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Porterville, CA

62,491 Population
18.8 square miles 3,325.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.3 ±1.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Visalia, CA Metro Area: 31.5 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 37.3 ±0.1

Economics

$22,910 ±$1,078 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Visalia, CA Metro Area: $26,282 ±$534
  • about half the amount in California: $45,591 ±$149
$55,785 ±$3,323 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Visalia, CA Metro Area: $64,474 ±$1,489
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $91,905 ±$277

17.7% ±2.7% (10,912  ±1,641) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Visalia, CA Metro Area: 18.5% 86,391 (±1% / ±4,508)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 12.1% 4,685,272 (±0.1% / ±38,720)

24 minutes ±1.6 (577,435  ±47,401) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Visalia, CA Metro Area: 23.2 4,059,925 (±0.5 / ±109,428)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 29.2 463,270,940 (±0.1 / ±1,077,551)

Families

18,925 ±718 Number of households
  • the Visalia, CA Metro Area: 140,670 ±865
  • California: 13,315,822 ±16,341
3.2 ±0.1 (61,039  ±86) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Visalia, CA Metro Area: 3.3 467,376 (±0 / ±123)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 2.9 38,493,080

6.9% ±2.1% (1,070  ±336) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Visalia, CA Metro Area: 6.4% 7,306 (±0.6% / ±719)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 4.8% 460,360 (±0.1% / ±5,836)

Housing

19,937 ±664 Number of housing units
  • the Visalia, CA Metro Area: 151,190 ±163
  • California: 14,424,442 ±2,741

$246,900 ±$10,822 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Visalia, CA Metro Area: $280,900 ±$4,043
  • about two-fifths of the amount in California: $659,300 ±$1,011

11.3% ±2.9% (6,981  ±1,781) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Visalia, CA Metro Area: 9.2% 43,227 (±0.7% / ±3,254.1)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 11.6% 4,529,708 (±0.1% / ±25,480.9)

Social

69.3% ±3.8% (25,421  ±1,580) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Visalia, CA Metro Area: 73.5% 206,452 (±1.4% / ±3,917.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 84.4% 22,656,988 (±0.2% / ±42,808.6)
13.7% ±1.8% (5,010  ±,686.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Visalia, CA Metro Area: 15.6% 43,870 (±0.7% / ±1,812.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 35.9% 9,626,973 (±0.1% / ±27,977.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

26.6% ±2.5% (16,596  ±1,565) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Visalia, CA Metro Area: 22.1% 104,458
  • about the same as the rate in California: 26.5% 10,442,880

3.4% ±0.6% (1,480  ±264) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Visalia, CA Metro Area: 4.4% 14,465 (±0.3% / ±959)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 4.7% 1,415,562 (±0% / ±11,195)
1,480 Total veterans ±264 1,364 Male ±263 116 Female ±101

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