California · Census place 0671876
Signal Hill, California
Signal Hill is a city in Los Angeles County, California with an estimated 11,279 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 358th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 11,279
- #358 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- -4.5%
- -535 people
- Land area
- 2.2 sq mi
- Density
- 5,150 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Signal Hill population, 2020 to 2024
Signal Hill lost 535 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.5%. In the latest year it moved by -41. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 393rd; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Signal Hill is 30% of it.
Signal Hill covers 2.19 square miles of land, for 5,150 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Signal Hill is denser than the typical town.
What county Signal Hill is in
All of Signal Hill's residents live in Los Angeles County, which had 9,757,179 residents in 2024. Signal Hill holds 0.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Signal Hill
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Signal Hill by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 90755. 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 Signal Hill is
The Census internal point of Signal Hill is at 33.803500, -118.169700. Sacramento, the capital, is 378.3 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Long Beach, CA (450,901 people), 1.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.803500, -118.169700
- DMS
- 33°48'12.60"N 118°10'10.92"W
- UTM
- 11N 391729.8E 3740983.7N
- Geohash
- 9q5bqcxrw
- Plus code
- 8553RR3J+C4
Daylight in Signal Hill
At 33.80° N, Signal Hill gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Signal Hill
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Long Beach, 1.6 miles away, with 450,901 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Signal Hill, CA?
11,279 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 535 (4.5%) from 11,814 in July 2020.
What county is Signal Hill in?
Los Angeles County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Signal Hill?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 90755.
How far is Signal Hill from Sacramento?
378.3 miles (608.8 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Signal Hill.
What is the nearest larger city to Signal Hill?
Long Beach, CA, with 450,901 residents, 1.6 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.