Visalia
- City in California
City
Visalia
- grade BOverall Grade
- City in California
- Rating 3.6 out of 5 474 reviews
Report Card
- Public Schoolsgrade B+
- Crime & Safetygrade C
- Housinggrade C+
- Nightlifegrade B
- Good for Familiesgrade B minus
- Diversitygrade A
- Jobsgrade B minus
- Weathergrade A+
- Cost of Livinggrade C
- Health & Fitnessgrade B+
- Outdoor Activitiesgrade B+
- Commutegrade B+
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Real Estate
Median Home Value
$267,400
National
$244,900Median Rent
$1,150
National
$1,163Area Feel
Sparse Suburban
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Visalia Rankings
Niche rankings are based on rigorous analysis of key statistics from the U.S. Department of Education and millions of reviews.
Crime & Safety
Crime & Safety
grade C
Based on violent and property crime rates.
Violent Crimes
- Calculated annually per 100,000 residents
- Assault351.1national 282.7
- Murder6.2national 6.1
- Rape49.3national 40.7
- Robbery90.2national 135.5
Property Crimes
- Calculated annually per 100,000 residents
- Burglary270.6national 500.1
- Theft1,679.7national 2,042.8
- Motor Vehicle Theft423.2national 284
Residents
Top Public Schools Serving Visalia
- grade A
University Preparatory High School
- Rating 4.03 out of 5 70 reviews
- grade A
Redwood High School
- Rating 3.9 out of 5 378 reviews
- grade A minus
Oak Grove Elementary School
- Rating 5 out of 5 1 review
- grade A minus
Hurley Elementary School
- grade A minus
Visalia Technical Early College
- Rating 4.2 out of 5 15 reviews
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Working in Visalia
Jobs
grade B minus
Based on employment rates, job and business growth, and cost of living.
Median Household Income
$69,252
National
$69,021Similar Places
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Visalia Reviews
Rating 3.6 out of 5 474 reviews
Visalia is very alive and continually growing to become a desirable metropolitan area that is a great place for anyone to thrive. It offers a respectable agricultural feel along with major cities south and east, not to mention, the beautiful Sequoia National Park to the east and stunning west coast beach the length of the state!
Although it often gets overlooked, Visalia is a steadily growing city that is becoming it's own hot spot rather than just a city to pass through to get to other places. I grew up here and other close surrounding towns, and can positively say the area has a distinct dairy and agriculture orientated environment. Most of the people here are very hard workers, either picking the fresh produce we consume or making sure we have the milk needed to drink or for further manufacturing. In addition, there are so many pockets of sub-cultures that make it so diverse. For example, in certain parts of the city there are skaters, artists, chefs, and many more. If nobody has visited before, I strongly recommend planning on it because I think you would be pleasantly surprised.
Visalia is a nice place to grow up in. We have the sequoia national park just a short 45 min drive with that comes with the beautiful skyline of the mountains. Are weather is rather hot but being only 2 and a half hours from the Pacifici Ocean is a Delite. I have had the pleasure of growing up in this town and moving to the la area, where i loved but it wasn't like home. I came back just a short year and a half later. Recently had friends visit form the la area and they couldn't stop talking about how nice Visalia was with the mountain skyline and our downtown area. We ventured up to three rivers where we sat river side listening to a band and enjoying dinner. Living in such a small town my whole life i have had the pleasure to watch it grow. We did go through a rough time when we had a rain drought due to our area being one of the biggest algaculture areas. We went through some intense flooding this past winter, with our Tulare Lake returning which hasn't been a lake in over 75 years.