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Porterville, CA Urban Area

69,819 Population
16.3 square miles 4,270.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.6 ±2 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$21,719 ±$2,383 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$53,825 ±$7,734 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

24.4% ±7% (16,791  ±4,850) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.2 minutes ±1.5 (647,845  ±48,299) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

21,269 ±1,691 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
3.2 ±0.3 (68,977  ±2,653) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.8% ±3.5% (1,272  ±678) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

22,095 ±1,858 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$282,900 ±$25,769 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.7% ±2% (5,970  ±1,405.1) Moved since previous year * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

69.2% ±5.7% (27,921  ±3,136.3) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
14% ±3.2% (5,647  ±1,354) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

28.1% ±4.9% (19,607  ±3,502) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

1.9% ±0.8% (902  ±401) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
902 Total veterans ±401 859 Male ±399 43 Female ±70

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