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Yolo County, CA · SEO Services
SEO Services as Yolo County Construction Picks Up
Every market changes how SEO should be done, and building in Yolo County is picking up this year. GetPhound handles local SEO for Yolo County businesses: pages for each service in each city, Google Maps optimization and AI search visibility, from $495 a month without a contract.
Snapshot
Yolo County at a Glance: Competition, Growth and Search Demand
Local Search Competition Index
43.4/ 100
Sitting at rank 1,126 of 1,822 counties with 20,000+ residents and 354 of the 400 markets we cover. Higher means more local businesses competing for the same searches. How the score works
We score every U.S. county-equivalent with 20,000 or more residents on how many local-search businesses (such as the lawyers, dentists, contractors, restaurants, salons and agents that customers find on Google and the map) compete for its residents. Yolo County scores 43.4, which is less contested than most.
What shapes SEO in Yolo County is more than the score. It is a county where new home permits are accelerating this year, and it is a high-income county. Eight measures below show where it stands among all counties.
- Headcount change since the 2020 Census +1.9% A faster pace than 64% of counties
- Middle-of-the-road household income (2023 est.) $91,192 Ahead of than 89% of counties
- Local-search business locations per 10,000 people 38.7 Thinner than 64% of counties
- Growth in those businesses, 2017 to 2022 +5.3% Ahead on growth than 54% of counties
- Portion with under 5 employees 57.3% Slimmer share than 57% of counties
- Change in employer locations, all industries, 2017 to 2022 +7% Quicker growth than 72% of counties
- Communities with 2,500 or more people 4 More named places than 73% of counties
- New homes permitted per 10,000 residents (2025) 18 Lighter building than 66% of counties
The bars place Yolo County against all 1,822 U.S. counties with 20,000 or more residents. Data from: Census Bureau population estimates, County Business Patterns (2017 and 2022), Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates and the Building Permits Survey.
What stands out
Why This Year's Building Pickup in Yolo County Matters for SEO
Building is picking up in Yolo County: 686 housing units permitted from January through August against 224 in the same months last year (+206.3%), stronger than 97% of counties. SEO gradually builds, so a rise in permits is a reason to start work before the new households start searching.
Yolo County has 220,544 residents, which ranks 319th of 3,143 U.S. counties, and the headcount has shifted +1.9% since the 2020 Census. Across all industries it has 4,444 employer locations, 20.2 per 1,000 residents.
No single place dominates Yolo County: the largest, Davis, has about 30% of residents, and others include Woodland (61,123), West Sacramento (55,842) and Winters (7,694). Searchers use their own town's name, so each place is its own ranking opportunity.
Where people live
The Cities and Towns in Yolo County
Place-by-place population from the latest Census Bureau estimates. People search by town name, so each of these is a separate set of searches and a possible landing page for each service you offer.
| Place | People (2023 estimate) | Slice of the county |
|---|---|---|
| Davis | 65,832 | 30% |
| Woodland | 61,123 | 28% |
| West Sacramento | 55,842 | 25% |
| Winters | 7,694 | 3% |
Data: Census Bureau Population Estimates. Places here means cities, towns and census-designated places; where a city runs into a neighboring county, we count only the part that lies in Yolo County.
New construction
Yolo County Housing Permits Since 2021: Down From the High, Turning Up This Year
Units authorized by building permits. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (county annual files, and the year-to-date bars compare the same months each year). Permits count homes approved to be built, not homes completed.
Yolo County authorized 1,229 housing units in 2021 and 397 in 2025, about 68% fewer; 2025 still works out to 18 units per 10,000 residents, less than in 66% of counties. For January through August, permits are running at 686 against 224 a year earlier (+206.3%).
The construction-linked categories already most contested in Yolo County are real estate agents and brokers (1.5x typical) and residential remodelers (1.2x typical). Because search rankings take time to build, a rise in permits is a reason to start now, and falling permits are a reason to emphasize repair, replacement and service-specific pages.
The field you would rank in
Which Yolo County Categories Are Most Contested in Local Search
Here is how Yolo County compares with the typical U.S. county for fifteen categories that live on Google and the map: the number of locations, how that number has moved, and how many are very small.
