California · Census place 58240
Porterville, CA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Porterville, California (Porterville, CA — Census place “Porterville city”) is 62,765 residents, ranking #146 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $59,012, the median home is worth $273,600 and median gross rent runs $1,111 a month. Looking for the Porterville California ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Porterville, CA: 93257.
- Population
- 62,765Porterville city residents
- Median household income
- $59,012Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $273,600Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,111Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 31.2 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 54.9%Owner-occupied households
Porterville ZIP codes (California)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Porterville.
The Porterville CA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Porterville city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Porterville city median would spend about 22.6% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17.9% of residents and 54.9% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Porterville city, CA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Porterville city is a small city in California, with 62,765 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #146 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 91% of them. The median age here is 31.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in Porterville city earn a median of $59,012 a year, 24.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 35% below the $91,111 median for the 1,050 California cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 17.9% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Porterville city is valued at $273,600, 9.8% below the national figure and 54% below the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,111 a month, 21% below the national figure, or roughly $13,332 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 54.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in California.
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- South San Francisco city 64,487
- Montebello city 61,376
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Porterville city?
- Porterville city has 62,765 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #146 of 1,618 in California.
- What is the median household income in Porterville city?
- Median household income in Porterville city is $59,012 a year, 24.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Porterville city?
- Median gross rent is $1,111 a month and the median home value is $273,600, so rent absorbs about 22.6% of median household income.
- Is Porterville city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 4.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Porterville city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Porterville city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.