For population 25 years and over in East Porterville:
High school or higher: 43.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 3.8%
Graduate or professional degree: 0.7%
Unemployed: 17.1%
Mean travel time to work (commute): 25.2 minutes
For population 15 years and over in East Porterville CDP:
Never married: 36.4%
Now married: 49.4%
Separated: 3.4%
Widowed: 4.7%
Divorced: 6.1%
2,090 residents are foreign born (29.1% Latin America).
This place:
31.1%
California:
26.2%
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $684 (0.5%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $316 (0.4%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Visalia, CA (25.9 miles , pop. 91,565).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Bakersfield, CA (48.4 miles , pop. 247,057).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (140.5 miles , pop. 3,694,820).
East Porterville-area historical earthquake activity is below California state average. It is 806% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 7/21/1952 at 11:52:14, a magnitude 7.7 (7.7 UK, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 73.1 miles away from the city center, causing $50,000,000 total damage On 5/2/1983 at 23:42:37, a magnitude 6.7 (6.2 MB, 6.5 MS, 6.5 MW, 6.7 ML, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 74.6 miles away from East Porterville center, causing $31,000,000 total damage On 5/27/1980 at 14:50:57, a magnitude 6.2 (5.7 MB, 6.0 MS, 6.0 MW, 6.2 ML) earthquake occurred 94.7 miles away from the city center On 5/17/1993 at 23:20:49, a magnitude 6.2 (6.0 MB, 6.0 MS, 6.1 MW, 6.2 MD, Depth: 4.2 mi) earthquake occurred 99.1 miles away from the city center On 9/20/1995 at 23:27:36, a magnitude 6.1 (5.0 MB, 5.5 MS, 5.6 MW, 6.1 ML, Depth: 3.4 mi) earthquake occurred 76.4 miles away from East Porterville center On 5/25/1980 at 19:44:51, a magnitude 6.1 (5.5 MB, 5.8 MS, 5.8 M, 6.1 ML) earthquake occurred 91.7 miles away from the city center Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Tulare County (12) is near the US average (12). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 10 Emergencies Declared: 2
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 8, Storms: 4, Winter Storms: 4, Landslides: 2, Freezes: 2, Mudslide: 1, Storm: 1, Drought: 1, Hurricane: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals/medical centers near East Porterville:
SIERRA VIEW DISTRICT HOSPITAL (Acute Care Hospitals, Government - Hospital District or Authority, provides emergency services, about 17 miles away; PORTERVILLE, CA)
TULARE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (Acute Care Hospitals, Government - Hospital District or Authority, provides emergency services, about 19 miles away; TULARE, CA)
KAWEAH DELTA MEDICAL CENTER (Acute Care Hospitals, Government - Hospital District or Authority, provides emergency services, about 23 miles away; VISALIA, CA)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to East Porterville:
College of the Sequoias (about 27 miles; Visalia, CA; Full-time enrollment: 5,975)
Bakersfield College (about 45 miles; Bakersfield, CA; FT enrollment: 5,962)
Reedley College (about 47 miles; Reedley, CA; FT enrollment: 6,207)
California State University-Bakersfield (about 50 miles; Bakersfield, CA; FT enrollment: 6,534)
Fresno City College (about 67 miles; Fresno, CA; FT enrollment: 7,781)
California State University-Fresno (about 68 miles; Fresno, CA; FT enrollment: 17,444)
University of Phoenix-Central Valley Campus (about 72 miles; Fresno, CA; FT enrollment: 2,644)
Churches in East Porterville include: Calvary Tabernacle (A), Assembly of God Neighborhood Church (B), Iglesia Emmanuel (C), Landmark Missionary Baptist Church (D), Mountain View Southern Baptist Church (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 41.0%
(31.8% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Black residents, 45.3% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 48.7% for American Indian residents, 49.1% for other race residents, 24.8% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
This place:
4.1 people
California:
2.4 people
Percentage of family households:
This place:
84.8%
Whole state:
65.9%
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:
7.7%
Whole state:
5.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Religion statistics for East Porterville (based on Tulare County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 51.80%
Here
51.8%
USA
50.2%
Adherents
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
Name
Catholic Church
Assemblies of God
Southern Baptist Convention
American Baptist Churches in the USA
LDS (Mormon) Church
Adherents
62.5%
5.5%
4.5%
3.0%
2.6%
Congregations
7.7%
11.0%
7.7%
2.8%
4.3%
Name
Church of the Nazarene
United Methodist Church
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ
Other
Adherents
2.4%
1.8%
1.6%
1.3%
14.9%
Congregations
4.6%
3.1%
4.0%
1.5%
53.4%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 119
Tulare County:
2.84 / 10,000 pop.
California:
2.14 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 3
This county:
0.07 / 10,000 pop.
State:
0.04 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 32
Tulare County:
0.76 / 10,000 pop.
California:
0.62 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 89
Tulare County:
2.12 / 10,000 pop.
State:
1.49 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 215
Here:
5.13 / 10,000 pop.
State:
7.42 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
This county:
7.3%
California:
7.3%
Adult obesity rate:
Tulare County:
28.2%
California:
21.3%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
This county:
16.9%
State:
17.9%
4.55% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($37,342 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
4.55%
California average:
5.75%
0.06% of residents moved from foreign countries ($439 average AGI)
Tulare County:
0.06%
California average:
0.21%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
#8 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores (population 5,000+)"
#17 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Grocery and related product merchant wholesalers (population 5,000+)"
#20 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Waiters and waitresses (population 5,000+)"
#21 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Grocery and related product merchant wholesalers (population 5,000+)"
#27 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (population 5,000+)"
#31 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Waiters and waitresses (population 5,000+)"
#34 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of likely gay men couples (counted as self-reported male-male unmarried-partner households) (population 5,000+)"
#44 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the most Hispanic residents"
#48 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest sunshine amount differences during a year (population 5,000+)"
#56 on the list of "Top 100 least-educated cities (pop. 5,000+)"
#72 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest humidity differences during a year (population 5,000+)"
#97 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the highest average sunshine amount (population 5,000+)"
#97 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Paper (population 5,000+)"
#99 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Sales and related occupations: (population 5,000+)"
#99 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Pharmacies and drug stores (population 5,000+)"
#100 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Media and communication equipment workers (population 5,000+)"
#5 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Ozone (8-hour) air pollution readings in 2005 (ppm)"
#5 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM2.5) 24-hour air pollution readings in 2005 (µg/m3)"
#8 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Annual air pollution readings in 2005 (µg/m3)"
#10 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
#12 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