Business typeBusiness locationsDensity vs. a typical countyShift, 2017 to 2022Locations under 5 staff
Real estate agents and brokersMost contested 84 +10.5% 75
Dentists 82 -5.7% 31
General automotive repair 70 -5.4% 31
Residential remodelersFastest growing 80 +31.1% 65
Roofing contractors 13 +30% 7
Full-service restaurants 147 -3.9% 36
Janitorial services 32 +6.7% 19
Law offices 55 +0% 45
Electrical contractors 43 +65.4% 22
Beauty salons 29 +7.4% 20
Physicians officesLeast contested 71 +24.6% 49
Accounting and CPA firms 21 -22.2% 10
Landscaping services 48 -14.3% 29
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors 41 +36.7% 23
Insurance agencies and brokerages 38 -9.5% 27
Crowding is employer locations per 10,000 residents relative to the median U.S. county of 20,000+ residents (1.0x is typical; the dark tick marks it). The counts are establishments in County Business Patterns (2017, 2022), which says nothing about search volume. Method
The real estate agents and brokers category is the most contested in Yolo County: 84 locations, 1.5x the density of a typical county, and up 10.5% since 2017. Dentists (82 locations, 1.3x) and general automotive repair (70 locations, 1.2x) also run above a normal county. The physicians offices category is the least contested here at 0.8x typical (71 locations), so there are fewer rival pages for those searches.
Residential remodelers grew fastest, up 31.1% since 2017 to 80 locations, so new rivals keep arriving there. Dentists went the other way, down 5.7% to 82 locations. The tiniest competitors are in real estate agents and brokers: 75 of 84 locations (89%) have fewer than five employees.
One caution: this counts businesses, not searches. We do not have, and do not claim, search volumes or traffic for any keyword; a crowded category means more sites in the race, not a prediction of results.
Look-alike markets
Yolo County Next to Its Closest Look-Alikes
These six counties are the nearest matches to Yolo County in our 400-market set when we compare size, income, local-search competition, small-business mix and growth together.
| County | Index | Residents | Population change since 2020 | Local-business change since 2017 | Locations under 5 staff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yolo County, CA (this page) | 43.4 | 220,544 | +1.9% | +5.3% | 57.3% |
| Clermont County, OH | 42.7 | 211,972 | +1.6% | +7.4% | 58.5% |
| Licking County, OH | 47.1 | 183,201 | +2.6% | +12.4% | 58.4% |
| Galveston County, TX | 39.2 | 361,744 | +3.2% | +10% | 56.1% |
| Warren County, OH | 44.2 | 252,148 | +4% | +10.2% | 57.1% |
| Charles County, MD | 42.2 | 171,973 | +3.2% | +4.8% | 53.5% |
| Durham County, NC | 53.4 | 336,892 | +3.7% | +6.6% | 57.6% |
Look-alikes are the six counties in our 400-market set closest to this one on size, income, local-search competition, small-business mix and growth. Sources as above.
Clermont County, OH is the closest match, scoring 42.7 against Yolo County's 43.4. Durham County, NC is the furthest from it, scoring 53.4. The small-business mix differs too: 53.5% of Charles County, MD's locations have fewer than five employees, against 57.3% here. If you already do SEO in one of these markets, the comparison shows how alike the competition is, not what your results will be.
Do the math
Is SEO Worth It for Your Yolo County Business? Run the Numbers
Your own figures, not an average, decide if SEO pays off in Yolo County. Fill in your own figures to see how many new customers per month cover a plan, and how many over the period you choose.
What SEO includes
Local SEO, Google Maps and AI Search for Yolo County Businesses
Map SEO
Profile optimization, citations, weekly posts, rank tracking and review management, so you show up in the map results when Yolo County customers search nearby. More on Map SEO.
AI search optimization
Pages and business information structured so AI tools have clear, consistent facts to draw on. No one can guarantee a mention in an AI answer; this improves the odds.
On-page and content
Technical fixes, on-page work and written content that answers real customer questions, published monthly on every Organic Growth plan.
Call it SEO services, an SEO company, an SEO agency, local SEO or search engine optimization: the work is getting Yolo County businesses found on Google, Maps and AI search. Each plan comes with one account manager and a monthly report from Search Console and Analytics. Gold and Platinum add a fully managed website.
How it works
How We Run SEO for Yolo County Businesses
Research, audit, plan
We study your services, your service area and your competitors, review your website from top to bottom, and draft a six-month plan. It is included in your monthly rate.
Page by page
RankGuarantee™ builds a landing page for each service in each city you serve, and your website gets technical clean-up and on-page improvements.
Maps, writing, AI
We optimize your Google Business Profile, citations and reviews, write and publish Strategic Content Assets, and format your pages so AI search can use them.
Measure & expand
You get monthly reporting from Search Console and Analytics with your account manager, and we expand into the pages and topics the numbers support.
Fees
SEO Services Pricing: Flat Monthly Plans
There is no setup fee and no contract on any plan. Onboarding comes with the monthly rate: keyword research, a full website audit and a six-month strategy. Talk to our CEO about it.
