California · Census place 0633434

Hesperia, California

Hesperia is a city in San Bernardino County, California with an estimated 101,836 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 74th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
101,836
#74 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
+1.9%
+1,870 people
Land area
72.7 sq mi
+ 0.10 sq mi water
Density
1,401 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Hesperia. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Hesperia population, 2020 to 2024

Hesperia added 1,870 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.9%. In the latest year it moved by +852. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 93rd; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Hesperia is 2.7 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 99,815. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hesperia covers 72.68 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 1,401 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Hesperia is less dense than the typical town.

What county Hesperia is in

All of Hesperia's residents live in San Bernardino County, which had 2,214,281 residents in 2024. Hesperia holds 4.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hesperia

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Hesperia by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 92344, 92345. 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 Hesperia is

The Census internal point of Hesperia is at 34.397000, -117.315200. Sacramento, the capital, is 370.4 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Victorville, CA (140,721 people), 9.3 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 1,022 m (3,353 ft) above sea level.

Internal point

Decimal
34.397000, -117.315200
DMS
34°23'49.20"N 117°18'54.72"W
UTM
11N 471028.0E 3806221.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
85649MWM+QW
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles

Daylight in Hesperia

At 34.40° N, Hesperia gets about 14 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 36 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 Hesperia daylight page.

Places near Hesperia

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Victorville, 9.3 miles away, with 140,721 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hesperia, CA?

101,836 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,870 (1.9%) from 99,966 in July 2020.

What county is Hesperia in?

San Bernardino County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Hesperia?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 92344, 92345.

How far is Hesperia from Sacramento?

370.4 miles (596.2 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Hesperia.

What is the nearest larger city to Hesperia?

Victorville, CA, with 140,721 residents, 9.3 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)
  5. 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)

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