The town lacks a center, but instead consists of a collection of hamlets scattered over the countryside extending from the Yokoshiba Station on the Sōbu Main Line.

[1] Chiba Prefecture Yokoshibahikari has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall.

Yokoshibahikari has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of 16 members.

In terms of national politics, the town is part of Chiba 10th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Other than extensive rice cultivation, the town is a center of production of negi, the Welsh onion, tomatoes, and kabocha, a Japanese variety of winter squash.

In 1991 the northern part of the town was designated as the Yokoshiba Industrial Park due to its close proximity to Narita International Airport.