IvanhoeCA
A town of 4,629, settled in 1895.
Is Ivanhoe a good place to live?
Ivanhoe gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $271K for a typical one, or 3.8 years of the Visalia metro’s $71K median household income. It grades C+ overall, 279th among California's 841 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 92% of the country. Ivanhoe’s midsummer high is 98°F, where California’s towns sit at 89°F and U.S. towns at 85°F. Only 12 of California’s 1,064 towns score higher on hazard risk.
What makes Ivanhoe stand out
Where Ivanhoe beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Typical home value
| Widest gap | Ivanhoe | CA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 27.6% | 10.6% |
94% of working residents leave Ivanhoe for work
Where Ivanhoe’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Ivanhoe grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Ivanhoe is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Ivanhoe: who provides what
Ivanhoe is unincorporated, so Tulare County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Ivanhoe.
Ivanhoe carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of California (mostly inland flooding), has a longer frost-free season than nearly all U.S. towns and has home values climbing faster than California’s.
Ivanhoe stands out in California and nationally, with the median rent lower than most
Home values rose 43% in five years, to about $271K, against 13% across California. The median property tax bill is $1,570, against $5,124 across California, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The typical home value in Ivanhoe is about $271,000, up 8.1% in a year, 64% below the California typical home. 65% of households are owner-occupiers here.
| Ivanhoe | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $870 a month | $1,898 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 65% | 64% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Ivanhoe’s public schools outperform 54% of California districts
Its one school is below. The public schools here belong to the Visalia Unified school district. Ivanhoe’s only public school teaches 473 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivanhoe ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 473 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
A larger share of adults get no exercise outside work in Ivanhoe than in most of California or the rest of the country
The share of adults in Ivanhoe who report frequent mental distress: 20%. Against the California average, Ivanhoe comes out ahead on 1 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 21.
| Ivanhoe | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 22% | 19% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 24% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Ivanhoe | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.5% | 6.4% |
| More uninsured adults | 27.6% | 10.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0% of Ivanhoe is conserved land
2.0 miles of trail. In Ivanhoe, the trail network density is 1.5 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most of Ivanhoe’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.3 jobs for each of them
The average commute for its 1,599 working residents takes 18.8 minutes, against 28.7 across California. Jobs based here grew from 386 in 2013 to 544.
Ivanhoe’s middle household income stands at $52,000. Commuting out is the norm here: 6% of working residents work locally. 18% of Ivanhoe residents live below the poverty line. Employers in Ivanhoe added 158 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 544.
| Ivanhoe | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 18% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $52,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Low risk in Ivanhoe, with inland flooding at the top
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 99% of California towns, with expected losses of about $161 per resident a year; that rating is what its B+ for hazard risk is built on.
Expected losses in Ivanhoe break down as 34% from inland flooding and 31% from earthquakes. Its risk rating from FEMA comes in at 29 of 100. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Ivanhoe once, in 2023.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Ivanhoe brings mild winters and hot summers
The Visalia weather station, 6 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 328 days, longer than in 96% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 97.7°, hotter than in 98% of U.S. towns; January nights average 38.7°.
It almost never snows. The town’s January low is 39°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Ivanhoe
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Ivanhoe
About 10 of every 100 Ivanhoe residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
About Ivanhoe
Census designated place in California, United States
Ivanhoe is a census-designated place (CDP) in Tulare County, California, United States. The population was 4,468 at the 2020 census, down from 4,495 at the 2010 census.
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- Area
- 2.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 364 ft
- ZIP code
- 93235
- Area code
- 559
Questions about Ivanhoe
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Ivanhoe, CA a good place to live?
Ivanhoe grades C+ overall, better than 40% of U.S. towns and #279 of 841 in California. It grades D for health and B− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Ivanhoe, CA expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.