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(Urban population: 39,873, Rural population: 152 (all nonfarm))

Porterville, California Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 12,731 (11,970 occupied: 6,729 owner occupied, 5,241 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	44%
State:	43%

Housing density: 909 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $488,768.

Median contract rent in 2007: $571 (lower quartile is $416, upper quartile is $758)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $603

Median gross rent in Porterville, CA in 2007: $680

Housing units in Porterville with a mortgage: 4,833 (675 second mortgage, 338 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,292

Porterville,CA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $224,624 (it was $92,200 in 2000)

Porterville:	$224,624
California:	$532,300

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $176,155 - $299,450

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $247,044
Here: $247,044
State: $619,135

Townhouses or other attached units: $211,989
Here: $211,989
State: $541,123

In 2-unit structures: $94,761
Here: $94,761
State: $702,713

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $132,807
Here: $132,807
State: $512,546

Mobile homes: $26,904
Here: $26,904
State: $59,450

Household type by relationship

Households: 38,396

In family households: 35,087 (6,549 male householders, 2,759 female householders)
6,633 spouses, 14,794 children (13,795 natural, 98 adopted, 901 stepchildren), 862 grandchildren, 653 brothers or sisters, 323 parents, 1,037 other relatives, 1,477 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 3,309 (991 male householders (764 living alone)), 1,664 female householders (1,457 living alone)), 654 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 1,629 (1,154 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,599 2-persons, 2,053 3-persons, 2,064 4-persons, 1,286 5-persons, 681 6-persons, 625 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,221 1-person, 308 2-persons, 59 3-persons, 19 4-persons, 34 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons.

8,060 married couples with children.
3,894 single-parent households (868 men, 3,026 women).

56.7% of residents of Porterville speak English at home.
37.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (49% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 18% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
4.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (41% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (61% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 9% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 9,041 (22.6%)
(26.9% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.5
State:	5.8

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.9
State:	3.5

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Porterville, California:
	1 room: 28 2 rooms: 172 3 rooms: 708 4 rooms: 602 5 rooms: 1,862 6 rooms: 1,975 7 rooms: 832 8 rooms: 383 9 or more rooms: 167

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Porterville, California:
	1 room: 258 2 rooms: 847 3 rooms: 914 4 rooms: 1,403 5 rooms: 952 6 rooms: 581 7 rooms: 204 8 rooms: 63 9 or more rooms: 19

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 378
1995 to 1998: 1,196
1990 to 1994: 1,403
1980 to 1989: 2,447
1970 to 1979: 2,985
1960 to 1969: 1,402
1950 to 1959: 1,405
1940 to 1949: 792
1939 or earlier: 723

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Porterville:
	no bedroom: 153 1 bedroom: 532 2 bedrooms: 1,093 3 bedrooms: 4,010 4 bedrooms: 863 5 or more bedrooms: 78

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Porterville:
	no bedroom: 350 1 bedroom: 1,490 2 bedrooms: 2,027 3 bedrooms: 1,131 4 bedrooms: 216 5 or more bedrooms: 27

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Porterville in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 457 1 vehicle: 1,777 2 vehicles: 3,190 3 vehicles: 972 4 vehicles: 291 5 or more vehicles: 42

Cars and other vehicles available in Porterville in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 1,038 1 vehicle: 2,598 2 vehicles: 1,274 3 vehicles: 235 4 vehicles: 91 5 or more vehicles: 5

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Porterville, CA:

Less than $10,000: 41
$10,000 to $14,999: 21
$15,000 to $19,999: 21
$20,000 to $24,999: 20
$25,000 to $29,999: 16
$30,000 to $34,999: 16
$35,000 to $39,999: 28
$40,000 to $49,999: 61
$50,000 to $59,999: 27
$60,000 to $69,999: 25
$70,000 to $79,999: 16
$80,000 to $89,999: 19
$90,000 to $99,999: 28
$100,000 to $124,999: 107
$125,000 to $149,999: 347
$150,000 to $174,999: 595
$175,000 to $199,999: 749
$200,000 to $249,999: 2271
$250,000 to $299,999: 946
$300,000 to $399,999: 873
$400,000 to $499,999: 320
$500,000 to $749,999: 124
$750,000 to $999,999: 36
$1,000,000 or more: 20

Porterville rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Porterville:

Less than $100: 56 people
$100 to $149: 54
$150 to $199: 117
$200 to $249: 185
$250 to $299: 171
$300 to $349: 180
$350 to $399: 258
$400 to $449: 324
$450 to $499: 437
$500 to $549: 524
$550 to $599: 460
$600 to $649: 540
$650 to $699: 458
$700 to $749: 323
$750 to $799: 234
$800 to $899: 247
$900 to $999: 160
$1,000 to $1,249: 216
$1,250 to $1,499: 28
$1,500 to $1,999: 22
$2,000 or more: 20
No cash rent: 205

