Lindsay vs Porterville

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

Lindsay 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 12,572 in Lindsay). Porterville has the higher median household income ($59,012 vs $50,563 in Lindsay). Porterville has the higher median home value ($273,600 vs $268,400 in Lindsay).

Population, income & housing

	Lindsay	Porterville
Population	12,572	62,765
Median age	31.4 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,563	$59,012
Median home value	$268,400	$273,600
Median gross rent	$920	$1,111
Housing units	3,854	20,025
Homeownership rate	51.0%	54.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.2%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	15.7%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lindsay	Porterville
Population	13,310 → 12,572 (-5.5%)	59,697 → 62,765 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$31,489 → $50,563 (+60.6%)	$43,823 → $59,012 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$142,200 → $268,400 (+88.7%)	$172,500 → $273,600 (+58.6%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $920 (+21.4%)	$941 → $1,111 (+18.1%)

Lindsay

Population

13,31012,572

Median household income

$31,489$50,563

Median home value

$142,200$268,400

Median gross rent

$758$920

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)

	Lindsay	Porterville
Under 5	5.7%	8.2%
5 to 17	22.3%	22.8%
18 to 24	11.3%	10.3%
25 to 34	14.8%	13.6%
35 to 44	8.8%	14.2%
45 to 54	14.0%	9.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	9.1%
65 to 74	6.9%	7.8%
75 and over	4.7%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lindsay	Porterville
White (non-Hispanic)	9.5%	19.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	1.2%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	88.5%	73.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lindsay	Porterville
No high school diploma	38.8%	30.9%
High school graduate	29.6%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lindsay	Porterville
Drove alone	73.9%	78.3%
Carpooled	17.2%	17.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	3.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.8%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lindsay	Porterville
1-unit, detached	71.6%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	4.6%
20 or more units	7.8%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Lindsay	Porterville
Poverty rate	29.9%	17.9%
Average household size	3.34	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1981	1980