Cars in Sutter County.

What vehicles are registered in Sutter County? The DMV counted 81,002 vehicles across 9 ZIPs. Toyota is the largest named make. 1.4% are battery electric.

81,002vehicles

9ZIPs
45Named makes
1.4%Battery electric
14.9%Make not namedThe DMV pools small groups

The largest named makes

Each make count is a lower bound, because the DMV pools small groups.

12,996+
11,124+
8,882+
7,572+
4,681+
2,976+
2,523+
1,940+
1,871+
1,740+
See all 20 makes
1,453+
1,053+
988+
910+
882+
834+
714+
694+
643+
536+

The fuel mix

Gas
63,102
Diesel and diesel hybrid
9,393
Flex-fuel
4,289
Gas hybrid
2,726
Battery electric
1,125
Plug-in hybrid
346
Natural gas
13
Other fuel
6
Hydrogen fuel cell
2

Top plug-in models

From the state energy agency. Its count is a year newer than the DMV file and covers light-duty vehicles only.

452
407
79
48

Plug-in types

1,834 plug-in and fuel-cell vehicles in all.

Battery electric
1,444
Plug-in hybrid
386
Hydrogen fuel cell
4

How many new cars sold here are zero-emission?

New light-duty sales by quarter, from the state energy agency. The newest quarters are preliminary.

10.9% of new light-duty vehicles sold here in the latest three quarters were zero-emission, 224 of 2,064. A year earlier the share was 13.4%. Across California it was 19.6%.

2025 Q1 10.4% 73 of 701
2025 Q2 13.5% 97 of 721
2025 Q3 16.2% 116 of 715
2025 Q4 9.8% 61 of 621
2026 Q1preliminary 10.1% 63 of 623
2026 Q2preliminary 10.9% 78 of 718
2026 Q3preliminary 11.5% 83 of 723

Every ZIP in Sutter County

ZIPCityVehiclesLargest named makeBattery electric
95993Yuba City32,835Toyota1.8%
95991Yuba City31,233Toyota1.2%
95953Live Oak9,378Toyota1.1%
95982Sutter3,298Ford0.5%
95668Pleasant Grove1,477FordToo few
95674Rio Oso881FordToo few
95957Meridian739FordToo few
95659Nicolaus717FordToo few
95676Robbins444FordToo few

Also overlaps Sutter County, counted in another county: 95626, 95645, 95692, 95837, 95948.

The largest cities

ZIPs grouped by postal city name.

1Yuba City 2 ZIPs
64,068
2Live Oak 1 ZIP
9,378
3Sutter 1 ZIP
3,298
1,477
5Rio Oso 1 ZIP
881
6Meridian 1 ZIP
739
7Nicolaus 1 ZIP
717
8Robbins 1 ZIP
444

The most electric ZIPs

Battery-electric share of each ZIP's vehicles.

195993 Yuba City
1.8%
295991 Yuba City
1.2%
395953 Live Oak
1.1%
495982 Sutter
0.5%
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