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 1,902 1990 to 1994: 1,725 1985 to 1989: 1,503 1980 to 1984: 1,213 1975 to 1979: 1,067 1970 to 1974: 724 1970 to 1974: 405 1965 to 1969: 502

Porterville, CA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 91.6%
Number of people working at home: 354 (2.6% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 595
5 to 9 minutes: 2708
10 to 14 minutes: 3450
15 to 19 minutes: 2088
20 to 24 minutes: 1033
25 to 29 minutes: 280
30 to 34 minutes: 1082
35 to 39 minutes: 209
40 to 44 minutes: 231
45 to 59 minutes: 793
60 to 89 minutes: 557
90 or more minutes: 336

Porterville mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 9,668 (70%)
Carpooled: 2,815 (21%)
Bus or trolley bus: 170 (1%)
Taxi: 5 (0%)
Motorcycle: 85 (1%)
Bicycle: 80 (1%)
Walked: 290 (2%)
Other means: 249 (2%)
Worked at home: 354 (3%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 1563
$10,000 to $14,999: 1170
$15,000 to $19,999: 984
$20,000 to $24,999: 1020
$25,000 to $29,999: 855
$30,000 to $34,999: 804
$35,000 to $39,999: 752
$40,000 to $44,999: 670
$45,000 to $49,999: 438
$50,000 to $59,999: 1132
$60,000 to $74,999: 1010
$75,000 to $99,999: 977
$100,000 to $124,999: 291
$125,000 to $149,999: 139
$150,000 to $199,999: 82
$200,000 or more: 76

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 21855

United States or American: 2631

English: 1779

German: 1545

Irish: 1159

Italian: 563

French (except Basque): 362

Swedish: 295

European: 238

Norwegian: 224

Scotch-Irish: 212

Portuguese: 196

Dutch: 188

Scottish: 143

Arab:: 112

Arab/Arabic: 88

Polish: 76

Danish: 60

Russian: 57

French Canadian: 39

Austrian: 30

African: 28

Subsaharan African:: 28

Brazilian: 27

Northern European: 26

Romanian: 24

Basque: 22

Armenian: 21

Swiss: 21

Ukrainian: 20

Canadian: 18

Welsh: 17

Yugoslavian: 14

British: 13

Pennsylvania German: 12

Serbian: 11

Other Arab: 10

Celtic: 9

Greek: 8

Acadian/Cajun: 8

Egyptian: 7

Lebanese: 7

Finnish: 7

Icelander: 6

Turkish: 6

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 6

Jamaican: 6

Scandinavian: 5

Hungarian: 2

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Mexico (77%)
Philippines (8%)
Laos (4%)
India (2%)
El Salvador (1%)
Germany (1%)
Thailand (1%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 24133
Northeast: 402
Midwest: 1464
South: 3302
West: 1286

48% of Porterville residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 80% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in California.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 755
Nursery to 4th grade: 355
5th and 6th grade: 951
7th and 8th grade: 479
9th grade: 341
10th grade: 355
11th grade: 438
12th grade, no diploma: 513
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,226
Less than 1 year of college: 573
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,516
Associate degree: 467
Bachelor's degree: 752
Master's degree: 290
Professional school degree: 143
Doctorate degree: 61

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 583
Nursery to 4th grade: 413
5th and 6th grade: 831
7th and 8th grade: 503
9th grade: 346
10th grade: 455
11th grade: 491
12th grade, no diploma: 527
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,817
Less than 1 year of college: 1,256
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,552
Associate degree: 644
Bachelor's degree: 858
Master's degree: 192
Professional school degree: 69
Doctorate degree: 39

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 7.7%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 7.5%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 56.7%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 18.9%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 10.6%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 11.2%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 18.2%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 15.3%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 13.4%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 13.0%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 18.6%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 15.1%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $48,508
Black householders: $37,294
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $54,216
Asian householders: $61,592
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $57,417
Some other race householders: $32,379
Two or more races householders: $31,345
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $30,436

Porterville household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Porterville household income for Black householders

Porterville household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Porterville household income for Asian householders

Porterville household income for Some other race householders

Porterville household income for Two or more races householders

Porterville household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Porterville marital status for males

Porterville marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $237,049
Black or African American householders: $221,700
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $264,335
Asian householders: $271,156
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $182,720
Some other race householders: $204,890
Two or more races householders: $221,213
Hispanic or Latino householders: $207,570

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 8,625
One, attached: 487
Two: 536
3 or 4: 990
5 to 9: 323
10 to 19: 212
20 to 49: 368
50 or more: 550
Mobile homes: 640

Median worth of mobile homes: $24,509

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Porterville:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (84%) Electricity (13%) Wood (2%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (68%) Electricity (28%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) Wood (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 129

Here:	2.0%
California:	9.9%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 100

Here:	3.1%
California:	7.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 162

Here:	8.1%
California:	15.4%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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