Lindsay vs Visalia

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

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

Visalia has the higher population (142,649 vs 12,572 in Lindsay). Visalia has the higher median household income ($79,952 vs $50,563 in Lindsay). Visalia has the higher median home value ($340,600 vs $268,400 in Lindsay).

Population, income & housing

	Lindsay	Visalia
Population	12,572	142,649
Median age	31.4 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,563	$79,952
Median home value	$268,400	$340,600
Median gross rent	$920	$1,397
Housing units	3,854	48,737
Homeownership rate	51.0%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.2%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	15.7%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lindsay	Visalia
Population	13,310 → 12,572 (-5.5%)	132,104 → 142,649 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$31,489 → $50,563 (+60.6%)	$62,263 → $79,952 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$142,200 → $268,400 (+88.7%)	$236,400 → $340,600 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $920 (+21.4%)	$1,050 → $1,397 (+33.0%)

Lindsay

Population

13,31012,572

Median household income

$31,489$50,563

Median home value

$142,200$268,400

Median gross rent

$758$920

Visalia

Population

132,104142,649

Median household income

$62,263$79,952

Median home value

$236,400$340,600

Median gross rent

$1,050$1,397

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lindsay	Visalia
Under 5	5.7%	7.6%
5 to 17	22.3%	20.7%
18 to 24	11.3%	8.6%
25 to 34	14.8%	15.5%
35 to 44	8.8%	13.4%
45 to 54	14.0%	10.9%
55 to 64	11.5%	10.5%
65 to 74	6.9%	7.7%
75 and over	4.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lindsay	Visalia
White (non-Hispanic)	9.5%	36.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	1.2%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	88.5%	51.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lindsay	Visalia
No high school diploma	38.8%	13.5%
High school graduate	29.6%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lindsay	Visalia
Drove alone	73.9%	78.8%
Carpooled	17.2%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	3.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.8%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lindsay	Visalia
1-unit, detached	71.6%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	3.7%
20 or more units	7.8%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Lindsay	Visalia
Poverty rate	29.9%	11.3%
Average household size	3.34	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1981	1987