Terra BellaCA
A town of 1,659, settled in 1891. A regional job hub with 1,474 jobs.
Is Terra Bella a good place to live?
The best of Terra Bella’s subject grades is a B for walkability; the weakest is a C− for incomes. Terra Bella’s July high is 98°F, against 89°F in California’s towns and 85°F across U.S. towns. Only 84 of California’s 1,058 towns score higher on cost of living. Terra Bella has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Terra Bella stand out
Where Terra Bella beats most towns.
Terra Bella has shrunk 12% from 2010 to 2020
3,310 counted in 2010 and 2,910 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Terra Bella grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Terra Bella is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Terra Bella: who provides what
Terra Bella 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 Terra Bella.
With 2.6 jobs for every working resident, Terra Bella draws in 1,430 commuters
Most working residents leave Terra Bella for work: only 8% work in town. At 21 minutes, Terra Bella’s average trip to work is where California’s towns sit at 28 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. 17% of Terra Bella residents live below the poverty line.
| Terra Bella | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $63,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Terra Bella’s schools rank behind 69% of California districts
Its public schools are run by the Terra Bella Union Elementary school district. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terra Bella ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 455 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests
A typical Terra Bella home is worth about $389K
The typical Terra Bella home is worth about $389,000, up 5.5% in a year, 49% below the California typical home. 45% of households own their home in Terra Bella.
| Terra Bella | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 45% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,048 a month | $1,896 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Health in Terra Bella trails 69% of U.S. towns
Terra Bella beats the California average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 15.
| Terra Bella | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 66% | 72% | 79% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 9% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 16% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 22% | 19% |
| What stands out | Terra Bella | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.1% | 6.4% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 17.2% | 20.8% |
| More uninsured adults | 22.3% | 10.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
High risk in Terra Bella, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 68% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Terra Bella has mild winters and hot summers
Terra Bella has mild winters and hot summers, with very little rain. Terra Bella’s January low is 39°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Terra Bella
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Terra Bella
About 4 of every 100 Terra Bella residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
Every workday, about 1,430 people come to Terra Bella for work
Where Terra Bella’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Terra Bella
Census-designated place in California, United States
Terra Bella is a census-designated place (CDP) in Tulare County, California, United States. The population was 2,910 at the 2020 census, down from 3,310 at the 2010 census.
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- Area
- 2.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 486 ft
- ZIP code
- 93270
- Area code
- 559
Questions about Terra Bella
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Terra Bella, CA expensive?
That is 5.5 years of the area's median household income ($71,300 across the Visalia, CA metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.