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Plumas Lake, California.

A community in Yuba County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Yuba County’s.

Living in Plumas Lake, Yuba County, California

Plumas Lake, in Yuba County, had 8,126 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $120,408 a year and half less, against $76,373 across Yuba County; 4% of its people live below the poverty line. 92% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 8% are rented. Unemployment in Yuba County was 6.7% in August 2026, and the county had 0.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then government.

People 8,126 in the 2020 census; median age 34.8
Household income $120,408 the median, give or take $12,122 · Yuba County: $76,373
Unemployment 6.7% Yuba County, August 2026; 7.0% a year before
Homes 92% lived in by their owners; 8% rented
  • 3,071households
  • 25%of adults have a degree
  • 4%below the poverty line
  • 43 mintypical commute
  • 16%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care26%
  • Government15%
  • Building trades11%
  • Professional and business services10%
  • Shops (retail)9%
  • Manufacturing6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Yuba County had 20,975 jobs in 2025, 0.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 55° and 38°; warmest in July, 96° and 61° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J J 96° 61° A S O N D 55° 38°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 55° and 38°; warmest in July, 96° and 61° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J J 96° 61° A S O N D 55° 38°

Coldest in December, with highs near 55° and lows near 38°; warmest in July, with highs near 96° and lows near 61°. About 20 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Marysville Yuba County Airport weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Yuba County

  1. Adventist Health and RideoutGeneral hospital1,278FTE
  2. Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Sacramento at Fire MountainCasino hotels1,162
  3. Marysville Joint UnifiedSchool district1,128FTE
  4. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters451
  5. Frank M. BoothHeating, ventilation and air-conditioning contractors402
  6. Yuba County Packard BuildingGeneral services departments, government297
  7. Yuba County Office of Education SchoolsSchool district226FTE
  8. Yuba County Government CenterGeneral services departments, government225

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 37 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 6,378 people in all across the county; Plumas Lake has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Inland floodingVery high
  2. DroughtRelatively high
  3. WildfireRelatively moderate
  4. EarthquakesRelatively moderate
  5. LightningRelatively moderate
  6. Heat wavesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Plumas Lake’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Yuba County.