 1,669 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.5% | +7.2% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.2% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $2,931 | $2,747 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $76,373 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21 → 23+9.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 175
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4230 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 35The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $3.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Yuba County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Yuba County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 88,691+8.2% since 2020
- Households
- 28,635
- Median age
- 35.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 632 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 134
- Median household income
- $76,373+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,648
- Median home value
- $412,300
- Jobs located here
- 17,377
- Daytime population
- 68,426Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1San Benito County, CA | 97 | 8 | 3.9 | $9M | +8.6% | #1 of 2,358 |
| 2Riverside County, CA | 87 | 568 | 7.3 | $4.2M | +5.0% | #54 of 2,358 |
| 3San Joaquin County, CA | 79 | 258 | 10.5 | $2.9M | +5.5% | #173 of 2,358 |
| 4Placer County, CA | 78 | 164 | 10.4 | $2.8M | +8.9% | #198 of 2,358 |
| 5San Bernardino County, CA | 75 | 695 | 10.3 | $3M | +1.9% | #259 of 2,358 |
| 6Contra Costa County, CA | 74 | 306 | 7.4 | $3.9M | +0.3% | #283 of 2,358 |
| 7Solano County, CA | 74 | 159 | 10.1 | $3M | +0.6% | #295 of 2,358 |
| 8Ventura County, CA | 73 | 211 | 7.5 | $4M | −1.5% | #313 of 2,358 |
| 9El Dorado County, CA | 73 | 78 | 10.2 | $3M | +0.6% | #321 of 2,358 |
| 10Orange County, CA | 72 | 691 | 6.4 | $4.5M | −1.1% | #331 of 2,358 |
| 18Yuba County, CA | 68 | 42 | 14.7 | $2M | +8.2% | #472 of 2,358 |
Other business types in Yuba County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Funeral services
Questions
How many gas stations are in Yuba County, CA?
There are 42 gas stations on map listings in Yuba County as of September 2026. 30 of them (71%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, up 9.5% from 2019.
How much do households in Yuba County, CA spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $83.9M a year, or $2,931 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 42 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $2M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 28,635 households in Yuba County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Yuba County, CA compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
Yuba County has 14.7 gas stations per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $2M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, Yuba County would have about 35, against 42 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,245 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.5% from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Yuba County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Yuba County at 88,691 people in 2025, up 8.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,635 households. The median household income in Yuba County is $76,373 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.6% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Yuba County scores 68 for gas stations (upper middle), #472 of 2,358 scored counties.
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