Dinuba vs Porterville

A side-by-side comparison of Dinuba and Porterville: population, income, housing, and more.

Dinuba and Porterville are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Porterville has the higher population (62,765 vs 25,201 in Dinuba). Dinuba has the higher median household income ($59,048 vs $59,012 in Porterville). Porterville has the higher median home value ($273,600 vs $267,300 in Dinuba).

Population, income & housing

	Dinuba	Porterville
Population	25,201	62,765
Median age	29.8 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,048	$59,012
Median home value	$267,300	$273,600
Median gross rent	$1,146	$1,111
Housing units	7,051	20,025
Homeownership rate	61.6%	54.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dinuba	Porterville
Population	24,015 → 25,201 (+4.9%)	59,697 → 62,765 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$44,289 → $59,048 (+33.3%)	$43,823 → $59,012 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$197,500 → $267,300 (+35.3%)	$172,500 → $273,600 (+58.6%)
Median gross rent	$932 → $1,146 (+23.0%)	$941 → $1,111 (+18.1%)

Dinuba

Population

24,01525,201

Median household income

$44,289$59,048

Median home value

$197,500$267,300

Median gross rent

$932$1,146

Porterville

Population

59,69762,765

Median household income

$43,823$59,012

Median home value

$172,500$273,600

Median gross rent

$941$1,111

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dinuba	Porterville
Under 5	7.3%	8.2%
5 to 17	27.0%	22.8%
18 to 24	10.5%	10.3%
25 to 34	13.0%	13.6%
35 to 44	15.4%	14.2%
45 to 54	8.7%	9.3%
55 to 64	9.0%	9.1%
65 to 74	5.7%	7.8%
75 and over	3.4%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dinuba	Porterville
White (non-Hispanic)	8.3%	19.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	0.8%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.9%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	88.4%	73.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dinuba	Porterville
No high school diploma	26.6%	30.9%
High school graduate	27.3%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dinuba	Porterville
Drove alone	79.9%	78.3%
Carpooled	15.5%	17.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	0.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	3.4%	2.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dinuba	Porterville
1-unit, detached	76.7%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	4.6%
20 or more units	4.4%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Dinuba	Porterville
Poverty rate	28.2%	17.9%
Average household size	3.70	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1983	1980