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Porterville, CA (California) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $281,707 (it was $92,200 in 2000)
Porterville:

$281,707
California:

$715,900
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $205,833 - $341,516

Total population: 55,466 (Urban population: 39,873, Rural population: 152 (all nonfarm))

Houses: 20,331 (19,299 occupied: 10,600 owner occupied, 8,655 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

45%
State:

44%

Housing density: 1,452 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $233,934.

Median contract rent in 2022: $875 (lower quartile is $670, upper quartile is $1,104)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,594


Median gross rent in Porterville, CA in 2022: $1,142

Housing units in Porterville with a mortgage: 6,774 (384 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 251 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 60

Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $92,860

Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $50,804

Median monthly housing costs: $1,142

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Porterville, California Age and Sex of Residents
Median year house/condo built: 1979

Median year apartment built: 1982

Household type by relationship:

Households: 63,031
  • Male householders: 9,408 (1,578 living alone), Female householders: 9,680 (2,067 living alone)
  • 9,219 spouses (9,200 opposite-sex spouses), 2,128 unmarried partners, (2,103 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 23,744 children (22,321 natural, 236 adopted, 1,187 stepchildren), 2,319 grandchildren, 1,411 brothers or sisters, 1,313 parents, 9 foster children, 1,650 other relatives, 682 non-relatives
  • In group quarters: 1,464

Size of family households: 4,094 2-persons, 3,465 3-persons, 2,466 4-persons, 2,882 5-persons, 732 6-persons, 796 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,854 1-person, 858 2-persons, 30 3-persons, 42 5-persons.

9,695 married couples with children.
6,289 single-parent households (1,753 men, 4,536 women).

47.6% of residents of Porterville speak English at home.
48.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 14% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
2.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (29% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 64% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 17,457 (27.7%)
(45.6% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

5.5
State:

6.0

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

4.5
State:

3.9

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Porterville, California
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Porterville, California
  • 70no bedroom
  • 1191 bedroom
  • 1,6412 bedrooms
  • 6,3373 bedrooms
  • 2,2294 bedrooms
  • 2035+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Porterville, California
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Porterville, California
  • 288no bedroom
  • 1,2791 bedroom
  • 3,6392 bedrooms
  • 2,9493 bedrooms
  • 4654 bedrooms
  • 375+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Porterville in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Porterville in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 260no vehicle
  • 2,1561 vehicle
  • 4,2732 vehicles
  • 2,3663 vehicles
  • 1,2314 vehicles
  • 3135+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Porterville in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Porterville in renter-occupied apartments
  • 880no vehicle
  • 3,1401 vehicle
  • 3,2402 vehicles
  • 1,0283 vehicles
  • 2994 vehicles
  • 695+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Porterville, California
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Porterville, California
  • 701 room
  • 222 rooms
  • 2503 rooms
  • 1,2724 rooms
  • 3,5775 rooms
  • 2,6016 rooms
  • 1,5127 rooms
  • 6078 rooms
  • 6889+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Porterville, California
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Porterville, California
  • 2581 room
  • 4092 rooms
  • 1,1213 rooms
  • 2,7564 rooms
  • 2,0465 rooms
  • 1,2366 rooms
  • 4547 rooms
  • 1508 rooms
  • 2259+ rooms
Year house built
Median 2022 house/condo value by year built
Median house/condo value by year householder moved into unit
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Owners and renters by unit type in Porterville, CA
Porterville city income, earnings, and wages data

  • Porterville, CA household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Porterville, CA in 2022
  • 974Less than $10,000
  • 1,498$10,000 to $19,999
  • 2,506$20,000 to $29,999
  • 1,733$30,000 to $39,999
  • 1,489$40,000 to $49,999
  • 1,839$50,000 to $59,999
  • 2,035$60,000 to $74,999
  • 2,197$75,000 to $99,999
  • 2,090$100,000 to $124,999
  • 933$125,000 to $149,999
  • 971$150,000 to $199,999
  • 796$200,000 or more

  • Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2022 in Porterville, CA

  • Distribution of house value in Porterville, CA in 2022
  • 176Less than $10,000
  • 183$10,000 to $14,999
  • 162$15,000 to $19,999
  • 136$20,000 to $24,999
  • 22$25,000 to $29,999
  • 60$30,000 to $34,999
  • 116$35,000 to $39,999
  • 61$50,000 to $59,999
  • 13$60,000 to $69,999
  • 25$70,000 to $79,999
  • 69$80,000 to $89,999
  • 112$90,000 to $99,999
  • 155$100,000 to $124,999
  • 162$125,000 to $149,999
  • 683$150,000 to $174,999
  • 431$175,000 to $199,999
  • 1,704$200,000 to $249,999
  • 1,928$250,000 to $299,999
  • 3,190$300,000 to $399,999
  • 647$400,000 to $499,999
  • 249$500,000 to $749,999
  • 57$750,000 to $999,999
  • 30$2,000,000 or more

  • Rent paid by renters in 2022 in Porterville, CA

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters in Porterville, CA in 2022
  • 23$100 to $149
  • 19$150 to $199
  • 107$200 to $249
  • 12$250 to $299
  • 161$300 to $349
  • 408$350 to $399
  • 67$400 to $449
  • 230$450 to $499
  • 49$500 to $549
  • 199$550 to $599
  • 591$600 to $649
  • 511$650 to $699
  • 535$700 to $749
  • 674$750 to $799
  • 535$800 to $899
  • 1,411$900 to $999
  • 1,118$1,000 to $1,249
  • 743$1,250 to $1,499
  • 484$1,500 to $1,999
  • 44$2,000 to $2,499
  • 63$2,500 to $2,999
  • 33$3,000 to $3,499
  • 102$3,500 or more
  • 340No cash rent
Work and jobs in Porterville: detailed stats about occupations, industries, unemployment, workers, commute
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work in 2022

