West Sacramento, California

West Sacramento population, 2020 to 2024

West Sacramento added 2,172 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.0%. In the latest year it moved by +331. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 56th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so West Sacramento is 1.5 times that size.

West Sacramento covers 21.47 square miles of land and 1.33 of water, for 2,608 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so West Sacramento is less dense than the typical town.

What county West Sacramento is in

All of West Sacramento's residents live in Yolo County, which had 225,251 residents in 2024. West Sacramento holds 24.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in West Sacramento

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap West Sacramento by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 95605, 95691. 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 Sacramento is

The Census internal point of West Sacramento is at 38.554400, -121.548700. Sacramento, the capital, is 3.3 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sacramento, CA (535,798 people), 4.5 miles away.

Daylight in West Sacramento

At 38.55° N, West Sacramento gets about 14 h 52 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 28 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near West Sacramento

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Sacramento, 4.4 miles away, with 535,798 people.