South El Monte, California

South El Monte population, 2020 to 2024

South El Monte lost 428 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -48. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 291st; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so South El Monte is 52% of it.

South El Monte covers 2.84 square miles of land, for 6,733 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so South El Monte is denser than the typical town.

What county South El Monte is in

All of South El Monte's residents live in Los Angeles County, which had 9,757,179 residents in 2024. South El Monte 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 South El Monte

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps South El Monte by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 91733. 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 South El Monte is

The Census internal point of South El Monte is at 34.050400, -118.048400. Sacramento, the capital, is 366.8 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is El Monte, CA (104,639 people), 2.0 miles away.

Daylight in South El Monte

At 34.05° N, South El Monte gets about 14 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 33 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near South El Monte

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is El Monte, 2.0 miles away, with 104,639 people.