Percentage of workers working in this county: 89.6%
Number of people working at home: 637 (2.5% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work in 2022

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 686
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 5,194
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 3,746
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 4,694
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 1,627
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 599
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 1,737
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 649
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 566
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 2,671
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 1,718
  • 90 or more minutes: 883
Means of transportation to work in 2022 - Porterville

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 17,049 (76.3%)
  • Carpooled: 4,114 (18.4%)
  • Bus: 35 (0.2%)
  • Taxi: 126 (0.6%)
  • Bicycle: 14 (0.1%)
  • Walked: 391 (1.8%)
  • Worked at home: 637 (2.9%)
Class of Workers in 2022
  • Unemployment by race in 2022
  • Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
  • 8.9%Males
  • 2.9%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Black residents
  • 42.8%Males
  • 73.7%Females
  • Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
  • 5.5%Males
  • 11.6%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Asian residents
  • 6.4%Males
  • 26.7%Females
  • Unemployment rate for other race residents
  • 8.1%Males
  • 6.7%Females
  • Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
  • 2.5%Males
  • 7.1%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
  • 6.3%Males
  • 8.8%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Porterville, California
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Porterville, California
  • 3,2222010 or later
  • 3,8082000 to 2009
  • 3,6141990 to 1999
  • 2,7161980 to 1989
  • 1,7911970 to 1979
  • 907Before 1970
Ancestries in Porterville, CA

First ancestries reported:

  • American: 1,330 (3.1%)
  • Irish: 703 (1.6%)
  • German: 679 (1.6%)
  • English: 617 (1.4%)
  • Scottish: 178 (0.4%)
  • Arab: 168 (0.4%)
  • Italian: 157 (0.4%)
  • European: 120 (0.3%)
  • Syrian: 112 (0.3%)
  • Russian: 109 (0.3%)
  • Portuguese: 95 (0.2%)
  • Norwegian: 63 (0.1%)
  • Swedish: 57 (0.1%)
  • British: 50 (0.1%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 50 (0.1%)
  • French Canadian: 45 (0.1%)
  • Scandinavian: 41 (0.09%)
  • Welsh: 37 (0.08%)
  • French: 32 (0.07%)
  • Dutch: 19 (0.04%)
  • Croatian: 18 (0.04%)
  • Polish: 18 (0.04%)
  • Czech: 16 (0.04%)
  • Swiss: 16 (0.04%)
  • Armenian: 10 (0.02%)
  • Northern European: 10 (0.02%)
  • Danish: 9 (0.02%)
  • Czechoslovakian: 7 (0.02%)
  • Nigerian: 7 (0.02%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

Mexico
Porterville:

83.8% (13,895)
California:

37.2% (3,881,193)

Philippines
Porterville:

5.3% (871)
California:

7.8% (818,297)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 41,482
  • Other state: 3,650
  • Northeast: 340
  • Midwest: 951
  • South: 1,352
  • West: 988

90.1% of Porterville residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 46.2% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 86.9% lived in California.


Porterville:

90.1%
State average:

88.9%

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 1,099
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 618
  • 5th and 6th grade: 1,298
  • 7th and 8th grade: 835
  • 9th grade: 474
  • 10th grade: 226
  • 11th grade: 664
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 985
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,847
  • Less than 1 year of college: 993
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,960
  • Associate degree: 1,275
  • Bachelor's degree: 1,452
  • Master's degree: 511
  • Professional school degree: 170
  • Doctorate degree: 69
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 830
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 503
  • 5th and 6th grade: 857
  • 7th and 8th grade: 723
  • 9th grade: 507
  • 10th grade: 203
  • 11th grade: 325
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 756
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,440
  • Less than 1 year of college: 1,068
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,639
  • Associate degree: 1,843
  • Bachelor's degree: 2,131
  • Master's degree: 660
  • Professional school degree: 168
  • Doctorate degree: 116
Educational Attainment for Females
Porterville marital status for males
Porterville marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 13,836
  • One, attached: 406
  • Two: 928
  • 3 or 4: 1,075
  • 5 to 9: 789
  • 10 to 19: 273
  • 20 to 49: 538
  • 50 or more: 1,064
  • Mobile homes: 1,401
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 17

Median worth of mobile homes: $54,442

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 1.4%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 2.4%

House/condo owner moved in on average 14 years ago

Renter moved in on average 3 years ago

Year householders moved into residence in Porterville
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Porterville, CA
  • 82.6%Utility gas
  • 12.4%Electricity
  • 1.7%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 1.0%Wood
  • 1.0%Solar energy
  • 0.7%No fuel used
  • 0.6%Other fuel
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Porterville, CA
  • 59.5%Utility gas
  • 37.4%Electricity
  • 1.2%No fuel used
  • 0.9%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.4%Solar energy
  • 0.3%Wood
  • 0.3%Other fuel

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 192
Here:

2.1%
California:

10.5%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 44
Here:

0.8%
California:

8.5%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 716
Here:

19.9%
California:

15.9%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability
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