California · Census place 0665042

San Buenaventura (Ventura), California

San Buenaventura (Ventura) is a city in Ventura County, California with an estimated 109,831 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 61st largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
109,831
#61 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
-0.7%
-801 people
Land area
21.9 sq mi
+ 10.42 sq mi water
Density
5,022 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: San Buenaventura (Ventura). Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

San Buenaventura (Ventura) population, 2020 to 2024

San Buenaventura (Ventura) lost 801 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +358. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 198th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so San Buenaventura (Ventura) is 3.0 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 110,754. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

San Buenaventura (Ventura) covers 21.87 square miles of land and 10.42 of water, for 5,022 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so San Buenaventura (Ventura) is denser than the typical town.

What county San Buenaventura (Ventura) is in

All of San Buenaventura (Ventura)'s residents live in Ventura County, which had 835,427 residents in 2024. San Buenaventura (Ventura) holds 13.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in San Buenaventura (Ventura)

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap San Buenaventura (Ventura) by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 93001, 93003, 93004. 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 San Buenaventura (Ventura) is

The Census internal point of San Buenaventura (Ventura) is at 34.267800, -119.254200. Sacramento, the capital, is 322.7 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Oxnard, CA (200,616 people), 5.4 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 32 m (105 ft) above sea level.

Internal point

Decimal
34.267800, -119.254200
DMS
34°16'4.08"N 119°15'15.12"W
UTM
11N 292465.3E 3794149.2N
Geohash
9q54yq38r
Plus code
85627P9W+48
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles

Daylight in San Buenaventura (Ventura)

At 34.27° N, San Buenaventura (Ventura) gets about 14 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 35 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 San Buenaventura (Ventura) daylight page.

Places near San Buenaventura (Ventura)

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Oxnard, 5.4 miles away, with 200,616 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA?

109,831 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 801 (0.7%) from 110,632 in July 2020.

What county is San Buenaventura (Ventura) in?

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

What ZIP codes cover San Buenaventura (Ventura)?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 93001, 93003, 93004.

How far is San Buenaventura (Ventura) from Sacramento?

322.7 miles (519.3 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from San Buenaventura (Ventura).

What is the nearest larger city to San Buenaventura (Ventura)?

Oxnard, CA, with 200,616 residents, 5.4 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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