California · Census place 0648816

Montebello, California

Montebello is a city in Los Angeles County, California with an estimated 60,617 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 148th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
60,617
#148 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
-2.9%
-1,824 people
Land area
8.3 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
7,277 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Montebello. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Montebello population, 2020 to 2024

Montebello lost 1,824 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.9%. In the latest year it moved by +186. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 323rd; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Montebello is 1.6 times that size.

62.4k202061.2k202160.6k202260.4k202360.6k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 62,634. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Montebello covers 8.33 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 7,277 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Montebello is denser than the typical town.

What county Montebello is in

All of Montebello's residents live in Los Angeles County, which had 9,757,179 residents in 2024. Montebello holds 0.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Montebello

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Montebello by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 90640. 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 Montebello is

The Census internal point of Montebello is at 34.015400, -118.111000. Sacramento, the capital, is 367.1 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Alhambra, CA (80,279 people), 4.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Downey, CA, 5.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.015400, -118.111000
DMS
34°00'55.44"N 118°06'39.60"W
UTM
11N 397417.7E 3764419.9N
Geohash
9qh18264n
Plus code
85632V8Q+5J

Daylight in Montebello

At 34.02° N, Montebello gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 53 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 Montebello

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Pico Rivera, 2.2 miles away, with 59,363 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Montebello, CA?

60,617 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1,824 (2.9%) from 62,441 in July 2020.

What county is Montebello in?

Los Angeles County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Montebello?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 90640.

How far is Montebello from Sacramento?

367.1 miles (590.8 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Montebello.

What is the nearest larger city to Montebello?

Alhambra, CA, with 80,279 residents, 4.9 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.