California · Census place 0687056

Yucca Valley, California

Yucca Valley is a town in San Bernardino County, California with an estimated 21,858 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 290th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
21,858
#290 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
+0.4%
+92 people
Land area
39.8 sq mi
Density
549 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Yucca Valley. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Yucca Valley population, 2020 to 2024

Yucca Valley added 92 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +103. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 146th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Yucca Valley is 59% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 21,740. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Yucca Valley covers 39.83 square miles of land, for 549 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Yucca Valley is less dense than the typical town.

What county Yucca Valley is in

All of Yucca Valley's residents live in San Bernardino County, which had 2,214,281 residents in 2024. Yucca Valley holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Yucca Valley

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Yucca Valley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 92284. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Yucca Valley is

The Census internal point of Yucca Valley is at 34.123300, -116.421600. Sacramento, the capital, is 417.4 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Desert Hot Springs, CA (33,917 people), 13.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Moreno Valley, CA, 47.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.123300, -116.421600
DMS
34°07'23.88"N 116°25'17.76"W
UTM
11N 553337.0E 3775978.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
85654HFH+89

Daylight in Yucca Valley

At 34.12° N, Yucca Valley 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 Yucca Valley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Desert Hot Springs, 13.4 miles away, with 33,917 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Yucca Valley, CA?

21,858 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 92 (0.4%) from 21,766 in July 2020.

What county is Yucca Valley in?

San Bernardino County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Yucca Valley?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 92284.

How far is Yucca Valley from Sacramento?

417.4 miles (671.8 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Yucca Valley.

What is the nearest larger city to Yucca Valley?

Desert Hot Springs, CA, with 33,917 residents, 13.4 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.