Beale AFB, California

Community in Yuba County · population 1,303 (2020 Census)

Household income: $70,061
Jan low / Jul high: 38° / 96°
Snow a year: 2 in
Tornadoes ≤10 mi since 1950: 1
Median age: 23.6

Beale AFB is a community of 1,303 people in Yuba County, California. It ranks better for young professionals than 91% of California towns, more of a college town than 87% of California towns.

How Beale AFB ranks

Percentile among California towns with at least 500 people on The Town Files lifestyle rankings. 50 is typical for the state; 90 means better than 90% of California towns.

The Town Files lifestyle rankings, built from federal demographic, school, crime and housing data (2025).

Homes and cost of living

Median rent is $2,758 a month. 1.5% of households own their home.

Census ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. "Typical town" = median of California towns with 500+ people.

Housing	Beale AFB	Typical California town
Median home value	—	$596,900
Median rent	$2,758	$1,827
Median household income	$70,061	$91,557
Home value ÷ income	—×	6.4×
Homeownership	1.5%	67.4%
Median year built	2012	1977
Seasonal / vacation homes	0.0%	—

Who lives in Beale AFB

People	Beale AFB	Typical California town
Median age	23.6	40.2
Age 65 and over	0.0%	17.7%
Under 18	40.3%	—
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	27.7%
Below the poverty line	0.0%	10.3%
Veterans	18.9%	—
Born outside the U.S.	11.8%	—
Work from home	6.4%	13.4%
Average commute	19.1 min	27.5 min
Homes with broadband	97.3%	93.3%

Weather in Beale AFB

July highs average 96.2°F and January lows 38.2°F. About 20.1 inches of rain and melted snow fall a year, with 1.5 inches of snow (typical California town: 0.0 in). Expect about 99 days a year at 90°F or hotter and 23 nights at or below freezing.

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals: average daily high and low by month; precipitation and snowfall in inches. Temperatures from the Marysville Yuba Co Ap station (11.6 mi away); snowfall estimated from the 4 nearest snow stations, weighted by distance.

Tornadoes, storms and disasters

1 tornado has passed within 10 miles of Beale AFB since 1950, compared with 2 for the typical California town. The strongest, an EF1, struck on October 22, 2012 about 9.4 miles from the town center. The most recent was on October 22, 2012.

NOAA Storm Events Database, tornado tracks (start to end point) passing within 10 miles of the town center, 1950–2026.

Severe weather in Yuba County since 1996

NOAA Storm Events Database, Yuba County, 1996–2026 (all event types recorded since 1996). 3 deaths recorded.

Yuba County has been included in 28 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1953, most often for fire, flood, drought.

Declared	Incident	Declaration
March 10, 2023	Flood	EM-3592: Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
January 9, 2023	Flood	EM-3591: Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, And Mudslides
October 16, 2020	Fire	DR-4569: Wildfires
September 9, 2020	Fire	FM-5363: Bear Fire
August 22, 2020	Fire	DR-4558: Wildfires

Jobs and pay in Yuba County

Yuba County had 21,061 jobs in 2024, paying an average of $66,931 a year. Unemployment was 6.7% in 2023; in Beale AFB itself the ACS puts it at 9%.

BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024, private-sector jobs and average annual pay.

Annual average unemployment rate (BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics via USDA ERS).

Public schools in Beale AFB

2 public schools with 407 students, about 20.4 students per teacher.

School	Grades	Students	Per teacher
Lone Tree Elementary	K-5	321	20.1
Wheatland Charter Academy (charter)	K-5	86	21.5

Towns near Beale AFB

Wheatland, CA
5.7 mi · 3,712 people · home $429,200
Sheridan, CA
9.3 mi · 1,385 people · home $465,300
Linda, CA
10.3 mi · 21,654 people · home $371,700
Penn Valley, CA
10.4 mi · 1,593 people · home $500,700
Olivehurst, CA
11.2 mi · 16,595 people · home $384,500
Lake Wildwood, CA
11.9 mi · 5,158 people · home $551,800
Marysville, CA
12.8 mi · 12,844 people · home $292,300
Plumas Lake, CA
14.2 mi · 8,126 people · home $555,300

Beale AFB questions

Is Beale AFB, California a good place to retire?

On The Town Files lifestyle rankings, Beale AFB scores better for retirees than 15% of California towns and quieter than 40%. 0.0% of residents are 65 or older (median age 23.6).

What is the weather like in Beale AFB?

July highs average 96.2°F and January lows 38.2°F (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). It gets about 20.1 inches of precipitation a year and 1.5 inches of snow.

Does Beale AFB get tornadoes?

1 tornado has passed within 10 miles of Beale AFB since 1950 (NOAA Storm Events); the strongest was an EF1 on October 22, 2012. The typical California town has had 2.

How this page is made. Every number comes from public data, matched to Beale AFB's Census boundary (GEOID 0604576). Comparisons use the median of California towns with at least 500 people. Weather comes from the nearest NOAA normals station; storm counts use NOAA tornado tracks within 10 miles of the town center.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2020–2024)
U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census and 2025 Gazetteer (2020 / 2025)
NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals (1991–2020)
NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (1950–2026)
FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations (this product uses the FEMA OpenFEMA API but is not endorsed by FEMA) (1953–2026)
NCES Common Core of Data (2023–24)
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; USDA ERS county unemployment (BLS LAUS) (2000–2024)
The Town Files lifestyle rankings, built from federal demographic, school, crime and housing data (2025)

Data snapshot 2026-11-13.