California · Census place 0609864

Calimesa, California

Calimesa is a city in Riverside County, California with an estimated 11,150 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 363rd largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
11,150
#363 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
+9.2%
+935 people
Land area
14.9 sq mi
Density
749 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Calimesa. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Calimesa population, 2020 to 2024

Calimesa added 935 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.2%. In the latest year it moved by +4. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 12th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Calimesa is 30% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 10,019. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Calimesa covers 14.89 square miles of land, for 749 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Calimesa is less dense than the typical town.

What county Calimesa is in

All of Calimesa's residents live in Riverside County, which had 2,529,933 residents in 2024. Calimesa holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Calimesa

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Calimesa by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 92320. 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 Calimesa is

The Census internal point of Calimesa is at 33.987400, -117.054200. Sacramento, the capital, is 402.0 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Yucaipa, CA (54,465 people), 3.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Moreno Valley, CA, 9.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.987400, -117.054200
DMS
33°59'14.64"N 117°03'15.12"W
UTM
11N 494994.0E 3760760.2N
Geohash
9qhc275wz
Plus code
8554XWPW+X8

Daylight in Calimesa

At 33.99° N, Calimesa gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Calimesa

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Yucaipa, 3.3 miles away, with 54,465 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Calimesa, CA?

11,150 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 935 (9.2%) from 10,215 in July 2020.

What county is Calimesa in?

Riverside County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Calimesa?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 92320.

How far is Calimesa from Sacramento?

402.0 miles (647.0 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Calimesa.

What is the nearest larger city to Calimesa?

Yucaipa, CA, with 54,465 residents, 3.2 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.