Common questions
SEO in Yolo County: Frequently Asked Questions
What does an SEO agency charge in Yolo County?
Our fees are flat and monthly with nothing to sign and no setup fee: $495 for RankGuarantee™ landing pages, or $1,495, $2,495 or $3,495 for the Silver, Gold and Platinum Organic Growth plans. The Gold and Platinum plans add a fully managed, custom-built website.
How long does SEO take to work in Yolo County?
SEO builds gradually, and nobody can promise a date. How quickly pages climb depends on the competition in your category, the strength of your website and Google Business Profile, and how much we can build. In Yolo County, real estate agents and brokers is particularly contested (1.5x a typical county), so expect that category to take longer. We work in six-month planning cycles, with no contract, and report each month.
Is Yolo County a competitive market for SEO?
Density is highest in
Less than most. Yolo County scores 43.4 on our Local Search Competition Index, ranking 1126th of 1,822 counties with 20,000+ residents and 354th of the 400 markets we cover. Real estate agents and brokers, at 1.5 times the typical county. 57.3% of local-search locations have fewer than five employees, which often means thin websites to outrank. That is a reason to start early: consistent SEO tends to hold ground where fewer rivals are building.
Which local businesses compete for search in Yolo County?
Across the fifteen categories we track, the largest by employer locations in Yolo County are full-service restaurants (147), real estate agents and brokers (84) and dentists (82). Measured against a typical county, the most contested are real estate agents and brokers (1.5x) and dentists (1.3x). A large or crowded category does not settle whether SEO will work for you; it shows how many other sites would be in the results with you.
Which cities in Yolo County would you build pages for?
Whichever you serve. Yolo County has 4 places of 2,500 or more residents, led by Davis, Woodland, West Sacramento and Winters. RankGuarantee™ builds local landing pages for each service in each city you serve (25 new pages a month on the $495 plan, 25 to 100 on Organic Growth), so the plan follows your service area, not the county line.
Do you do local SEO and Google Maps optimization?
Yes. Every Organic Growth plan includes Google Business Profile optimization, citations and review management, along with on-page and technical SEO, strategic content and AI search (GEO) work. Maps rankings matter most for searches like "near me", and most of the local categories in Yolo County rely on them.
Does SEO help me show up in ChatGPT and Google's AI answers?
It can. AI search (GEO) optimization is part of our plans: well-structured pages and consistent business details give AI tools more to work with. Nobody can guarantee an AI mention, and we do not promise one, but the work that earns rankings also builds the content those tools use.
Do I need SEO, Google Ads, or both in Yolo County?
Usually a mix of both. Ads can send calls within days and charge per click; SEO takes longer but keeps working with no per-click charge. If leads cannot wait, start with ads (we manage Google Ads, Bing and Meta too) and build SEO as the asset that makes you less dependent on ads.
Is there a contract, and what is in the monthly fee?
You can cancel anytime and there is no setup fee. Your monthly plan includes the keyword research, website audit and six-month strategy up front, then the pages and content in your tier, rank tracking, and an account manager who knows your Yolo County business.
Nearby
Nearby Counties We Serve
Customers beyond Yolo County? These are the nearest counties, measured from county center to county center:
- Napa County, CA: about 26 miles out, 133,216 people, Local Search Competition Index 76.4
- Sutter County, CA: about 27 miles away, 97,948 people, Local Search Competition Index 55.4
- Solano County, CA: roughly 29 miles away, 449,218 residents, index score 42.7
- Sacramento County, CA: around 34 miles away, 1,584,288 residents, competition index 58.1
- Colusa County, CA: around 39 miles from here, 22,037 people, Local Search Competition Index 26.8
- Yuba County, CA: about 51 miles out, 85,722 residents, index score 12.5
Sources and method
How We Built This Yolo County Page
All of the numbers here come from public Census Bureau data, calculated the same way across every county, which lets you compare Yolo County with any other market. We do not use client account data, and we do not publish search volumes, traffic or ranking results for GetPhound clients, since results differ by business.
- Data refreshedOctober 16, 2026
- SourcesCensus population estimates (2023), County Business Patterns (2017, 2022), income estimates from the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates program (2023), the Building Permits Survey (2021 to 2026 year to date), Gazetteer files.
- MethodologyThe Local Search Competition Index and every derived figure are defined on the method page. Browse all markets in the index.
- CorrectionsThink we got something wrong? Email hello@getphound.com and we will verify it against the original data.
Start a Conversation
Let's Talk About SEO for Your Yolo County Business
Tell us what you sell and which parts of Yolo County you serve. We will show you what an SEO plan looks like for your business. To book a strategy session with our CEO, call 610-825-4363 or email hello@getphound.com.