Living here
Cost of living in Visalia
Housing is close to the US average. Rents, home prices, taxes and how far a paycheck goes.
Median rent
$1,397/mo
4% above US
Median home value
$340,600
12% above US
Median household income
$79,952
2% above US
Rent as share of income
21%
US 21%
Home price to income
4.3×
US 3.9×
Sales tax
8.5%
Rent by number of bedrooms
HUD 2027 fair market rents for Visalia, CA MSA (gross rent including utilities, near the 40th percentile of local rents). Source: HUD USER.
How Visalia compares
- Visalia$1,397
- California$1,956
- United States$1,348
- Fresno$1,324
- Clovis$1,662
- Paso Robles$1,947
- San Luis Obispo$1,906
- Santa Maria$1,842
- Lancaster$1,696
- Salinas$1,923
- Palmdale$1,736
- Visalia$340,600
- California$695,400
- United States$303,400
- Fresno$348,500
- Clovis$453,300
- Paso Robles$648,400
- San Luis Obispo$896,500
- Santa Maria$478,200
- Lancaster$409,100
- Salinas$610,900
- Palmdale$435,300
Taxes
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Questions
Is Visalia expensive to live in?
Housing in Visalia is close to the national average: median rent is $1,397 (4% above US) and the median home value is $340,600 (12% above US).
How much is rent in Visalia?
The median gross rent is $1,397 a month. HUD’s 2027 fair market rents for the area are studio $1,101, 1 bedroom $1,108, 2 bedrooms $1,450, 3 bedrooms $1,995, 4 bedrooms $2,338.
How much of their income do renters spend in Visalia?
At the median, a year’s rent ($16,764) equals about 21% of the median household income ($79,952); nationally it’s about 21%.
What are taxes like in Visalia?
Sales tax is 8.5% and property taxes run about 0.77% of home value a year.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates; HUD fair market rents; CDTFA California City & County Sales & Use Tax Rates.