Big Bear Lake, California

Big Bear Lake population, 2020 to 2024

Big Bear Lake added 2 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.0%. In the latest year it moved by +23. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 158th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Big Bear Lake is 14% of it.

Big Bear Lake covers 6.25 square miles of land and 0.18 of water, for 807 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Big Bear Lake is less dense than the typical town.

What county Big Bear Lake is in

All of Big Bear Lake's residents live in San Bernardino County, which had 2,214,281 residents in 2024. Big Bear Lake holds 0.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Big Bear Lake

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Big Bear Lake by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 92315. 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 Big Bear Lake is

The Census internal point of Big Bear Lake is at 34.242900, -116.893900. Sacramento, the capital, is 393.7 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Yucaipa, CA (54,465 people), 16.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is San Bernardino, CA, 24.0 miles away.

Daylight in Big Bear Lake

At 34.24° N, Big Bear Lake gets about 14 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 35 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Big Bear Lake

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Yucaipa, 16.8 miles away, with 54,465 people.