WoodvilleCA
A town settled in 1853, now home to 1,460 people.
Is Woodville a good place to live?
Woodville’s best subject grade is a B+ for cost of living; its weakest is a D− for health. Woodville’s typical July afternoon high is 98°F, above both the California town median (89°F) and the median of U.S. towns (85°F). Only 22 of California’s 1,058 towns score higher on cost of living. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 83% of U.S. towns. Woodville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,460 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Woodville grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Woodville is from typical.
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Moving to Woodville: who provides what
Woodville 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 Woodville.
More of Woodville’s adults get no exercise outside work than in the typical California or U.S. town
Among adults in Woodville, 18% have diabetes and 21% report frequent physical distress. This California town does better than the California average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 21. The share of adults in Woodville who binge drink: 15%.
| Woodville | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 22% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 12% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Woodville | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.3% | 6.4% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 30.6% | 10.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools in Woodville fall behind 89% of California districts
Public schools: the Woodville Union Elementary school district. Its one school is below. 371 students attend the town’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodville ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 371 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Woodville’s workers commute out
The top destinations are Visalia (10%), Porterville (9%) and Fresno (7%). Most working residents leave Woodville for work: only 3% work in town. Its typical household income stands at $55,000. Since 2013, Woodville has added 61 jobs, to 126 in 2023.
| Woodville | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 19% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $55,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.4% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Woodville has a high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Woodville once, in 2023. On expected storm and flood damage, Woodville sits above 75% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 46% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 24% to earthquakes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A home in Woodville sells for about $185K at the median
52% of households are owner-occupiers in Woodville. In Woodville, the going rate for rent is $1,102 a month.
| Woodville | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 52% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,102 a month | $1,896 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Woodville
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Woodville
About 7 of every 100 Woodville residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California.
97% of working residents leave Woodville for work
Where Woodville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Woodville
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Woodville, CA expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $217,000, 72% below the California typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.