Latest Census city estimates released May 14, 2026 · Population as of July 1, 2025 · Next city estimates scheduled for May 2027. Release schedule
Visalia, California population is 146,541 as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimate), ranking #194 nationally and #39 in California. Cost of living runs 0.2% below the U.S. average (BEA RPP 2024); the four-person spending scenario corresponds to modeled gross income of $105,579/yr (TY2026 tax assumptions; partial scenario excluding unverified local income tax). This profile draws on 13 federal datasets covering population, housing, income, employment, climate, and risk.
146,541 people live in Visalia as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025), the #194 largest U.S. city.
How big is Visalia?
Visalia covers 40.0 square miles of land and 0.0 square miles of water. Its population density is about 3,668 residents per square mile of land. Compare U.S. cities by land area →
Source detail: 2025 population
2025 population
Source agency
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset
Census PEP
Vintage / period
Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography
Census PEP subcounty place records for the included city universe.
Transformation
Copied from POPESTIMATE2025, joined by Census GEOID, and used for ranks, filters, and city pages.
Known limit: Annual estimate, not a decennial count; each new PEP vintage can revise the prior series.
Population grew 3.5% from the April 2020 base to mid-2025.
Vintage 2025 · annual estimates
Recent history (V2025 series, 2020 base → 2025).
2020 base: 141,650 → 2025: 146,541 (+3.5%)
Year
Population
Reference date
2020 base
141,650
April 1, 2020
2020
141,841
July 1, 2020
2021
142,777
July 1, 2021
2022
143,771
July 1, 2022
2023
145,201
July 1, 2023
2024
146,260
July 1, 2024
2025
146,541
July 1, 2025
Earlier history (2010–2019, prior Census vintage)
These figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2019 release — a separate, earlier methodology. They’re shown here as historical context only; the 2010 and 2019 values aren’t directly comparable to the 2020–2025 series above.
Population grew 7.8% from the July 2010 estimate to 2019 (V2019 — see seam note below).
Visalia is the #194 largest of 19,483 U.S. cities and #39 in California.
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Measure
Value
Note
2020 base
141,650
April 1, 2020 census base
5-yr change
+4,891
2020 base → 2025; within V2025
5-yr change %
+3.5%
within V2025 only
1-yr change
+281
2024 → 2025 estimate
1-yr change %
+0.2%
within V2025 only
Density
3,668
people per sq mi, land only
Land area
40
sq mi (2025 Gazetteer)
U.S. rank by population
#194
of 19,483 cities
State rank by population
#39
of 483 in California
What is the median household income in Visalia?
Same-period U.S. benchmarks: household income $80,734 ± $166; per-capita income $44,673 ± $122. Margins are at 90% confidence. Comparison badges describe point estimates; they are not significance tests.
Median household income is 2% above the U.S. median ($81,989 vs $80,734); 11.5% live in poverty, 0.9 points below the 12.5% U.S. estimate.
Median household income$81,989
US
Visalia: $81,989 — 2% above the US median of $80,734.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS income data; censored rows retained in the distribution
Visalia
$81,989
United States
$80,734
Income and poverty estimates for Visalia from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year estimates (window 2020–2024). Every figure is shown with its 90% margin of error (MOE). Cells where the ± margin exceeds half the estimate are flagged "low precision." See methodology §12.
Measure
Estimate
± margin / note
Median household income
$81,989+1.6% vs US
±$3,274
Per capita income
$34,609-22.5% vs US
±$1,056
Population in poverty
11.5% ± 1.3 percentage points
share of population for whom poverty status is determined
Median home value is 12% above the U.S. median ($371,500 vs $332,700); median rent is 5% above ($1,490 vs $1,413); price-to-income ratio (4.5×) is roughly in line with the U.S. median (4.1×).
Median home value$371,500
US
Visalia: $371,500 — 12% above the US median of $332,700.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS home-value data; censored rows retained in the distribution
HUD 2-BR fair-market rent$1,474/mo
US
Visalia: $1,474/mo — 37% above the US median of $1,077/mo.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with a HUD Fair Market Rent
Same-period U.S. benchmarks: home value $332,700 ± $236; gross rent $1,413 ± $2. Comparison badges describe estimates and do not establish statistical significance.
Measure
Estimate
± margin / note
Median value, owner-occupied units
$371,500+11.7% vs US
±$8,865
Median gross rent
$1,490+5.4% vs US
±$43
HUD Fair Market Rent, 2-BR (FY2026)
$1,474+1.1% vs US
Visalia, CA MSA· 40th-percentile gross rent · HUD methodology
Owner-occupied share
61.1% ± 2.0 percentage points
of occupied housing units
Price-to-income ratio
4.5x± 0.21x approximate 90% MOE+10.0% vs US
median home value ÷ median household income · U.S. ratio: 4.1x
Rent-burdened (≥30% of income)
50.2% ± 3.2 percentage points-1.8% vs US
renters with a computed rent/income ratio · U.S. share: 51.1%
Severely rent-burdened (≥50%)
24.7% ± 3.1 percentage points-4.4% vs US
renters with a computed rent/income ratio · U.S. share: 25.9%
Poverty (Census SAIPE 2024, model-based), unemployment (BLS LAUS 2025 annual averages), and remote-work share (ACS 2020–2024) for Visalia. Numbers are labeled at their native grain — place-grain when BLS publishes it, otherwise per-county. We do not compute population-weighted county averages. See methodology §13.
