CITY PROFILE

Visalia, CA

Cheap living, but your social life depends on road trips to Fresno.

By the numbers

Typical home value$363K · Zillow, May 2026 (ZHVI)
Typical rent$1,775/mo · Zillow, May 2026 (ZORI)
Average temperature19.1°C · warmest 30.5°C · coolest 9.7°C · NASA POWER
Annual precipitation422 mm · NASA POWER
Sunshine (solar energy)5.44 kWh/m²/day · NASA POWER (annual mean)
Metro size rank (US)#119 · Zillow SizeRank

Match scores

  • Affordable to buy86
  • Affordable to rent71
  • Climate comfort91
  • Plenty of sunshine86
  • Big-city amenities22

Scores are 0–100, normalised across the metros we cover, derived from the sourced figures above (higher = better on that factor). A research aid, not a recommendation to move. Job market, safety, and healthcare access need key-gated feeds (BLS, FBI, Census) not yet wired — see the methodology.