Farmersville vs Porterville

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

Farmersville 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 10,336 in Farmersville). Porterville has the higher median household income ($59,012 vs $57,832 in Farmersville). Porterville has the higher median home value ($273,600 vs $237,700 in Farmersville).

Population, income & housing

	Farmersville	Porterville
Population	10,336	62,765
Median age	29.2 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,832	$59,012
Median home value	$237,700	$273,600
Median gross rent	$1,043	$1,111
Housing units	2,676	20,025
Homeownership rate	66.3%	54.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.6%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmersville	Porterville
Population	10,716 → 10,336 (-3.5%)	59,697 → 62,765 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$39,720 → $57,832 (+45.6%)	$43,823 → $59,012 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$153,800 → $237,700 (+54.6%)	$172,500 → $273,600 (+58.6%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $1,043 (+45.3%)	$941 → $1,111 (+18.1%)

Farmersville

Population

10,71610,336

Median household income

$39,720$57,832

Median home value

$153,800$237,700

Median gross rent

$718$1,043

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)

	Farmersville	Porterville
Under 5	5.2%	8.2%
5 to 17	24.9%	22.8%
18 to 24	12.3%	10.3%
25 to 34	15.6%	13.6%
35 to 44	10.8%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	9.3%
55 to 64	9.9%	9.1%
65 to 74	5.2%	7.8%
75 and over	3.5%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmersville	Porterville
White (non-Hispanic)	9.7%	19.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.7%
Asian	0.3%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	89.1%	73.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmersville	Porterville
No high school diploma	41.6%	30.9%
High school graduate	31.7%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmersville	Porterville
Drove alone	86.9%	78.3%
Carpooled	9.7%	17.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	0.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	3.0%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmersville	Porterville
1-unit, detached	82.2%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	4.6%
20 or more units	1.0%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Farmersville	Porterville
Poverty rate	24.2%	17.9%
Average household size	3.94	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1978	1980