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Patterson Tract, California.

A community in Tulare County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Tulare County’s.

Living in Patterson Tract, Tulare County, California

Patterson Tract, in Tulare County, had 1,888 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Tulare County was 10.4% in August 2026, and the county had 1.7% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Tulare County work in schools and health care, then farming.

People 1,888 in the 2020 census; median age 34.7
Household income Too few homes in Patterson Tract for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 10.4% Tulare County, August 2026; 10.6% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Patterson Tract for the Census survey to measure.
  • 602households
  • 17%of adults have a degree
  • 28 mintypical commute
  • 13%work from home

What people in Tulare County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care23%
  • Farming, forestry and mining15%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Manufacturing8%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Building trades7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Tulare County had 174,610 jobs in 2025, 1.7% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 55° and 38°; warmest in July, 94° and 67° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 55° 38° F M A M J J 94° 67° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 55° and 38°; warmest in July, 94° and 67° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 55° 38° F M A M J J 94° 67° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 55° and lows near 38°; warmest in July, with highs near 94° and lows near 67°. About 10 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Visalia weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Tulare County

  1. Kaweah Delta Medical CenterGeneral hospital3,619FTE
  2. Visalia UnifiedSchool district2,997FTE
  3. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage1,661
  4. Sunview Vineyards of CaliforniaGrape farming without making wine1,608
  5. Rachma ContractingGrape farming without making wine1,500
  6. Porterville UnifiedSchool district1,434FTE
  7. WalmartGeneral warehousing and storage1,187
  8. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage1,097

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 415 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 57,913 people in all across the county; Patterson Tract has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Heat wavesVery high
  2. Inland floodingRelatively high
  3. DroughtRelatively moderate
  4. WildfireRelatively moderate
  5. HailRelatively moderate
  6. EarthquakesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Patterson Tract’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Tulare County.