South Gate, California

South Gate population, 2020 to 2024

South Gate lost 1,851 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +10. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 278th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so South Gate is 2.5 times that size.

South Gate covers 7.24 square miles of land and 0.12 of water, for 12,542 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so South Gate is denser than the typical town.

What county South Gate is in

All of South Gate's residents live in Los Angeles County, which had 9,757,179 residents in 2024. South Gate holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in South Gate

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps South Gate by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 90280. 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 Gate is

The Census internal point of South Gate is at 33.944200, -118.192800. Sacramento, the capital, is 369.1 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Downey, CA (109,368 people), 3.5 miles away.

Daylight in South Gate

At 33.94° N, South Gate gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near South Gate

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Lynwood, 1.5 miles away, with 63,596 people.