Measure
Value
Grain
Unemployment rate (annual avg)
6.2%
Visalia (BLS sub-state LAUS)
Civilian labor force
70,225
2025 annual avg
Worked from home
8.0% ± 1.1 percentage points-46.7% vs US
share of workers 16+ working from home · U.S. share: 15.1% · ACS
County context — Visalia sits in Tulare County:
County
Poverty rate
Median HH income
Unemployment
Tulare County
19.9%
$68,907
10.8%
Top industries by private employment — NAICS supersectors rolled up from Visalia's linked county in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW, 2025 annual averages). See methodology §11.
#
Industry (NAICS supersector)
Private employment
Avg weekly wage
#1
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11)
33,158
$775 / wk
#2
Health care and social assistance (62)
21,513
$917 / wk
#3
Retail trade (44-45)
16,903
$740 / wk
#4
Accommodation and food services (72)
13,073
$536 / wk
#5
Manufacturing (31-33)
12,650
$1,381 / wk
What workers earn in the Visalia, CA metro — top occupations by employment plus six curated benchmarks (registered nurse, software developer, elementary teacher, general manager, retail salesperson, truck driver). Wages are metro-area medians from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). See methodology §25.
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse is the largest tracked occupation in the Visalia, CA metro (21,420 jobs, median $34,800/yr).
▸Show all 13 occupations
Occupation
Employment
Median annual
Median hourly
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
21,420
$34,800
$16.73
Home Health and Personal Care Aides
8,220
$34,320
$16.50
Fast Food and Counter Workers
4,850
$38,600
$18.56
Cashiers
4,110
$34,770
$16.72
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
4,070
$39,960
$19.21
Stockers and Order Fillers
3,780
$42,080
$20.23
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary
2,760
$45,230
—
Retail Salespersons · benchmark
3,920
$35,990
$17.30
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers · benchmark
3,060
$51,530
$24.77
Registered Nurses · benchmark
2,990
$125,180
$60.18
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education · benchmark
All items run within 1 point of the U.S. average (RPP 99.8); utilities stand out at RPP 156.4 (56.4% above the U.S. average).
Cost of living (RPP, all items)RPP 99.8
US
Visalia's cost of living runs 0.2% below the U.S. average (RPP 99.8 vs 100).
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of metro/non-metro areas with a BEA price parity
BEA Regional Price Parity (all items)
RPP 99.8
−0.2% vs U.S. average · BEA 2024 · Visalia, CA metro
HUD Fair Market Rent, 2-BR
$1,474/mo
FY2026 · Visalia, CA MSA
State income tax (top marginal rate)
13.30%
10 brackets · TY2026
Four-person monthly spending scenario
$8,798/mo
3BR rent + food + childcare + taxes + transport · federal sources; excludes unverified local income tax
One-person monthly spending scenario
$3,285/mo
1BR rent + food + taxes + transport · federal sources; excludes unverified local income tax
Local income tax
—
Unverified and excluded from the spending scenario; not a verified zero
Household budget figures are arithmetic floors using current federal sources at the grains documented in methodology. Not a recommended salary, not a poverty threshold, not a composite score.
14.0% ± 1.1 percentage points foreign-born (U.S. share 14.1%); Spanish is the most-spoken language at home other than English (27.4% of residents 5+).
A quick read on Visalia's residents — nativity and languages spoken at home shown above, from the ACS 5-Year 2020–2024. The full demographic breakdown (age, race and ethnicity, household types, and educational attainment, each with its margin of error) lives on the demographics page.
These are K-12 public school districts. Higher education (colleges and universities) is not represented in this dataset.
Public school districts serving Visalia, from the NCES EDGE Geographic Relationship Files (GRF25, 2024–25 school year boundaries). The join is many-to-many — large cities often span multiple districts, and one district often serves multiple cities. Sorted primary district first. See methodology §12 for the consolidated-city fallback and Milford CT special case.
Source: NCES EDGE GRF25 · school year 2024–25 · methodology →
What is the climate like in Visalia?
Hottest month: July (97°F avg high). Coldest: December (38°F avg low). Annual precipitation: 8.5 in.
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) for Visalia from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. See methodology §15 for the gridded vs. station source path.
Average monthly highs & lows · 30-year normal (NOAA 1991–2020). Every number on this chart is an average.
bar = avg daily high → avg daily lowprecip in inches below each barprecip in millimeters below each bar
Composite risk score: 97.0/100 — Relatively High nationally; top hazard: Heat Wave (99.2).
