Yolo, California

For the county, see Yolo County, California.

Yolo
Unincorporated community and census-designated place
Yolo Location in California Yolo Yolo (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°43′55″N 121°48′28″W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Yolo County
Area
• Total	1.37 sq mi (3.56 km2)
• Land	1.37 sq mi (3.56 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)  0%
Elevation	82 ft (25 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	425
• Density	310/sq mi (120/km2)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
GNIS feature IDs	1660214; 2583187
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yolo, California; U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yolo, California

Yolo (Wintun: Yo-loy) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Yolo County, California. It is located 5 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.

History

Yolo was formerly known as "Cacheville", "Cochran's Crossing", "Cochranes Crossing", "Hutton's Ranch", and "Travelers Home".

Education

Cache Creek High School, a continuation high school named after the nearby stream of water, is located in Yolo and is a part of the Woodland Joint Unified School District. Students residing in Yolo go to schools in Woodland, unless high school students choose to attend Cache Creek.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 1.4 square miles (3.6 km²), all of it land.

Climate

The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "CSA " (Mediterranean Climate).

Demographics

The 2020 United States census reported that Yolo had a population of 425. The population density was 309.5 inhabitants per square mile (119.5/km²). The racial makeup of Yolo was 139 (32.7%) White, 1 (0.2%) African American, 30 (7.1%) Native American, 4 (0.9%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 167 (39.3%) from other races, and 84 (19.8%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 302 persons (71.1%).

The census reported that 99.1% of the population lived in households, 4 people (0.9%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized. There were 153 households, out of which 48 (31.4%) included children under the age of 18, 68 (44.4%) were married-couple households, 6 (3.9%) were cohabiting couple households, 52 (34.0%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 27 (17.6%) had a male householder with no partner present. 38 households (24.8%) were one person, and 20 (13.1%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.75. There were 98 families (64.1% of all households).

The age distribution was 101 people (23.8%) under the age of 18, 34 people (8.0%) aged 18 to 24, 83 people (19.5%) aged 25 to 44, 128 people (30.1%) aged 45 to 64, and 79 people (18.6%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.5 males.

There were 158 housing units at an average density of 115.1 units per square mile (44.4 units/km²), of which 153 (96.8%) were occupied. Of these, 60 (39.2%) were owner-occupied, and 93 (60.8%) were occupied by renters.

External links

• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yolo, California