Porterville vs Tulare

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

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

Tulare has the higher population (69,984 vs 62,765 in Porterville). Tulare has the higher median household income ($69,517 vs $59,012 in Porterville). Tulare has the higher median home value ($301,200 vs $273,600 in Porterville).

Population, income & housing

	Porterville	Tulare
Population	62,765	69,984
Median age	31.2 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,012	$69,517
Median home value	$273,600	$301,200
Median gross rent	$1,111	$1,354
Housing units	20,025	21,514
Homeownership rate	54.9%	58.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Porterville	Tulare
Population	59,697 → 62,765 (+5.1%)	63,547 → 69,984 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$43,823 → $59,012 (+34.7%)	$54,037 → $69,517 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$172,500 → $273,600 (+58.6%)	$207,000 → $301,200 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$941 → $1,111 (+18.1%)	$1,055 → $1,354 (+28.3%)

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

Tulare

Population

63,54769,984

Median household income

$54,037$69,517

Median home value

$207,000$301,200

Median gross rent

$1,055$1,354

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Porterville	Tulare
Under 5	8.2%	8.5%
5 to 17	22.8%	23.9%
18 to 24	10.3%	10.5%
25 to 34	13.6%	14.4%
35 to 44	14.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.3%
55 to 64	9.1%	9.5%
65 to 74	7.8%	5.9%
75 and over	4.6%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Porterville	Tulare
White (non-Hispanic)	19.6%	28.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.3%
Asian	2.6%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	73.6%	63.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Porterville	Tulare
No high school diploma	30.9%	23.5%
High school graduate	25.5%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Porterville	Tulare
Drove alone	78.3%	82.9%
Carpooled	17.1%	10.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.5%
Walked	1.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	2.5%	5.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Porterville	Tulare
1-unit, detached	69.1%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	3.6%
20 or more units	8.2%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Porterville	Tulare
Poverty rate	17.9%	18.0%
Average household size	3.19	3.39
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1980	1990