Tulare ( tuu-LAIR-ee) is a city in Tulare County, California, United States. The population was 68,875 per the 2020 census. It is located in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley, 8 mi (13 km) south of Visalia and 60 mi (97 km) north of Bakersfield. The city is named after the Tulare Lake, once the largest freshwater lake west of the Great Lakes.

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How Tulare ranks

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#52Highest graduation rate in CA #87Fastest growing in CA #115Most affordable in CA All CA rankings →

Town numbers

ZIP code93274, 93275

Area code559

Living in Tulare

Housing in Tulare

$357K▲ 1.7% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Tulare home is worth about $357,000, up 1.7% in a year, 53% below the California typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s

Days on market20

Sale-to-list100.8%

Sold in May48

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Safety in Tulare

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Safety Grade C-

Tulare reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 83% report less.

Violent crime per 1,000

Tulare 4.8

California 4.3

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Tulare 14.6

California 18.2

U.S. 15.5

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Schools in Tulare

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School Grade C-

The public schools Tulare’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 80% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

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DistrictTulare CitySchools26

Liberty ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 861 students Garden Elementary CElementary · Grades K–6 · 689 students Mission Valley Elementary B-Elementary · Grades K–6 · 671 students Pleasant Elementary CElementary · Grades K–5 · 668 students Alpine Vista B-Elementary · Grades K–4 · 659 students Frank Kohn Elementary C-Elementary · Grades K–6 · 617 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within CA. Ratings are from neighbors.

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