Yolo was formerly known as "Cacheville", "Cochran's Crossing", "Cochranes Crossing", "Hutton's Ranch", and "Travelers Home".
Education
Cache Creek High School, a continuation high school named after the nearby stream of water, is located in Yolo and is a part of the Woodland Joint Unified School District. Students residing in Yolo go to schools in Woodland, unless high school students choose to attend Cache Creek.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 1.4 square miles (3.6 km2), all of it land.
The Census reported that 452 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.
There were 149 households, out of which 67 (45.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 81 (54.4%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 21 (14.1%) had a female householder with no husband present, 10 (6.7%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 8 (5.4%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 1 (0.7%) same-sex married couple or partnership. 30 households (20.1%) were made up of individuals, and 11 (7.4%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.02. There were 112 families (75.2% of all households); the average family size was 3.49.
The population was spread out, with 135 people (30.0%) under the age of 18, 33 people (7.3%) aged 18 to 24, 113 people (25.1%) aged 25 to 44, 128 people (28.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 41 people (9.1%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.3 males.
There were 165 housing units at an average density of 119.6 per square mile (46.2/km2), of which 71 (47.7%) were owner-occupied, and 78 (52.3%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.7%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.9%. 205 people (45.6% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 245 people (54.5%) lived in rental housing units.