Visalia-Porterville, CA

Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

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2024 Population
478,693
US Senator
Alex Padilla
Democratic Party
US Senator
Adam Schiff
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
32.1
0.627% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
17.9%
0.725% 1-year increase
2024 Median Household Income
$71,300
2.61% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$330,100
8.94% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
195,392
1.46% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Visalia-Porterville, CA reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

86.2% of the residents in Visalia-Porterville, CA are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Visalia-Porterville, CA are College of the Sequoias (2,594 degrees awarded in 2023), Advanced Career Institute (1,499 degrees), and San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia (1,160 degrees).

In 2024, the median property value in Visalia-Porterville, CA was $330,100, and the homeownership rate was 58.5%.

Most people in Visalia-Porterville, CA drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 23.7 minutes. The average car ownership in Visalia-Porterville, CA was 2 cars per household.

Visalia-Porterville, CA borders Bakersfield, CA, Fresno, CA, and Hanford-Corcoran, CA.

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Population & Diversity

Visalia-Porterville, CA is home to a population of 479k people, from which 86.2% are citizens. As of 2024, 22.3% of Visalia-Porterville, CA residents were born outside of the country (107k people).

In 2024, there were 1.16 times more Other (Hispanic) residents (142k people) in Visalia-Porterville, CA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 122k White (Non-Hispanic) and 108k Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

86.2%
2024 Citizenship
86.5%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 86.2% of Visalia-Porterville, CA residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Visalia-Porterville, CA was 86.5%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Visalia-Porterville, CA
  1. Other (Hispanic)
    142k ± 5.89k
  2. White (Non-Hispanic)
    122k ± 984
  3. Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
    108k ± 5.17k
66.6%
Hispanic Population
319k people

In 2024, there were 1.16 times more Other (Hispanic) residents (142k people) in Visalia-Porterville, CA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 122k White (Non-Hispanic) and 108k Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

66.6% of the people in Visalia-Porterville, CA are hispanic (319k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Visalia-Porterville, CA as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

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Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    3,862,617 ± 45,816 people
  2. Philippines
    824,246 ± 22,054 people
  3. China
    687,951 ± 20,184 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of California was Mexico, the natal country of 3,862,617 California residents, followed by Philippines with 824,246 and China with 687,951.

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Foreign-Born Population

22.3%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
107k people
22%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
104k people

As of 2024, 22.3% of Visalia-Porterville, CA residents (107k people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Visalia-Porterville, CA was 22%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    4,621 ± 451
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    3,457 ± 597
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    1,581 ± 262

Visalia-Porterville, CA has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.34 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Visalia-Porterville, CA employs 195k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Visalia-Porterville, CA were Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting (28,400 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (26,024 people), and Retail Trade (20,204 people), and the highest paying industries were Utilities ($90,224), Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($83,333), and Public Administration ($67,232).

Employment

Occupations

195k
2024 Value
± 4,002
1.46%
1 Year growth
± 2.91%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Visalia-Porterville, CA grew at a rate of 1.46%, from 193k employees to 195k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Visalia-Porterville, CA, are Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations (22,260 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (18,653 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (16,169 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Visalia-Porterville, CA.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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Industries

Employment by Industries

195k
2024 Value
± 4,002
1.46%
1 Year growth
± 2.91%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Visalia-Porterville, CA grew at a rate of 1.46%, from 193k employees to 195k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Visalia-Porterville, CA, are Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting (28,400 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (26,024 people), and Retail Trade (20,204 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Visalia-Porterville, CA, though some of these residents may live in Visalia-Porterville, CA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$45,223
Median earning men ± $1,289
$33,441
Median earning women ± $908

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Public Administration ($85,665), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($64,417), and Information ($61,936).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Public Administration ($57,549), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($53,391), and Construction ($48,526).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
2.57%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 17.9M people employed in California. This represents a 2.57% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 14%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in California.

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Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments
  1. 483
    Health Care and Social Assistance
  2. 411
    Retail Trade
  3. 388
    Other Services (except Public Administration)

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Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll
  1. $1.1M
    Health Care and Social Assistance
  2. $919k
    Manufacturing
  3. $563k
    Retail Trade

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Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in California went to Kamala Harris with 58.5% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (38.3%), followed by Robert Kennedy (1.25%).

Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff are the senators currently representing the state of California. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

California is currently represented by 52 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Voting results are not available for Visalia-Porterville, CA. Showing the available data for California.
2024 Election Results
  1. Kamala Harris (58.5%)
    Democratic Party
  2. Donald J. Trump (38.3%)
    Republican Party
  3. Robert Kennedy (1.25%)
    Independent Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in California went to Kamala Harris with 58.5% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (38.3%), followed by Robert Kennedy (1.25%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in California for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

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Senator Elections

US Senators from California

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Alex Padilla
Senator from California3
Assumed office on January 20, 2021
Appointed to the seat following the resignation of Kamala Harris, who had become Vice President of the United States.
Adam Schiff
Senator from California1
Assumed office on December 8, 2024
Elected to the seat to succeed Laphonza Butler, who had been appointed to the seat following the death of Dianne Feinstein.

Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff are the senators currently representing California.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

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Education

In 2023, universities in Visalia-Porterville, CA awarded 6,323 degrees. The student population of Visalia-Porterville, CA in 2023 is skewed towards women, with 9,098 male students and 13,347 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Visalia-Porterville, CA are Hispanic or Latino (4,224 and 66.9%), White (1,206 and 19.1%), Black or African American (318 and 5.03%), and Asian (259 and 4.1%).

The largest universities in Visalia-Porterville, CA by number of degrees awarded are College of the Sequoias (2,594 and 41%), Advanced Career Institute (1,499 and 23.7%), and San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia (1,160 and 18.3%).

The most popular majors in Visalia-Porterville, CA are Truck, Bus, & Commercial Vehicle Operator & Instructor (1,336 and 21.1%), Liberal Arts & Sciences (641 and 10.1%), and Child Care Provider (356 and 5.63%).

Admissions & Enrollments

Enrollments by Gender and Races

In 2023 there were 22,445 students enrolled in Visalia-Porterville, CA, 40.5% men and 59.5% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in Hispanic or Latino with 16,036 records, of which 60.5% were women and 39.5% men.

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Completions

Concentrations

Most Common
  1. Liberal Arts & Sciences
    641 degrees awarded
  2. Registered Nursing
    168 degrees awarded
  3. Biological & Physical Sciences
    150 degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common concentation for Associates Degree recipients in Visalia-Porterville, CA was Liberal Arts & Sciences with 641 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Associates Degree from schools in Visalia-Porterville, CA according to their major.

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Universities

Gender
Race
Largest Universities by degrees awarded
  1. College of the Sequoias
    2,594 degrees awarded
  2. Advanced Career Institute
    1,499 degrees awarded
  3. San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia
    1,160 degrees awarded

In 2023, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was College of the Sequoias with 2,594 degrees awarded.

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Student Diversity

In 2023, 2,830 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Visalia-Porterville, CA, which is 0.81 times less than the 3,493 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2023, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was Hispanic or Latino students. These 4,224 degrees mean that there were 3.5 times more degrees awarded to Hispanic or Latino students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, White, with 1,206 degrees awarded.

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Awarded Degrees over Time

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Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Public, 2-year ($1,334) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2023.

Public, 2-year ($68) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2023.

Public, 2-year ($1,113) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Visalia-Porterville, CA was $330,100 in 2024, which is 0.992 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $303,000 to $330,100, a 8.94% increase. The homeownership rate in Visalia-Porterville, CA is 58.5%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Visalia-Porterville, CA have an average commute time of 23.7 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Visalia-Porterville, CA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$330,100
Median Property Value 2024
±$4,959
$83,701
Median Property Taxes
±$2,327

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Visalia-Porterville, CA the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Visalia-Porterville, CA compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

58.5%
Homeownership
2024
68.2%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 58.5% of the housing units in Visalia-Porterville, CA were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 58.6%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$71,300
Median Household Income
± $1,532
143k
Number of Households
± 3,240

In 2024, the median household income of the 143k households in Visalia-Porterville, CA grew to $71,300 from the previous year's value of $69,489.

The following chart displays the households in Visalia-Porterville, CA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Visalia-Porterville, CA is from California.
0.495
2023 Wage GINI in California
0.498
2022 Wage GINI in California

In 2023, the income inequality in California was 0.495 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.573% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for California was higher than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in California in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (77%)
  2. Carpooled (13.9%)
  3. Worked At Home (6.15%)

In 2024, 77% of workers in Visalia-Porterville, CA drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (13.9%) and those who worked at home (6.15%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

23.7 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Visalia-Porterville, CA have a shorter commute time (23.7 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 2.16% of the workforce in Visalia-Porterville, CA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Visalia-Porterville, CA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Visalia-Porterville, CA have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

17.9% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Visalia-Porterville, CA (84.6k out of 473k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 25 - 34, followed by Males 6 - 11 and then Females 6 - 11.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Visalia-Porterville, CA is Hispanic, followed by Other and White.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

91.9% of the population of Visalia-Porterville, CA has health coverage, with 32.7% on employee plans, 41.9% on Medicaid, 7.82% on Medicare, 8.84% on non-group plans, and 0.703% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in California see 1,233 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,233 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1076 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 213 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.9% were men and 50.1% were women.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

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1,233 to 1
Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in California

Primary care physicians in California see an average of 1,233 patients per year. This represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,233 patients).

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Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 31.5% under 18 years, 22.6% between 18 and 34 years, 34.1% between 35 and 64 years, and 11.8% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.9% were men and 50.1% were women.

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Uninsured People

8.07%
Uninsured
32.7%
Employer Coverage
41.9%
Medicaid
7.82%
Medicare
8.84%
Non-Group
0.703%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Visalia-Porterville, CA grew by 0.867% from 8.01% to 8.07%.

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