California · Census place 0603274

Avalon, California

Avalon is a city in Los Angeles County, California with an estimated 3,267 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 443rd largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,267
#443 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
-5.1%
-176 people
Land area
2.9 sq mi
+ 4.77 sq mi water
Density
1,130 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Avalon. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Avalon population, 2020 to 2024

Avalon lost 176 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.1%. In the latest year it moved by -21.

3,44320203,36820213,32020223,28820233,2672024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,455. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Avalon covers 2.89 square miles of land and 4.77 of water, for 1,130 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Avalon is less dense than the typical town.

What county Avalon is in

All of Avalon's residents live in Los Angeles County, which had 9,757,179 residents in 2024. Avalon holds 0.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Avalon

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Avalon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 90704. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Avalon is

The Census internal point of Avalon is at 33.343300, -118.317600. Sacramento, the capital, is 402.8 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (40,064 people), 27.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Huntington Beach, CA, 30.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.343300, -118.317600
DMS
33°20'35.88"N 118°19'3.36"W
UTM
11N 377389.9E 3690121.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
85538MVJ+8X

Daylight in Avalon

At 33.34° N, Avalon gets about 14 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Avalon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Rancho Palos Verdes, 27.5 miles away, with 40,064 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Avalon, CA?

3,267 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 176 (5.1%) from 3,443 in July 2020.

What county is Avalon in?

Los Angeles County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Avalon?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 90704.

How far is Avalon from Sacramento?

402.8 miles (648.3 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Avalon.

What is the nearest larger city to Avalon?

Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, with 40,064 residents, 27.5 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.