Natural-hazard exposure for Visalia from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index (FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0). NRI is an expected-annual-loss composite calibrated on 1996–2019 historical losses, published at the U.S. county grain. See methodology §17.
County
NRI composite
Rating
Top hazards
Tulare County
97.0
Relatively High
Heat Wave 99.2 Relatively High · Riverine Flooding 98.1 Relatively High · Wildfire 98.0 Relatively High
Source: FEMA National Risk Index · FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0 · methodology →
How fast is home internet in Visalia?
13 non-satellite ISPs serve the area; 99% of locations have gigabit-capable service per ISP filings.
Fixed broadband availability for Visalia from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's Broadband Data Collection (BDC), as of December 31, 2025. Every speed and provider count below is an ISP-reported advertised maximum — not measured throughput. Actual delivered speeds typically run 60–80% of advertised. See methodology §16.
Measure
Value
Note
Providers serving this city
13 + satellite
distinct ISPs, excluding satellite-only
Fiber providers
10
offer fiber-to-the-premises somewhere in the BDC
Units with ≥100/20 Mbps fixed
100.0%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Locations with ≥100 Mbps upload
98.8%
derived: max(fiber ≥100/20, gigabit). Fiber is symmetric; gigabit is ≥100 up by definition
Units with ≥1 Gbps fixed
98.8%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Total broadband-serviceable units
56,999
residential locations in the FCC Fabric (not households)
Source: FCC BDC · as of December 31, 2025 · methodology →
How much crime is reported in Visalia?
In 2024, law enforcement reported 636 violent and 3,112 property offenses in the Visalia jurisdiction — a violent-crime rate of 435.3 per 100,000, above the U.S. estimate of 359.1.
Reported offenses known to law enforcement from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program (CIUS Table 8), 2024. Figures describe the FBI agency jurisdiction: Visalia — an FBI jurisdiction population of 146,090, versus the Census place population of 146,541. The rate per 100,000 is the FBI's own (count ÷ that jurisdiction population), never divided by the Census place figure. These are reported crimes under voluntary participation — not measured or victimization crime — and the FBI cautions against using them to rank or compare places. See methodology §31.
Offenses known, 2024
Count
Rate /100k
U.S. rate
Violent crime
636
435.3
359.1
Property crime
3,112
2,130.2
1,760.1
▸Offense breakdown and 3-year trend
Offense, 2024
Count
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter
7
Rape
99
Robbery
138
Aggravated assault
392
Burglary
384
Larceny-theft
2,219
Motor vehicle theft
509
Arson (12-month reporters only)
30
Year
Violent /100k
Property /100k
Jurisdiction pop.
2022
496.7
2,373.4
144,137
2023
455.1
2,410.5
145,031
2024
435.3
2,130.2
146,090
Only years the agency reported a complete 12 months appear; the FBI does not estimate missing agency-years, so a gap is a non-reporting year, not zero crime.
U.S. rate is the FBI national estimate (imputes non-reporting agencies); the city figures are reported-only. Source: FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (2022–2024) · FBI agency jurisdiction: Visalia · methodology → · FBI Crime Data Explorer →
In-state context.
Visalia sits at state rank #39 among 483 cities in California. Nearby in the state ranking:
Just above in the profiled set: Columbia, SC · #193 · 147,035 residents.
Just below in the profiled set: Escondido, CA · #195 · 146,030 residents.
Quick travel facts for Visalia
Quick travel facts.
Elevation
317 ft · at city centroid, from USGS 3D Elevation Program
Nearest scheduled-service airport
Fresno Yosemite International Airport(FAT) · 38 mi 61 km from city centroid
Sources: elevation from USGS 3DEP · nearest airport from OurAirports CSV (OurAirports type=large/medium and scheduled_service=yes; not an FAA service classification) · best months derived from NOAA 1991-2020 normals · methodology →
Frequently asked questions about Visalia.
How many people live in Visalia, CA?
Visalia has 146,541 residents as of July 1, 2025, making it the #194 largest city in the United States and #39 in California. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025.
Is Visalia growing or shrinking?
Visalia has grown 3.5% since the April 2020 census baseline, adding 4,891 residents, including a 0.2% increase from 2024 to 2025. Source: Census PEP Vintage 2025.
Visalia covers 40.0 square miles of land, with a population density of about 3,668 residents per square mile. Source: Census Gazetteer 2025.
What is the median household income in Visalia?
$81,989, about 2% above the U.S. median. Source: ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024.
SourceU.S. Census · PEP
VintageV2025
Reference2025-07-01
Place typeIncorporated place
GEOID0682954
Last build2026-09-30
Sources · provenance
Every listed dataset is used on this page.
The GEOID for Visalia is 0682954. These are the official datasets used by this profile's main data modules; click "methodology" for inclusion rules and the V2019 ↔ V2025 seam, or "source" for the raw publisher page. The headline population value above includes a source-detail disclosure with publisher, dataset, vintage, native geography, transformation, and caveat.
