PlainviewCA
545 residents make their home in this town in California.
Is Plainview a good place to live?
40% of residents live below the poverty line in Plainview, above both California’s towns (10%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Only 8 of the 848 California towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Plainview. Plainview has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
545 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Plainview: who provides what
Plainview 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 Plainview.
Plainview has a very high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
In Plainview, the FEMA hazard score is 82 of 100. Expected losses in Plainview break down as 53% from inland flooding and 27% from heat waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Plainview’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.0 jobs for each of them
The top destinations are Porterville (20%), Visalia (12%) and Lindsay (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles. Plainview’s mean commuting time is recorded as 28 minutes.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2024 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in Plainview
The typical July afternoon high here in the town is 98°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Plainview is
20% of Plainview adults have been diagnosed with depression. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Plainview is ahead of California on 3 and behind on 11. In Plainview, 28% of adults worry about having enough food, and 29% say their health is fair or poor.
| Plainview | Typical California town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 9% | 8.1% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 68% | 72% | 79% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 16% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 22% | 19% |
| What stands out | Plainview | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.2% | 6.4% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 4.1% | 5.1% |
| More uninsured adults | 20.1% | 10.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Plainview
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Plainview
About 3 of every 100 Plainview residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
100% of working residents leave Plainview for work
Where Plainview’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2024
About Plainview
Census-designated place in California, United States
Plainview is a census-designated place (CDP) in Tulare County, California. Plainview sits at an elevation of 354 feet (108 m). The 2020 United States census reported Plainview's population was 846.
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- Area
- 0.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 354 ft
Questions about Plainview
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Plainview, CA a good place to live?
Plainview has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.