California · Census place 0618506
Del Mar, California
Del Mar is a city in San Diego County, California with an estimated 3,902 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 437th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,902
- #437 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- -1.1%
- -43 people
- Land area
- 1.7 sq mi
- + 0.06 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,269 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Del Mar population, 2020 to 2024
Del Mar lost 43 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +13.
Del Mar covers 1.72 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 2,269 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Del Mar is less dense than the typical town.
What county Del Mar is in
All of Del Mar's residents live in San Diego County, which had 3,298,799 residents in 2024. Del Mar holds 0.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Del Mar
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Del Mar by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 92014. 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 Del Mar is
The Census internal point of Del Mar is at 32.963900, -117.259800. Sacramento, the capital, is 454.6 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Solana Beach, CA (12,868 people), 1.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Carlsbad, CA, 11.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.963900, -117.259800
- DMS
- 32°57'50.04"N 117°15'35.28"W
- UTM
- 11N 475720.7E 3647314.9N
- Geohash
- 9muee8yh8
- Plus code
- 8544XP7R+H3
Daylight in Del Mar
At 32.96° N, Del Mar gets about 14 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Del Mar
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Solana Beach, 1.9 miles away, with 12,868 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Del Mar, CA?
3,902 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 43 (1.1%) from 3,945 in July 2020.
What county is Del Mar in?
San Diego County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Del Mar?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 92014.
How far is Del Mar from Sacramento?
454.6 miles (731.6 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Del Mar.
What is the nearest larger city to Del Mar?
Solana Beach, CA, with 12,868 residents, 1.9 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.