California · Census place 0636434

Indian Wells, California

Indian Wells is a city in Riverside County, California with an estimated 4,989 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 430th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,989
#430 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
+4.4%
+208 people
Land area
14.3 sq mi
+ 0.26 sq mi water
Density
349 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Indian Wells. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Indian Wells population, 2020 to 2024

Indian Wells added 208 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.4%. In the latest year it moved by +86.

4,78120204,84520214,85720224,90320234,9892024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,767. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Indian Wells covers 14.30 square miles of land and 0.26 of water, for 349 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Indian Wells is less dense than the typical town.

What county Indian Wells is in

All of Indian Wells's residents live in Riverside County, which had 2,529,933 residents in 2024. Indian Wells holds 0.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Indian Wells

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Indian Wells by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 92210. 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 Indian Wells is

The Census internal point of Indian Wells is at 33.699900, -116.329500. Sacramento, the capital, is 443.2 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Palm Desert, CA (53,147 people), 3.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Temecula, CA, 48.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.699900, -116.329500
DMS
33°41'59.64"N 116°19'46.20"W
UTM
11N 562136.7E 3729084.0N
Geohash
9mvr8ygkn
Plus code
8555MMXC+X6

Daylight in Indian Wells

At 33.70° N, Indian Wells gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Indian Wells

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Palm Desert, 3.3 miles away, with 53,147 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Indian Wells, CA?

4,989 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 208 (4.4%) from 4,781 in July 2020.

What county is Indian Wells in?

Riverside County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Indian Wells?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 92210.

How far is Indian Wells from Sacramento?

443.2 miles (713.3 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Indian Wells.

What is the nearest larger city to Indian Wells?

Palm Desert, CA, with 53,147 residents, 3.3 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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.