Porterville vs Visalia

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

Porterville 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 62,765 in Porterville). Visalia has the higher median household income ($79,952 vs $59,012 in Porterville). Visalia has the higher median home value ($340,600 vs $273,600 in Porterville).

Population, income & housing

	Porterville	Visalia
Population	62,765	142,649
Median age	31.2 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,012	$79,952
Median home value	$273,600	$340,600
Median gross rent	$1,111	$1,397
Housing units	20,025	48,737
Homeownership rate	54.9%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Porterville	Visalia
Population	59,697 → 62,765 (+5.1%)	132,104 → 142,649 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$43,823 → $59,012 (+34.7%)	$62,263 → $79,952 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$172,500 → $273,600 (+58.6%)	$236,400 → $340,600 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$941 → $1,111 (+18.1%)	$1,050 → $1,397 (+33.0%)

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

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)

	Porterville	Visalia
Under 5	8.2%	7.6%
5 to 17	22.8%	20.7%
18 to 24	10.3%	8.6%
25 to 34	13.6%	15.5%
35 to 44	14.2%	13.4%
45 to 54	9.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	9.1%	10.5%
65 to 74	7.8%	7.7%
75 and over	4.6%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Porterville	Visalia
White (non-Hispanic)	19.6%	36.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.3%
Asian	2.6%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	73.6%	51.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Porterville	Visalia
No high school diploma	30.9%	13.5%
High school graduate	25.5%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Porterville	Visalia
Drove alone	78.3%	78.8%
Carpooled	17.1%	11.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	1.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	2.5%	7.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Porterville	Visalia
1-unit, detached	69.1%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	3.7%
20 or more units	8.2%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Porterville	Visalia
Poverty rate	17.9%	11.3%
Average household size	3.19	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1980	1987