Downey, California

Downey population, 2020 to 2024

Downey lost 4,598 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.0%. In the latest year it moved by -185. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 371st; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Downey is 3.0 times that size.

Downey covers 12.41 square miles of land and 0.16 of water, for 8,813 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Downey is denser than the typical town.

What county Downey is in

All of Downey's residents live in Los Angeles County, which had 9,757,179 residents in 2024. Downey holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Downey

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Downey by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 90240, 90241, 90242. 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 Downey is

The Census internal point of Downey is at 33.938200, -118.130900. Sacramento, the capital, is 371.2 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Long Beach, CA (450,901 people), 11.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is El Monte, CA, 11.1 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 38 m (125 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Downey

At 33.94° N, Downey 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 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Downey daylight page.

Places near Downey

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Bell Gardens, 2.3 miles away, with 37,565 people.