Visalia, CA
Visalia, CA Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Visalia, CA Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Visalia ranks 255th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 200th for income. A household earns $69,880 a year while median rent runs $1,384/mo, making it expensive relative to what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 0% below the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is rent (181st of 300), while education is the soft spot (296th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 181st and home prices 190th among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
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On $75,000 for just you in Visalia, your take-home is worth about $58,399 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it further than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 200th of 300↑21.1%$69,880
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 213th of 300100 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $70,003
- Per-capita income
- $28,692
- Full-time pay
- $37,184
Housing
- Median rent
- 181st of 300↑36.5%$1,384/mo
- Home value
- 190th of 300↑47.7%$361,500
- Property tax
- $2,487/yr · 0.7%
- Sales tax
- 8.80%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 296th of 30010.3%
- Bachelor's+
- 296th of 30018.3%
- Avg commute
- 192nd of 30025.3 min
People
- Population
- 483,546
- Population change
- +3.7%
- Median age
- 32.4 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 22.4%
- Broadband
- 92.9%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 295th of 30071
- Natural-hazard loss
- 243rd of 300$20/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 295th of 30029.5%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 18.3%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
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Watch-outs
- – Affordability
- – Cost of living
- – Job market
- – Education
- – Air quality
- – Hazard safety
- – Health
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — hanford muni ap.
What jobs pay in Visalia
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $226,500
- IT managers
- $160,790
- Pharmacists
- $158,080
- Lawyers
- $150,140
- Financial managers
- $138,630
- Software developers
- $126,170
- Registered nurses
- $125,180
- Civil engineers
- $104,780
- General & operations managers
- $98,600
- Elementary school teachers
- $98,430
- Secondary school teachers
- $97,610
- Police officers
- $90,910
- Accountants & auditors
- $79,400
- Carpenters
- $64,390
- Electricians
- $64,390
- Plumbers
- $60,720
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $51,530
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $50,580
- Construction laborers
- $47,700
- Customer service reps
- $45,480
- Janitors
- $38,000
- Retail salespersons
- $35,990
- Cashiers
- $34,770
- Waiters & waitresses
- $34,320
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Visalia metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in California are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- Arizona333
- Ohio298
- Texas185
- Virginia170
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Visalia metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Visalia metro?
- Median gross rent across the Visalia, CA Metro Area is $1,384 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Visalia.
- What is the median household income in the Visalia metro?
- A typical household in the Visalia, CA Metro Area earns $69,880 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Visalia expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Visalia, CA Metro Area runs about 0% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are lower than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Visalia metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $70,003 (versus its face value of $69,880). CityLedger rates the Visalia, CA Metro Area expensive for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Visalia metro?
- The median home value across the Visalia, CA Metro Area is $361,500 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Visalia metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Visalia, CA Metro Area is 10.3% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).