West Covina, California

West Covina population, 2020 to 2024

West Covina lost 2,235 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +654. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 284th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so West Covina is 2.9 times that size.

West Covina covers 16.04 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 6,666 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so West Covina is denser than the typical town.

What county West Covina is in

All of West Covina's residents live in Los Angeles County, which had 9,757,179 residents in 2024. West Covina holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in West Covina

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap West Covina by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 91790, 91791, 91792. 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 West Covina is

The Census internal point of West Covina is at 34.055900, -117.909900. Sacramento, the capital, is 370.6 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pomona, CA (147,966 people), 8.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is El Monte, CA, 7.0 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 138 m (453 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in West Covina

At 34.06° N, West Covina 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. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the West Covina daylight page.

Places near West Covina

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Covina, 2.9 miles away, with 49,245 people.