Living in Terra Bella, CA
Terra Bella is a small town of 1,659 people in Tulare County, California. It's about 30 miles from Visalia, CA and 71 miles from Fresno, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 98°F and winter highs 58°F, with about 1 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $237k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,659people
$237kTypical home
$1,048/moRent
98° / 58°Summer / winter
1"Snow
324Sunny days
49Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,659
- Part of a metro area
- About 758 people per sq mi
- 71 mi to Fresno, CA
- 30 mi to Visalia, CA
- 7 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $237k (≈$1,491/mo)
- Median rent $1,048/mo
- Median household income $63k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 27.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 98°F
- Winter highs around 58°F
- Dry summers (dew point 38°F)
- 324 sunny days a year (211 totally clear)
- 41 cloudy days a year
- 24 of 90 winter days are gray
- 49 days a year with rain or snow
- 1" of snow a year
- Snow days are rare
- 36 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- About average violent crime (427 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,464 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 29
- 50% of households have kids
- 11% are 65 or older
- 7% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 8% walk or take transit to work
- 36 mi to BFL airport
- 68 mi to FAT (major hub)
- 21 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 71% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1986
- 84% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 502 ft
- 107 mi to the ocean
- 80 mi to a big lake
- 26 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 32 mi to the nearest ski area
- 11 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 111 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 47 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 4 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 43 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 32% of California districts (reading)
- 6 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 74 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 24 mi to the nearest vet
- 18 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 42 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Tulare County: R+21 in 2024
- California: D+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk