Yolo County fastest growing in California; 4 of Top 5 in inland Northern California (Sacramento: 2015)

[bentobox34]

I read in an article today that Yolo County was the fastest growing county in California from July 1, 2015 to July 1, 2016. I found that surprising since the largest city (Davis) is famous for being slow growth, and much of the county is preserved as farmland. Anyone have any ideas about which parts of the county are fast-growing right now?

The article didn't have much information on Yolo because it was primarily about San Joaquin County (the second-fastest growing). Interestingly, four of the top five are in inland Northern CA, within 30 - 75 minutes of downtown Sacramento:

"San Joaquin is the second fastest growing county in California. The Department of Finance Monday indicated the county’s population grew by 1.56 percent or 11,326 residents between July 1 of 2015 and 2016. ... Rounding out the top five counties... are Yolo at 1.97 percent, Placer at 1.56 percent Riverside at 1.35 percent, and Stanislaus at 1.35 percent."
San Joaquin: California's 2nd Fastest Growing County

[Malloric]

I don't find it that surprising. West Sacramento has a lot of construction going on, that and Yolo just doesn't have many people to begin with so 2% growth is only about 4,000 people. Davis is relaxing it's anti-growth a bit as well. Cannery is 500 and some homes, maybe 40% built and sold so far. Plus there's plans for new student housing to accommodate 6,000 that's planned to begin construction next year.

[WizardOfRadical]

West Sac.

[jaxsond72]

yolo county is pretty small the only town i can think of that has growth is west sac woodland might be growing a bit too along with places like dunnigan esparto and winters having alright growth for small towns and people like moving to davis so it has a bit of growth there too but I don't think there are too many lists listing yolo county as the fastest growing just a few.

[Fearless Kid]

My wife badly wants to move to West Sac because of the short commute time to downtown. But the schools, though...we have a preschooler and the ratings aren't so good.

[Malloric]

Originally Posted by Fearless Kid

My wife badly wants to move to West Sac because of the short commute time to downtown. But the schools, though...we have a preschooler and the ratings aren't so good.

Private/charter.

There's a lot of lousy ones though, particularly with charter schools that are cropping up everywhere as everyone is so desperate to get out of Sac Unified. West Sac is much the same. There's decent K-8 schools if you pick the right neighborhoods, but by high school you'll definitely want to be somewhere else.