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Tulare County, California

Tulare County has a population of 478,693 and has grown 2.5% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $330,100, about 4.6 times the county's median household income of $71,300.

Home price
$330,100
Income
$71,300
Population
478,693
Unemployment
9.3%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$330,100county
Median gross rent$1,280county
Median year homes here were built1983county
Share of homes built before 198045.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile6.5%county
Share of homes that are vacant7.1%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented41.5%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use2.3%county
Typical monthly rent$1,826county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,474county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,123county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,028county
Home insurance / yr$1,616(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living142.3(statewide)
Median household income$71,300county
Family health premium / yr$24,143(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$21,945(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$5.593(statewide)
Poverty rate17.9%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home6.1%county
Unemployment rate9.3%county
Share of adults in the labor force61.1%county
Share of workers who are self-employed6.4%county
Share of workers employed by government18.1%county
Share of workers in the largest industry23.1%county
Economic output per resident$53,092county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.70%county
Top state income tax13.30%(statewide)
Capital gains tax13.30%(statewide)
Combined sales tax9.03%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time23.7 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service45 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport1318250county
Miles to nearest general aviation field8.5 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here7county
Passenger train stations and the railway network1county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station21 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.5%county
Traffic deaths39.5county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-1.8(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher16.6%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher74.8%county
Public schools in the county191county
Public school enrollment100765county
Students per full-time teacher21.3county
Free lunch eligible77.4%county
Elementary schools111county
Middle schools26county
High schools43county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above2county
Share of local colleges that are public50.0%county
Two-year institutions2county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution6.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians46county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county4county
Hospitals here with an emergency department3county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter20.8 µgcounty
Without health insurance8.1%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year27.4%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year25.4%county
Frequent mental distress19.5%county
No leisure-time physical activity30.5%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.1%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population478,693county
Land area in square miles4,824county
People per square mile of land99.2county
Supermarkets and grocery stores117county
Convenience stores44county
Share living far from a food store7.7%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract13.1%county
Population change since 2020+2.5%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents7county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents-0county
Median age32.1 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1829.8%county
Share of residents 65 and over11.9%county
Share of households that are one person16.6%county
Share of residents born outside the United States22.2%county
Second languages50.2%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls53.4%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents88county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-4county
Households that moved in5,401county
Households that moved away6,278county
Average income of arriving households$53,843county
Average income of departing households$54,335county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes12county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1,790county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings12.5%county
Violent crime rate486(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature56.2°Fcounty
Annual precipitation22.7 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy5.29 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F15 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing54 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8acounty
Frost-free days201 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 16county
Average first fall frostNov 4county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$181county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh36.0¢county
Household electricity use503 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$20.81(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity21.8%county
Homes heated by utility gas67.5%county
Homes heated by propane6.3%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.2%county
Homes heated by wood1.5%county
Households with broadband89.7%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk98.1county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk88.6county
Landslide risk97.9county
Hail risk92.5county
Earthquake risk97.9county
Tornado risk30.3county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk99.2county
Winter weather risk24.1county
Strong wind risk26.9county
Wildfire risk98.0county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams1county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Tulare County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the California figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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