Economic Atlas
Places/CA/Tulare County, CA
County profile

Tulare County, CA

United States · GDP 2024
#220 of 3,127 US counties by GDP72nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 85% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$25.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
107,492
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
7,189
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
485,146
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
10.1%
Median HH income
$71.3k±$1.5k
Bachelor's degree+
16.6%±0.6%
Poverty rate
17.9%±1.0%
Business applications
3,521 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,102
22.8/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Sierra BancorpFinancial Services———

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Health care25%
Retail trade21%
Manufacturing18%
Food & accommodation15%
Transportation12%
Admin & support9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
485,146
residents · 2025 · +2.4% since 2020
Income per capita $53.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−8,075
International migration+4,405
Natural change+14,587

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$19.0B
2019
$19.0B
2020
$20.8B
2021
$22.8B
2022
$23.9B
2023
$25.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$330.1k±$5.0k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$25/mo
Vacancy rate
7.1%±0.5%
Affordability
6.5× wages
Residential permits
$473.6M
1,790 units · 3.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
97.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.5k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 99Wildfire 98Earthquake 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
587
2016
627
2017
661
2018
693
2019
727
2020
835
2021
973
2022
1025
2023
1073
2024
1114
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 19% since 2021
1,510
2021
2,385
2022
1,165
2023
1,447
2024
1,790
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
100.2 km
I-5
Nearest freight rail
24.8 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
208.1 km
VANDENBURG AFB, CA
Nearest commercial airport
90.4 km
MEADOWS FLD
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR
8-KSierra Bancorp05-21
8-KSierra Bancorp05-04
10-QSierra Bancorp05-01
8-KSierra Bancorp04-27
8-KSierra Bancorp04-24
8-KSierra Bancorp04-20
DEF 14ASierra Bancorp04-07
10-KSierra Bancorp02-27
8-KSierra Bancorp02-02
8-KSierra Bancorp02-02
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$50.9k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Brown$25.7BBell$26.1BBenton$26.1BClayton$26.3BSan Luis Obispo$24.5BGalveston$26.3B
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rank
Marin$36.9BPlacer$34.3BStanislaus$32.1BSan Luis Obispo$24.5BSanta Cruz$21.1BYolo$20.5B
The read

What is the GDP of Tulare?

Tulare's economy produced $25.4B in 2024, growing 6.4% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.