What salary do you need to live in Visalia, CA?

Visalia housing costs at a glance

A one-bedroom in Visalia rents for a median of $827 a month, utilities the tenant pays included; a two-bedroom goes for $1,166 and a three-bedroom for $1,454. Over a full year, the two-bedroom median comes to $13,992.

On the ownership side, the typical owner-occupied home is valued at $330,100. With median household income at $71,300, a typical home costs 4.6× a typical income, close to the middle of the range across US metros.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis puts Visalia's Regional Price Parity at 99.8, essentially the US average of 100: a dollar of income here buys about what it would anywhere on average, rents and everyday goods included.

Income needed for each grade in Visalia

For two bedrooms, $172,000 is where Visalia turns Comfortable. Below that, $86,000 marks the start of Okay and $43,000 the start of Tight; under $43,000 the score reads Stretched. Rent at the Comfortable line is 8% of gross pay.

Royal, the top band, starts at $504,000. At that income rent is 3% of pay and the median home 0.7× income.

Nothing here is a separate rule of thumb; plug any of these incomes into the calculator with two bedrooms and Visalia shows the matching grade.

What different incomes look like in Visalia

Home size shifts the grade at $75,000: Okay for one bedroom, Tight for two and Tight for three, as the rent share climbs from 13% to 23%.

In Visalia the table's top salary of $150,000 stops at Okay (61) for two bedrooms; Comfortable starts higher, at $172,000.

Where Visalia falls nationally

Ranked against all 387 metros, Visalia sits 92nd on overall price level and 169th on the two-bedroom rent median, counting from the most expensive. Its median home value ranks 123rd.

Its nearest neighbors on the rent list are Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI ($1,166) and Longview-Kelso, WA ($1,163).

Visalia vs. the rest of California

Statewide, California's median two-bedroom rent is $2,103 and its median home value $734,700. Visalia's rent is −45% against that, and its home value −55%; the price parity is 99.8 versus 110.7 for the state.

On statewide medians, a two-bedroom budget reaches Comfortable at $439,000 — above Visalia's $172,000 line.

Looking for somewhere comparable without leaving California? Bakersfield-Delano, CA, Hanford-Corcoran, CA, and Merced, CA have the closest mix of rent and overall prices.

The median Visalia household

A household at the Visalia median income of $71,300 would see a two-bedroom score of 40 — Tight — with rent at 20% of income. That falls $100,700 short of the $172,000 Comfortable line, a reminder that the typical household here spends a larger share on housing than the Comfortable band allows. For California as a whole, the median household income of $99,122 scores 23 against statewide rents. Household income can include more than one earner, so a single salary of the same size goes less far.

Estimates use pre-tax income and public data; they are not financial advice.