California · Census place 0618996
Desert Hot Springs, California
Desert Hot Springs is a city in Riverside County, California with an estimated 33,917 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 224th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 33,917
- #224 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- +4.2%
- +1,363 people
- Land area
- 30.1 sq mi
- + 0.36 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,126 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Desert Hot Springs population, 2020 to 2024
Desert Hot Springs added 1,363 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.2%. In the latest year it moved by +396. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 53rd; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Desert Hot Springs is 92% of it.
Desert Hot Springs covers 30.13 square miles of land and 0.36 of water, for 1,126 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Desert Hot Springs is less dense than the typical town.
What county Desert Hot Springs is in
All of Desert Hot Springs's residents live in Riverside County, which had 2,529,933 residents in 2024. Desert Hot Springs holds 1.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Desert Hot Springs
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Desert Hot Springs by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 92240, 92258, 92282. 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 Desert Hot Springs is
The Census internal point of Desert Hot Springs is at 33.957600, -116.542300. Sacramento, the capital, is 421.7 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cathedral City, CA (52,517 people), 9.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Moreno Valley, CA, 38.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.957600, -116.542300
- DMS
- 33°57'27.36"N 116°32'32.28"W
- UTM
- 11N 542288.8E 3757549.1N
- Geohash
- 9qj1hjb3r
- Plus code
- 8555XF55+23
Daylight in Desert Hot Springs
At 33.96° N, Desert Hot Springs gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 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 Desert Hot Springs
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Cathedral City, 9.6 miles away, with 52,517 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Desert Hot Springs, CA?
33,917 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,363 (4.2%) from 32,554 in July 2020.
What county is Desert Hot Springs in?
Riverside County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Desert Hot Springs?
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 92240, 92258, 92282.
How far is Desert Hot Springs from Sacramento?
421.7 miles (678.7 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Desert Hot Springs.
What is the nearest larger city to Desert Hot Springs?
Cathedral City, CA, with 52,517 residents, 9.6 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.