Posey, California.
. Visalia, CA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,997 (+100%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- California$3,997
- United States$1,922
Living in Posey, Tulare County, California
Posey, in Tulare County, had 23 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.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Posey is a small rural community in Tulare County, one of California's large farming counties. It is a quiet place where people know their neighbors and life moves at an unhurried pace.
Work. Residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in farming, forestry and mining, in shops, and in manufacturing. Farming and the land-based trades have long shaped work across Tulare County.
Things to do. Sequoia National Forest is a protected area a longer drive away, and Giant Sequoia National Monument, also a protected area a longer drive away, protects some of the largest trees on Earth. Lake Isabella, a reservoir, is also a longer drive away.
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What people in Tulare County work in
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
Coldest in December, with highs near 55° and lows near 27°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 52°. About 6 inches of snow and 19 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Glennville weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Tulare County
- Kaweah Delta Medical CenterGeneral hospital3,619FTE
- Visalia UnifiedSchool district2,997FTE
- AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage1,661
- Sunview Vineyards of CaliforniaGrape farming without making wine1,608
- Rachma ContractingGrape farming without making wine1,500
- Porterville UnifiedSchool district1,434FTE
- WalmartGeneral warehousing and storage1,187
- 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; Posey 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
- WildfireVery high
- Inland floodingVery high
- LandslidesRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- AvalanchesRelatively moderate
- EarthquakesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Posey’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very high. 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 and the Visalia, CA metro.
Posey home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 6 Posey listings — the market is roughly in balance.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Posey16.94%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Posey26
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Posey address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Posey — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.