California · Census place 0630994
Greenfield, California
Greenfield is a city in Monterey County, California with an estimated 21,042 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 295th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 21,042
- #295 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- +11.0%
- +2,091 people
- Land area
- 3.0 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 7,085 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Greenfield population, 2020 to 2024
Greenfield added 2,091 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +11.0%. In the latest year it moved by +278. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 8th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Greenfield is 57% of it.
Greenfield covers 2.97 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 7,085 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Greenfield is denser than the typical town.
What county Greenfield is in
All of Greenfield's residents live in Monterey County, which had 436,251 residents in 2024. Greenfield holds 4.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Greenfield
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Greenfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 93927. 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 Greenfield is
The Census internal point of Greenfield is at 36.324000, -121.243700. Sacramento, the capital, is 156.3 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Soledad, CA (26,345 people), 8.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Salinas, CA, 33.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.324000, -121.243700
- DMS
- 36°19'26.40"N 121°14'37.32"W
- UTM
- 10N 657648.6E 4021317.3N
- Geohash
- 9q3y9h949
- Plus code
- 848W8QF4+JG
Daylight in Greenfield
At 36.32° N, Greenfield gets about 14 h 38 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Greenfield
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Soledad, 8.7 miles away, with 26,345 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Greenfield, CA?
21,042 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,091 (11.0%) from 18,951 in July 2020.
What county is Greenfield in?
Monterey County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Greenfield?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 93927.
How far is Greenfield from Sacramento?
156.3 miles (251.5 km) in a straight line, heading N from Greenfield.
What is the nearest larger city to Greenfield?
Soledad, CA, with 26,345 residents, 8.7 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.